SICKLE CELL CARE MANCHESTER

Registered charity 1162402 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

?SICKLE CELL CARE MANCHESTER WILL STRIVE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE (SCD), THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, IN ORDER TO EMPOWER AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS AND TO ENHANCE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. SICKLE CELL CARE MANCHESTER WILL ALSO WORK TO IMPROVE AWARENESS OF SCD,WE ALSO WISH TO IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCD, AND TO FOSTER ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE LIVING WITH THE CONDITION.?

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF SICKLE CELL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO SICKLE CELL.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£88.9m
Latest spending
£125.1m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £36,208 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £72,225 to £36,017. Per the balance sheet, unrestricted funds are £12,511 and restricted funds are £23,506, with cash at bank totaling £37,867. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate risk to the charity's continuity.

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.

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.

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 01/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £407,917 — contracts £407,917 (1); under 1% of the £88,933,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £82,938 — contracts £41,469 (1), grants £41,469 (2); 96% of the £86,341 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/09/2023

  • Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 4% of the £136,809 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 01/09/2025 (received 04/09/2026, 65 days after the 01/07/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sickle Cell Care Manchester (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (617 likes) · instagram (796 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 01/09/2025)

Total income
£88.9m
Total spending
£125.1m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/09/2025£88.9m£125.1m
01/09/2024£86k£98k
01/09/2023£137k£69k
01/09/2022£56k£64k
01/09/2021£37k£55k

Common questions

Is SICKLE CELL CARE MANCHESTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £36,208 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £72,225 to £36,017. Per the balance sheet, unrestricted funds are £12,511 and restricted funds are £23,506, with cash at bank totaling £37,867. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate risk to the charity's continuity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SICKLE CELL CARE MANCHESTER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SICKLE CELL CARE MANCHESTER as a grant recipient include THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND, ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUST, THE DWF FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2024£8kSmaller Grants
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUNDFY2023£5kOlder & Disabled Persons
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2022£5kHealthcare-adult
THE DWF FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/01/2026£226kSupporting Sickle Futures
The National Lottery Community Fund05/04/2024£18kCommunity Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator
The National Lottery Community Fund16/11/2022£191kReaching People with Sickle Cell
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2021£10kSCCM Sickle Cell Advice Hour
UK government03/07/2020£32kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund23/10/2019£10kSickle Cell Care Community Support
The National Lottery Community Fund15/02/2017£9kSickle Cell Manchester Helpline

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 SICKLE CELL SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SICKLE CELL CARE MANCHESTER£88.9m—0unclear—no doubt
THE SICKLE CELL SOCIETY FY2026£1.2mmore than £60,0001above—no doubt
THE SOUTH WALES MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE LTD FY2025£126k—0above—no doubt
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE (SOUTH YORKSHIRE) LIMITED FY2025£150k—0unclear—no doubt
MANCHESTER CARERS CENTRE FY2025£263k—0above—no doubt
MAST CELL ACTION FY2025£132k—0unclear—noted

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