Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

ASSIST

Assist is a volunteer-led charity based in Withington, (est 1969). Our main focus is to reduce social isolation and loneliness in our local elderly population.We host a weekly lunch club and exercise classes, monthly Film Club,Tea and Talks and Positive Living sessions, weekly Digital Drop in, regular day trips, befriending, advocacy, volunteer driving and general support.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£100	£97	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/22		£122	£99	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/21		£53	£54	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	39
31/03/20		£68	£69	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	62
31/03/19		£78	£58	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	69
01/04/18		£58	£45	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£61	£57	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£56	£59	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£73	£73	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£66	£59	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£68	£61	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£62	£61	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£45	£66	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£52	£59	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£45	£40	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£40	£37	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£33	£33	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£38	£24	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£27	£27	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£31	£24	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 27 years

www.withingtonassist.org.uk

withingtonassist@gmail.com

01614349216

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for the elderly

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Manchester City,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£9,969
Co-Operative Group	£6,844
Charles Hayward Foundation	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Assist
£2,323	21/10/2023	We would like to help local older people; we believe we can achieve this by building a strong local volunteer team to support our activities, and by also becoming volunteer befrienders.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to ASSIST
£3,000	20/07/2022	Volunteer programme supporting older people
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Withington Assist
£1,476	23/10/2021	We would like to run our weekly seated/chair-assisted exercise classes over Zoom, so that older people who are isolating can join in from their own homes.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Positive Living Project
£9,969	17/09/2021	The funding will be used to run positive living workshops for older people. The project aims to use cognitive behavioural strategies and peer support to reduce social isolation and encourage a ....more The funding will be used to run positive living workshops for older people. The project aims to use cognitive behavioural strategies and peer support to reduce social isolation and encourage a healthier approach to ageing.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Assist Neighbourhood Care
£3,045	15/11/2019	We want to run a monthly film club in a safe, accessible environment with transport and refreshments for older people living locally.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Assist Neighbourhood Care
£3,129	19/11/2018	We would like to cover the costs of a monthly 'Tea and Talks' activity for local older people, in a welcoming, accessible environment.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Positivity Programme
£7,772	06/09/2018 12	The funding will be used to run sessions for older people including workshops on positive living and wellbeing. The project aims to reduce loneliness and social isolation, improve confidence, ....more The funding will be used to run sessions for older people including workshops on positive living and wellbeing. The project aims to reduce loneliness and social isolation, improve confidence, motivation and self-esteem.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees:

BRENDA BARNETT Appointed: 2013

BARBARA ASTON Appointed: 2020

BRIAN STEVENSON Appointed: 2020

DAVID LAMB Appointed: 2019

JACQUELINE KIRKBY

PIP COTTERILL (Chair) Appointed: 2017

VICKY WHARMBY Appointed: 2021

SARALA GUNAWARDENA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: N H S Manager, Other trusteeship: FALLOWFIELD BROWSERS LTD,

GAVIN WHITE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Minister Of Religion, Other trusteeships: KING'S CHURCH IN GREATER MANCHESTER, GREATER MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY LTD,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/06/1997, number: 1062675

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 15 days late, AR07: 121 days late,

Main office

ASSIST CARE GROUP
439 WILMSLOW ROAD
MANCHESTER
M20 4AN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WITHINGTON (GREATER MANCHESTER) AND SURROUNDING AREA ANY PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE

Defined Area of Benefit:

WITHINGTON (GREATER MANCHESTER) AND SURROUNDING AREA

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