COMMUNITY VINEYARD MANCHESTER

Registered charity 1162063 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity, which is a church, is governed by a constitution and is constituted as a charitable incorporated organisation. The charity's principal objects, as set out in its governing document, are to demonstrate the Christian faith in action by acting as a church to advance the Christian faith in Manchester and other parts of the world as the trustees see fit.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO ATTACHED IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD THROUGH: THE ORGANISATION AND PROVISION OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP; THE PROVISION OF SUCH FACILITIES AND SERVICES AS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE CHURCH, TO ENABLE IT TO FULFIL ITS MISSION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, VISITORS TO THE CHURCH AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY; THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR CHRISTIAN TRAINING AND SERVICE; THE SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF CHRISTIAN EVANGELISM AND OUTREACH; THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO THE WIDER CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN ITS MINISTRIES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Bury, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£74k

Latest spending

£72k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves were £12,171 at year end, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of £5,000. The charity reported a small surplus for the year, with total income of £73,651 and total expenditure of £72,197.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no less than £5,000 (which equates to approximately 1 month of unrestricted expenditure) (reserves figure: £12k)

“The trustees have determined that the charity should aim to hold unrestricted cash of no less than £5,000 (which equates to approximately 1 month of unrestricted expenditure) so that the charity could continue to operate should income and / or expenditure vary adversely.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The trustees attended the VLG conference for which accommodation, food and travel was paid by the charity (costs included in Note 2). These payments are permitted by the governing document.

“The trustees attended the VLG conference for which accommodation, food and travel was paid by the charity (costs included in Note 2). These payments are permitted by the governing document. No other payments were made to trustees or persons related to them, except for reimbursement of expenses paid out on behalf of the charity.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

Volunteers: 20

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

ROSS NORMAN PAYNEchair
Edina Sereg
Joe Spademan
Lisa Hutt
Paul Topham

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£74k	£72k
30/09/2024	£76k	£75k
30/09/2023	£73k	£73k
30/09/2022	£65k	£61k
30/09/2021	£57k	£56k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY VINEYARD MANCHESTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves were £12,171 at year end, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of £5,000. The charity reported a small surplus for the year, with total income of £73,651 and total expenditure of £72,197. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
VINEYARD MUSIC (UK) LIMITED	1	£240k
MAGNIFY FOUNDATION	1	£130k
WEST SUFFOLK VINEYARD CHURCH	1	£78k
THE HULL VINEYARD TRUST	1	£53k
YORK VINEYARD	1	£43k
CAMBRIDGE VINEYARD CHURCH	1	£29k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£8k
WELLS VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANCHESTER VINEYARD.

MANCHESTER VINEYARD income £653k
VINEYARD CHURCHES UK AND IRELAND income £2.6m
CAMBRIDGE VINEYARD CHURCH income £132k
MEDWAY VINEYARD CHURCH income £77k
VINELIFE CHURCH MANCHESTER income £299k
COVENTRY VINEYARD income £131k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COMMUNITY VINEYARD MANCHESTER	£74k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MANCHESTER VINEYARD FY2025	£653k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
VINEYARD CHURCHES UK AND IRELAND FY2025	£2.6m	£80,001 - £90,000	2	below	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE VINEYARD CHURCH FY2025	£132k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MEDWAY VINEYARD CHURCH FY2025	£77k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VINELIFE CHURCH MANCHESTER FY2025	£299k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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