PEOPLE'S VOICE MEDIA

Registered charity 1059681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as M C I N, MANCHESTER COMMUNITY INFORMATION NETWORK

Our activities support people to improve their lives and bring about positive social change from the ground up. They support people to develop new skills, enhance their health and well-being and become more economically stable. Our main activity is Community Reporting.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£184k
Latest spending
£188k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a small deficit of £4,256, having spent £188,112 against income of £183,856. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £276,785, which is above the stated policy target of approximately six months of running costs (£90,000). The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern with sufficient funds to cover support and governance costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£184k£188k
31/03/2024£307k£261k
31/03/2023£370k£317k
31/03/2022£259k£222k
31/03/2021£183k£141k

Common questions

Is PEOPLE'S VOICE MEDIA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a small deficit of £4,256, having spent £188,112 against income of £183,856. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £276,785, which is above the stated policy target of approximately six months of running costs (£90,000). The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern with sufficient funds to cover support and governance costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/01/2022£145k"Home?"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/10/2012£10k"Lost Pubs of Chapel Street, Salford"
The National Lottery Community Fund07/07/2006£4kOur Stories In Our Language
The National Lottery Community Fund24/05/2004£3kCreative multimedia

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUR VOICE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PEOPLE'S VOICE MEDIA£184k0unclearno doubt
YOUR VOICE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE FY2025£1.2m0unclearno doubt
Connected Voice FY2025£1.9munclearno doubt
Local Voice in the Community FY2024£253k£60,001 - £100,0001unclearno doubt
SKILLS FOR PEOPLE FY2025£1.4m0unclearno doubt
VOLUNTEERING MATTERS FY2025£5.7mbelowmaterial uncertainty

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.