Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Future income +5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 20

STEP UP MCR

Step Up MCR is a grant making organisation that supports a range of Charitable Activities that support the five ways to wellbeing. We support community development, and local giving that helps people Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and to Give. We provide services to support more impactful and collaborative giving to meet the needs of the communities we work with.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and 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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£125,058	£124,808	£250	26
31/03/22	£129,901	£89,936	£39,965	20
31/03/21	£82,956	£697	£82,259	17

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.stepupmcr.org

hello@stepupmcr.org

07584556989

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Manchester City,

Who it helps

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	£160,000
Power to Change	£10,000
Crowdfunder	£2,675
Sport England	£0

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Unleashing Community Power
£150,000	19/05/2023	The funding will be used to support Step Up MCR to develop their place based giving model to grow community led projects across certain wards of North Manchester. Step Up aim to grow their place ....more The funding will be used to support Step Up MCR to develop their place based giving model to grow community led projects across certain wards of North Manchester. Step Up aim to grow their place based giving model by employing a second member of staff in a Neighbourhood Connector (NC) role. The NC will provide greater capacity around community project support which will allow the Programme Manager to place a greater focus on developing Step Up as a sustainable place based giving model building new strategic relationships and expanding upon collaborative giving mechanisms.
National Lottery Community Fund - Seedings Speech and Language Therapy Groups
£10,000	10/03/2023	The funding will be used to continue to run weekly specialist Speech and Language Therapy sessions supporting families with pre-school children with communication difficulties such as Autism and ....more The funding will be used to continue to run weekly specialist Speech and Language Therapy sessions supporting families with pre-school children with communication difficulties such as Autism and language delay. The project aims to bring families together in a safe community space to share experiences gain advice support and confidence alongside reducing isolation.
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£2,675	05/08/2022	Covid response
Sport England - COVID19 - Active Together (Crowdfunding)
£0	24/05/2022	Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiative, 'Active Together'. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England contributed towards, with a pledge value of £10,000. They ....more Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiative, 'Active Together'. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England contributed towards, with a pledge value of £10,000. They achieved themselves an addtional crowdfund raise value of £26,772 from 200 supporters ('the crowd'). The campaign's description was: 'Help The Resonance Centre, Clayton's community health and wellbeing collective, raise £20,000 to cover its Centre Manager costs.' Their campaign page can be viewed here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/theresonancecentre
Power to Change - Crowdmatch - Max Trax Openshaw Community Cycle Track
£10,000	17/05/2022	Grant to Crowdmatch - Max Trax Openshaw Community Cycle Track
Sport England - COVID19 - Active Together (Crowdfunding)
£0	02/12/2021	Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiative, 'Active Together'. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England contributed towards, with a pledge value of £10,000. They ....more Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiative, 'Active Together'. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England contributed towards, with a pledge value of £10,000. They achieved themselves an additional crowdfund raise value of £61,836 from 136 supporters ('the crowd'). The campaign's description was: 'Step Up for Max Trax! An exciting new Openshaw community cycle track in memory of Max.' Their campaign page can be viewed here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/maxtraxstepup

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-60

CHRISTOPHER RICHARD JOHN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

DR JAMES SCOTT VANDEVENTER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Academic Researcher

DR PAULA TURNER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Management Consultant

THEA MONK Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

THOMAS JOSEPH FREDERICK WOODCOCK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

YASMIN AMELIA CLARKE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

ANGELA MARTIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Health And Wellbeing Manager

GURJINDER SINGH KANG Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Treasurer, Other trusteeship: THICKSKIN THEATRE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/09/2020, number: 1191495
Registered at Companies House on 17/02/2020, number: 12467282

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Resonance Centre
The Old School House
Clayton Street
Manchester
M11 4EA

Objectives

3.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE AREA OF BENEFIT, INCLUDING:3.1.1 THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND SURROUNDING AREAS) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS;3.1.1.1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;3.1.1.2 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT;3.1.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;3.1.1.4 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY OR OTHER CHARITABLE HELP IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:-(I) TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO SET UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;3.1.1.5 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKPLACE, BUILDING AND / OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;3.1.1.6 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;3.1.1.7 THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;3.1.1.8 THE PROVISION OF OFFICE AND MEETING SPACE FOR NON-PROFIT MAKING ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS; AND3.1.1.9 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.3.1.2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; AND3.1.3 THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIAL EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY (AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY).

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