COFFEE4CRAIG

Registered charity 1167146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C4C

To provide an out of hours support service to persons who are street homeless in Manchester City Centre . To create a safe space for those individuals experiencing street homelessness and/or in crisis. Make full use of partnership working to provide support for persons who are street homeless.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF OUTREACH AND SUPPORT SERVICES

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

Latest income
£286k
Latest spending
£319k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £285,590 against expenditure of £319,166, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £39,177, which the trustees report are sufficient to cover the deficit and maintain operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Manchester City Council (37% of income)
“Manchester City Council 105,000” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of operational costs (reserves figure: £39k)
“The current reserve policy states that Coffee4Craig shall have available (three) 3 months of operational costs at all times.” — 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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Government income: £105,000 — grants £105,000 (1); 37% of the £285,590 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Government income: £105,000 — grants £105,000 (1); 36% of the £289,409 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £172,636 — grants £172,636 (4); 48% of the £356,518 total gross income on the same return

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 31/03/2025 (received 16/02/2026, 16 days after the 31/01/2026 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 — Coffee4Craig (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£286k£319k
31/03/2024£289k£298k
31/03/2023£357k£352k
31/03/2022£378k£390k
31/03/2021£282k£224k

Common questions

Is COFFEE4CRAIG financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £285,590 against expenditure of £319,166, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £39,177, which the trustees report are sufficient to cover the deficit and maintain operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COFFEE4CRAIG?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COFFEE4CRAIG as a grant recipient include THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, GREATER MANCHESTER MAYOR'S CHARITY CIO, LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST, THE DWF FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATIONFY2023Unverified read£188k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2026£34kGeneral Fund
GREATER MANCHESTER MAYOR'S CHARITY CIOFY2024£14kFundraising Manager salary to support financial security
GREATER MANCHESTER MAYOR'S CHARITY CIOFY2023£14kFunding a Fundraising Manager to support financial security.
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUSTFY2023£4kMATERIAL INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS
THE DWF FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2024£266kRelief & Recovery Program
UK government21/09/2020£18kVSCE CMC Fund

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COFFEE4CRAIG£286k—0unclear—no doubt
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt
CARE4CALAIS FY2025£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0001within—no doubt
CARE FOR THE CARERS FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
TEAMS4U THE CHARITY FY2025£414k—0above—no doubt
KEYCHANGE CHARITY FY2026£10.6m——unclear—no doubt

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