MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUND
Registered charity 1071703 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The funds continuing objectives are for charitable purposes within the areas affected by the activities of Manchester Airport. Income is generated from the annual donation from Manchester Airport, and from noise fines levied to airlines on departure by Manchester Airport and passed over to the Trust Fund. These funds are then dispersed to local interest groups as decided by the Trustees.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £17,556 to £5,644 due to charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient funds to meet liabilities for at least 12 months, supported by a guaranteed annual donation from Manchester Airport Plc. No material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern were identified by the auditors.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Manchester Airport Plc donation (72% of income)
“The principal funding sources for the Trust are the annual donation from Manchester Airport Plc, £100,000, and noise fines income levied by Manchester Airport Plc of £13,671”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Administrators Helen McNabb and Alison Green are funded by Manchester Airport Plc.
“Administrators Helen McNabb, funded by Manchester Airport Plc Alison Green, funded by Manchester Airport Plc”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Fairhurst Audit Services Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
- Alicia McDonnell
- Glynn Evans · trustee of 1 other charity
- Helen McNabb
- Jo Williams
- Michael Gorman
- Sam Naylor
- Waseem Hassan
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Manchester City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford
Income and spending
Common questions
Is MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUND financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £17,556 to £5,644 due to charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient funds to meet liabilities for at least 12 months, supported by a guaranteed annual donation from Manchester Airport Plc. No material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern were identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Fairhurst Audit Services Ltd.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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 THE BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUND.
Side by side with its peers
Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.