Discover M8Manchester
Map of charities and companies in Manchester
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Charities are shown at their registered address and companies are grouped by the postcode of their registered office. Select a dot to see who is there and open their profile. A registered address is not always where an organisation works. Zoom in to see more. Sources: Charity Commission, OSCR and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland via the GovReg place index; Companies House register, 2 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. This map outlines Manchester and its wards. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Organisations based here
Counted by registered address. A charity or company registered here may work elsewhere, and organisations from elsewhere may work here.
How do we know this?
| Figure | Source | Period | Geography | Method and limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisation counts | Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS Public registers, via the GovReg place index Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 | place index build, 10 Oct 2026 | Manchester | Counted by registered address or school postcode Active companies with a registered office in this area (Companies House). A registered office is not an operating location. Charities whose contact postcode (or nearest postcode) is in this area; not all serve only this area. NHS trust head offices located here; services are delivered across wider areas. Open schools in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland located here. |
Who serves this area
Charities, schools and the council. Each name links to its GovReg profile.
Largest charities by income
- The Arts Council of Englandincome £843.1m · 16 trustees
- Aqa Educationincome £280.1m · 13 trustees
- The Road Safety Trustincome £102.1m · 12 trustees
- Sickle Cell Care Manchesterincome £88.9m · 3 trustees
- The Manchester Grammar School Foundationincome £32.4m
- Manchester International Festivalincome £24.2m · 20 trustees
- Uk-Medincome £23.1m · 10 trustees
- The Christie Charityincome £20.7m · 9 trustees
- Animal Health Trustincome £15.6m · 13 trustees
- Chetham's Hospital School and Libraryincome £14.4m · 22 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- Abraham Moss Community SchoolAll-through · 1,793 pupils
- Parrs Wood High SchoolSecondary · 1,786 pupils
- Wright Robinson CollegeSecondary · 1,781 pupils
- Whalley Range 11-18 High SchoolSecondary · 1,712 pupils
- The Manchester Grammar SchoolNot applicable · 1,642 pupils
- Co-Op Academy ManchesterSecondary · 1,554 pupils
- William Hulme's Grammar SchoolAll-through · 1,542 pupils
- Chorlton High SchoolSecondary · 1,532 pupils
The council
- ManchesterCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
NHS trusts with a head office here
- Manchester University Nhs Foundation Trust
- The Christie Nhs Foundation Trust
1,465 charities are registered here; the 1,365 that report income have a combined income of £2,000.4m and a median of £46,525. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (96)
Manchester has 96 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 96 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Good | Liberal Democrats | Ancoats & Beswick |
| Chris Northwood | Liberal Democrats | Ancoats & Beswick |
| Hussayn Salem | Green Party | Ancoats & Beswick |
| Abdigafar Mohamed Muse | Labour Party | Ardwick |
| Alex-Salik Imran | Green Party | Ardwick |
| Amna Abdullatif | Labour Party | Ardwick |
| Munaver Hussain Rasul | Labour Party | Baguley |
| Sian Niamh Astley | Reform UK | Baguley |
| Tracey Rawlins | Labour and Co-operative Party | Baguley |
| Dave Marsh | Labour Party | Brooklands |
| Glynn Evans | Labour Party | Brooklands |
| Steven John Hodgkiss | Reform UK | Brooklands |
| Asma Alam | Green Party | Burnage |
| Bev Craig | Labour Party | Burnage |
| Carl Jason Austin-Behan | Labour Party | Burnage |
| Basil Curley | Labour Party | Charlestown |
| Dylan Anthony Evans | Reform UK | Charlestown |
| Uzma Jafri | Labour Party | Charlestown |
| Naeem Hassan | Labour Party | Cheetham |
| Shaukat Ali | Labour Party | Cheetham |
| Shazia Butt | Labour Party | Cheetham |
| Chantal Lyn Kerr-Sheppard | Green Party | Chorlton |
| Mathew Henry Benham | Labour Party | Chorlton |
| Tina Kirwin-McGinley | Labour Party | Chorlton |
| Dave Rawson | Labour Party | Chorlton Park |
| Grace Worrall | Green Party | Chorlton Park |
| Mandie Shilton Godwin | Labour and Co-operative Party | Chorlton Park |
| Donna Ludford | Labour Party | Clayton & Openshaw |
| Sean McHale | Labour Party | Clayton & Openshaw |
| Thomas Frederick Robinson | Labour Party | Clayton & Openshaw |
| Fiaz Riasat | Labour Party | Crumpsall |
| Jawad Amin | Labour Party | Crumpsall |
| Nasrin Ali | Labour Party | Crumpsall |
| Anthony John McCaul | Labour and Co-operative Party | Deansgate |
| Marcus Charles Johns | Labour and Co-operative Party | Deansgate |
| Sarah Wakefield | Green Party | Deansgate |
