City Church Manchester

Registered charity 1157448 · since 2014citychurchmanchester.org·Bury, Manchester, Salford, Tameside, Trafford·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

Its giving runs mainly through community partners that work with people experiencing homelessness, older people and vulnerable families, combined with volunteering, so a small charity working in those areas is the closest fit.
Neither an annual grants figure, a grant range nor a published application process was given, so the size of a sensible request cannot be judged from this information.
The contact shown is for getting in touch, so a short introductory enquiry about a partnership is a more sensible first step than a formal application.
The partnership framing suggests relationships may count for more than a formal bid, and the register records no grants to institutions for the latest year, so a grant should not be expected quickly.
No exclusions are stated, but a charity whose work falls outside these themes has nothing here to suggest a fit.

Overview

City Church Manchester is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1157448).

City Church Manchester is a registered charity whose stated purpose is the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with its Statement of Faith, by facilitating the charitable activities of the Fellowship and such other charitable objects as the trustees consider further the work of the Fellowship. Its giving includes direct support for community partners that help people experiencing homelessness, older people and vulnerable families in its city. It combines this financial support with volunteering, and its annual report records a special collection donated directly to community partners.

What they fund

Priority Areas

City Church Manchester’s giving includes direct support for its community partners. It works with organisations that help people experiencing homelessness, older people and vulnerable families in its city. The church describes these partnerships as a combination of giving and volunteering, and its report records a special collection donated directly to community partners. The partners’ work is described as ministry to these groups, while the partnership page presents practical service to people in need. Its approach combines financial support with volunteering through community partnerships.

Themes

Homelessness
Vulnerable families
Older people

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to City Church Manchester.

Diocese of ManchesterMixed deadlinesGave £1.5M Bowdon ParishInvitation only Altrincham Baptist ChurchNo public process The Holy Redeemer LamorbeyNo public processGave £692 All Saints' and St. Luke'sNo public process East ChurchInvitation onlyGave £75,030 Young ManchesterNo public processGave £409k St Thomas LymingtonNo public processGave £18,806 Greater Manchester Mayor's CharityMixed deadlinesGave £370k Ivy ChurchNo public process

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 August 2021	£388,185	£350,236	—	Accounts for year to 31 August 2021
year to 31 August 2022	£689,805	£423,669	—	Accounts for year to 31 August 2022
year to 31 August 2023	£459,022	£533,712	—	Accounts for year to 31 August 2023
year to 31 August 2024	£632,813	£597,307	—	Accounts for year to 31 August 2024
year to 31 August 2025	£643,772	£708,256	—	Accounts for year to 31 August 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.