HUMANS MCR

Registered charity 1189282 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Humans MCR are committed to the short- and long-term relief of food poverty, with a particular emphasis on breaking the cycle of generational food poverty. We use innovative solutions to ensure that nobody goes hungry in the areas of Manchester, Salford, and Bury.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£248k
Latest spending
£270k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves of £20,889 are held, which aligns with their stated policy target of maintaining at least three months' core expenditure to ensure organizational security during funding shortages.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £21k)
“The level of reserves we will aim for is at least three months’ core expenditure (staff salaries, rent etc)” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bury · Manchester City · Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£248k£270k
31/03/2025£274k£276k
31/03/2024£311k£263k
31/03/2023£267k£228k
28/02/2022£148k£108k

Common questions

Is HUMANS MCR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves of £20,889 are held, which aligns with their stated policy target of maintaining at least three months' core expenditure to ensure organizational security during funding shortages. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HUMANS MCR?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HUMANS MCR as a grant recipient include THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, THE TRUEMARK TRUST, MANCHESTER RELIEF IN NEED CIO, THE GROCERS' CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUSTFY2025£43kSocial welfare institutions
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2022£20kSocial justice
THE TRUEMARK TRUSTFY2024£6k
MANCHESTER RELIEF IN NEED CIOFY2025£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2025£5kRelief of Poverty
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUNDFY2024£5kCommunity help
MANCHESTER RELIEF IN NEED CIOFY2024£4kGroup Grant
THE BOOTH CHARITIESFY2025£3kRelief of distress and sickness
FORD BRITAIN TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE NATURESAVE TRUSTFY2023£3k
MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUNDFY2022£2k
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£750

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/02/2026£20kCommunity Grocers on-wheels
The National Lottery Community Fund07/11/2024£20kCommunity Grocers on-wheels
Southway Housing Trust08/07/2024£2kCreativity in the Kitchen
Postcode Lottery31/07/2023£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund09/12/2022£10kCommunity Grocers on-wheels
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council31/10/2022£2kVoluntary Sector Grant to Humans MCR
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2021£10kCommunity Grocers on-wheels
UK government23/07/2020£24kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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 HUMANITY CARE RELIEF.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HUMANS MCR£248k—0unclear—no doubt
HUMANITY CARE RELIEF FY2025£508k—0unclear—no doubt
HUMANITY FOR HUMAN FY2026£103k—0unclear—no doubt
HUMAN RELIEF FOUNDATION FY2025£4.8m——unclear—no doubt
MANCHESTER CENTRAL FOODBANK FY2025£506k—0unclear—no doubt
HASENE HUMANITARIAN AID UK FY2025£413k—0unclear—no doubt

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