| Andrew Simcock | Labour and Co-operative Party | Didsbury East |
| Leslie Bell | Labour Party | Didsbury East |
| Linda Foley | Labour Party | Didsbury East |
| Deborah Louise Hilal | Labour Party | Didsbury West |
| John Leech | Liberal Democrats | Didsbury West |
| Richard Martin Kilpatrick | Liberal Democrats | Didsbury West |
| Ghazala Sadiq | Labour Party | Fallowfield |
| Jade Mary Doswell | Labour Party | Fallowfield |
| Sufyaan Jasat | Green Party | Fallowfield |
| Afia Begum Kamal | Labour Party | Gorton & Abbey Hey |
| Chris Ogden | Green Party | Gorton & Abbey Hey |
| Julie Reid | Labour and Co-operative Party | Gorton & Abbey Hey |
| David Godfrey | Labour Party | Harpurhey |
| Joanne Mary Green | Labour Party | Harpurhey |
| Pat Karney | Labour Party | Harpurhey |
| Julie Connolly | Labour Party | Higher Blackley |
| Martin Power | Reform UK | Higher Blackley |
| Paula Mary Sadler | Labour Party | Higher Blackley |
| Annette Patricia Wright | Labour and Co-operative Party | Hulme |
| Bernard Joseph Ekbery | Green Party | Hulme |
| Lee Glover | Labour Party | Hulme |
| Basat Mahmood Sheikh | Labour Party | Levenshulme |
| Fesl Reza-Khan | Green Party | Levenshulme |
| Zahid Hussain | Labour Party | Levenshulme |
| Asif Iqbal Ranjha | Green Party | Longsight |
| Shabaz Sarwar | Workers Party of Britain | Longsight |
| Suzanne Richards | Labour Party | Longsight |
| John Flanagan | Labour Party | Miles Platting & Newton Heath |
| June Hitchen | Labour Party | Miles Platting & Newton Heath |
| Tom Alexander Grendon Lane | Reform UK | Miles Platting & Newton Heath |
| Esha Mumtaz | Labour Party | Moss Side |
| Mahadi Sharif-Mahamed | Labour Party | Moss Side |
| Thirza Amina Asanga-Rae | Green Party | Moss Side |
| Blake Steven Fisher | Reform UK | Moston |
| Sherita Mandongwe | Labour Party | Moston |
| Yasmine Dar | Labour Party | Moston |
| Angela Jane Moran | Labour Party | Northenden |
| Richard William Alston Fletcher | Labour Party | Northenden |
| Sam Lynch | Labour Party | Northenden |
| Garry Paul Bridges | Labour Party | Old Moat |
| Gavin White | Labour Party | Old Moat |
| Sam Easterby-Smith | Green Party | Old Moat |
| Jon-Connor Lyons | Labour Party | Piccadilly |
| Ross Steven | Green Party | Piccadilly |
| Sam Wheeler | Labour Party | Piccadilly |
| Ahmed Ali | Labour Party | Rusholme |
| Jill Lovecy | Labour Party | Rusholme |
| Shams Syed | Green Party | Rusholme |
| David Maurice McCullough | Reform UK | Sharston |
| Emma Victoria Taylor | Labour Party | Sharston |
| Tim Whiston | Labour Party | Sharston |
| Angeliki Stogia | Labour Party | Whalley Range |
| Ati Zafar | Green Party | Whalley Range |
| Muqaddasah Bano | Labour Party | Whalley Range |
| Becky Chambers | Labour Party | Withington |
| Beth Hartness | Green Party | Withington |
| Chris Wills | Labour and Co-operative Party | Withington |
| Astrid Johnson | Green Party | Woodhouse Park |
| Rob Nunney | Green Party | Woodhouse Park |
| Zoe Marlow | Green Party | Woodhouse Park |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 1365 largest charities here with trustee data, 297 are linked to at least one other through 244 shared board members. This shows how boards overlap, which is not the same as influence or control, and in small communities the same volunteers often serve more than one cause.
- M C A Charitable Trust and Laura Clementina Whitehead11 shared board members
- Cronfa Goffa Thomas Geraint Lloyd (Thomas Geraint Lloyd Memorial Fund) and Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes10 shared board members
- Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes and M C A Charitable Trust10 shared board members
- Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes and Laura Clementina Whitehead10 shared board members
- Cronfa Goffa Thomas Geraint Lloyd (Thomas Geraint Lloyd Memorial Fund) and M C A Charitable Trust9 shared board members
- Cronfa Goffa Thomas Geraint Lloyd (Thomas Geraint Lloyd Memorial Fund) and Laura Clementina Whitehead9 shared board members
- The Burney Fund (Icw Chetham's Library) and The Nicholls Hospital Trust9 shared board members
- The Burney Fund (Icw Chetham's Library) and Chetham's Hospital School and Library9 shared board members
- The Nicholls Hospital Trust and Chetham's Hospital School and Library9 shared board members
- Dr Garrett Memorial Trust and Gaddum Centre9 shared board members
Connections between organisations through shared board members describe how boards overlap. They are not evidence of influence, control or coordination, and many overlaps are ordinary in small communities. Only elected councillors are named. No addresses or other personal details are shown; organisation links point to existing public GovReg profiles.
Sources used on this page
1- Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS England: Organisation registers, via the GovReg place indexA charity or company is counted where its registered address is, which is not necessarily where it works.
Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.