LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST
Registered charity 1066972 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WE LOVE MCR CHARITY
The Trust receives income from donations, raffles and investment dividends. Sub Committees have been set up to concentrate on investment management and grant allocations to organisations within the Manchester area who have applied for assistance and for providing holidays to families in need.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £337,558 from £560,335 the previous year, resulting in a net outgoing of resources. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains a policy to hold sufficient free reserves to cover costs and emergencies.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Other Trading Activities (50% of income)
“Other Trading Activities 206,656” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient funds to cover the costs of generating funds, charitable expenditure and to respond to any emergency situations (held: £338k)
“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds which are free reserves of the charity at a level estimated to provide sufficient funds to cover the costs of generating funds, charitable expenditure and to respond to any emergency situations which may” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Staff costs paid to Manchester City Council
“All staff are employed by Manchester City Council (MCC), and their employment costs are then paid to MCC by the Charity. MCC also provides generous gift-in-kind support to the Charity, including Office Space, IT, HR, Finance and Strategic Management.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — We Love MCR Charity (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£127k
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (05/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ANEEL MUSSARAT · trustee of 1 other charity
- Ajin Jacob Abraham
- Andreas Georgiou
- Asif Ibrahim
- Christopher Woodroofe
- David Edwards
- Edward Smith
- Jill Lovecy · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jonathan Bernstein
- Louise Busby
- Shaukat Ali
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Manchester City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £337,558 from £560,335 the previous year, resulting in a net outgoing of resources. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains a policy to hold sufficient free reserves to cover costs and emergencies. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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