Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 11
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

GREATER TOGETHER MANCHESTER

Greater Together Manchester aims to provide leadership and support for anti-poverty work across Greater Manchester and Rossendale.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£240£358£-118n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£324£227£97n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£226£232£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£370£341£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£405£359£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£190£141£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£148£101£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£97£50£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.greatertogethermanchester.org

info@greatertogethermanchester.org

0161 828 1409

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity£105,635
Lloyds Bank Foundation£99,891
National Lottery Community Fund£9,978
Sport England£8,500
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2024 Grant - Greater Together Manchester
£5,000 07/03/2024
To support a Social Super Market set up with residents as a sustainable alternative to a food bank providing residents with low-cost food and household essentials, helping them save money on weekly groceries and redirect that money to other bills.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Greater Together Manchester
£99,891 23/02/2024
24
Grant over 2 years to support local collaborations
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Lifeskills Through Sports for homelessness
£8,500 08/06/2022
This project will target people who have experience of homelessness including rough sleeping, sofa surfers, people in emergency or temporary accommodation as well as those who have experienced homeless in the past. The project is looking to expand ....more
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity - Grant to Greater Manchester Homelessness Action Network (via Greater Together Manchester)
£90,000 16/11/2021
Grant to fund full-time Network Co-ordinator at GMHAN.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Pantry
£9,978 26/03/2021
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The funding will be used to develop an existing food project into a sustainable food pantry tackling both food poverty and food waste. The project aims to transition people from using the crisis food bank provision whilst also helping them keep ....more
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity - Grant to Greater Together Manchester
£9,135 14/05/2020
To help with core costs and staffing costs who have been deployed to the frontline, helping with the central food provision. (COVID-19 response)
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity - Grant to Great Together Manchester
£6,500 30/03/2020
Supporting initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-62
  • HELEN JANE PLATTS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • JOANNA WATSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • MARTIN WILLIAM EVANS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • REV ANNE ELIZABETH GILBERT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Priest
  • REV ELEANOR LOUISE TRIMBLE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Clerk In Holy Orders
  • REV GRACE THOMAS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Assistant Curate
  • THE RIGHT REVEREND MARK DAVIES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Bishop Of Middleton
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/06/2016, number: 1167704
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/03/2015, number: 09490223
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • 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
8 returns made; AR18: 4 days late,
Main office

Greater Together Manchester
St John's House
155-163 The Rock
Bury
BL9 0ND

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:-3.1 TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHRISTIAN BASED CHARITIES IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THEIR OBJECTS OR ANY ONE OF THEM, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION; AND3.2 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, GOODS OR SERVICES.THE OBJECTS ARE TO BE CONDUCTED IN A MANNER WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FAITH AND PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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