EVANGELICAL COUNCIL FOR THE MANCHESTER AREA TRUST

Registered charity 504453 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NETWORK

Christian work, with particular reference to local Christian inter-church events in the Manchester Area

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Latest income

£324k

Latest spending

£327k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £324,009.02 and total expenditure was £326,579.91, resulting in a net deficit for the period. The document notes that gifts received were above the expected budget, allowing for increased outreach. No specific reserves policy or unrestricted reserves figure is disclosed in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Carl Leslie Brettle · trustee of 1 other charity
GARETH KILLA · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£324k	£327k
31/12/2024	£178k	£176k
31/12/2023	£176k	£174k
31/12/2022	£63k	£62k
31/12/2021	£61k	£61k

Common questions

Is EVANGELICAL COUNCIL FOR THE MANCHESTER AREA TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £324,009.02 and total expenditure was £326,579.91, resulting in a net deficit for the period. The document notes that gifts received were above the expected budget, allowing for increased outreach. No specific reserves policy or unrestricted reserves figure is disclosed in the provided text.

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
THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUND	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIDDLE EAST REFORMED FELLOWSHIP (ENGLAND).

MIDDLE EAST REFORMED FELLOWSHIP (ENGLAND) income £175k
FULLBRIDGE EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £199k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CHELTENHAM income £251k
ELIJAH GOOD NEWS MINISTRIES (EGNM) income £111k
YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM MANCHESTER CHARITY TRUST income £352k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY TOTTENHAM income £100k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EVANGELICAL COUNCIL FOR THE MANCHESTER AREA TRUST	£324k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MIDDLE EAST REFORMED FELLOWSHIP (ENGLAND) FY2023	£175k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FULLBRIDGE EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2023	£199k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CHELTENHAM FY2024	£251k	—	above	—	no doubt
ELIJAH GOOD NEWS MINISTRIES (EGNM) FY2024	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM MANCHESTER CHARITY TRUST FY2025	£352k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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