Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 7

No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

THE FAITH NETWORK FOR MANCHESTER (FN4M)

Runs Manchester's first Multifaith Centre, Interfaith Dialogues on current issues as part of a series 'What Faith Says About ...', Women of Faith programme, In Your Faith - a young people's awareness project in schools, colleges and youth groups, Peace Malas, Festive Interfaith parties and community engagement and representation at various levels, including with decision makers.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

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

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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		£76	£59	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	26
31/03/22		£49	£46	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/03/21	*	£73	£34	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	38
31/03/20		£60	£62	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	27
31/03/19		£66	£55	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/03/18	*	£36	£41	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£51	£45	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£33	£39	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£42	£37	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£24	£27	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£20	£36	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.fn4m.org

mail@fn4m.org

01612279822

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
26 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	£20,000
Forever Manchester	£10,000
Sport England	£6,700

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - King Charles Coronation Weekend Interfaith Walk and Community Events
£10,000	30/03/2023	Funding will be used to mark the King’s coronation with an interfaith walk arts activities and community events which will take place over three days. This project aims to bring people together; ....more Funding will be used to mark the King’s coronation with an interfaith walk arts activities and community events which will take place over three days. This project aims to bring people together; learn about each other's beliefs and traditions; and celebrate the Coronation weekend.
Forever Manchester - Women's Lived-Experience, Leadership & Resilience: Storytelling Workshops
£10,000	24/03/2022	Community and artist Jubilee project
National Lottery Community Fund - Faith in Black Lives Matter
£10,000	23/07/2021	The funding will be used to train people from different backgrounds in anti-racism and create anti-racism community leaders along with editing previous work to create short educational films for ....more The funding will be used to train people from different backgrounds in anti-racism and create anti-racism community leaders along with editing previous work to create short educational films for distribution to faith groups schools and colleges. The group aims to raise awareness of racism and reduce incidences of racism across the community.
Sport England - TGC CF Faith-Fit
£6,700	18/01/2021 11	This project will provide women only sessions, including a range of activities, such as, Pilates, Yoga and Zumba.
National Lottery Community Fund - Faiths for Good
£10,000	14/02/2019 12	The funding will be used to employ a project worker and run events to engage people from different faiths within the community. The aim is to bring people together, recognising the importance of ....more The funding will be used to employ a project worker and run events to engage people from different faiths within the community. The aim is to bring people together, recognising the importance of difference and how that can be embraced and celebrated within the whole community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Faith AIMS (Addressing Issues in Manchester Sustainably)
£10,000	22/04/2014 12	Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 13/15 persons

AMER SAMEEUS SALAM Appointed: 2019

REV FUJO MALAIKA Appointed: 2019

CLIVE JUNIOR PYOTT Appointed: 2022

ELIZABETH CAMERON Appointed: 2021

GRANGE ALAN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2022

MANJARI RAJESH PATEL Appointed: 2019

NABILA FAROOQ Appointed: 2022

REV CHRISTOPHER CODY COYNE Appointed: 2019

REV JEREMY LAW Appointed: 2019

SUKHBIR JIM SINGH Appointed: 2019

WENDY SIMMS Appointed: 2022

MARGARET CALVERT Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: MANCHESTER AND WARRINGTON AREA QUAKER MEETING (RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS),

MOHAMMED ALI Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: WE STAND TOGETHER,

RABBI WARREN ELF MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: FODIP (THE FORUM FOR DISCUSSION OF ISRAEL AND PALESTINE),

CHARLES KWAKU-ODOI Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Management Consultant, Other trusteeships: COMMAND PRAYER CENTRE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL, MANCHESTER SOUTH STREET PASTORS, MANCHESTER ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY CARE, MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE STREET PASTORS, HEALTHWATCH MANCHESTER,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/10/2011, number: 1144161

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late,

Main office

The Wesley Centre
Unit 18
Royce Road
MANCHESTER

Objectives

THE CHARITYS OBJECTS ARE THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:A) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS INCLUDING AN AWARENESS OF THEIR DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND THEIR COMMON GROUND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS;B) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS; ANDC) PROVIDING A MULTI-FAITH CENTRE AND A RANGE OF MULTI-FAITH ACTIVITIES FOR THE GREATER MANCHESTER TO ENABLE THEM TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MANCHESTER

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