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Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

FOREVER MANCHESTER

Forever Manchester is a charity that raises money to fund and support community activity across Greater Manchester.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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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
31/03/23£2,377£2,649£-272£500£8,057£22012220
31/03/22£2,935£3,165£-231£652£8,985£2260.92020
31/03/21£5,170£5,152£18£501£8,840£1240.32030
31/03/20£2,629£2,467£162£666£7,802£1940.920100
31/03/19£2,177£2,558£-381£601£8,839£203120100
31/03/18£2,335£2,848£-513£592£9,144£1720.7190
31/03/17£2,511£2,828£-317£484£9,766£1160.5160
31/03/16£3,220£2,148£1,072£454£9,522£1230.7160
31/03/15£1,763£2,421£-658£554£9,058£1130.6170
31/03/14£3,061£2,144£917£492£9,635£2191.2200
31/03/13£3,793£4,704£-911£411£8,938£3891210
31/03/12£4,382£4,459£-76£288£9,390£3871160
31/03/11£8,604£5,678£2,926£352£9,410£3770.8210
31/03/10*£7,421£6,366£1,055£325£6,342£3310.6210
31/03/09£6,645£4,908£1,737£330£4,798£4311.1220
31/03/08£6,147£5,268£879£236£3,432£3340.8230
31/03/07£5,338£4,544£794£226£2,614£2620.7200
31/03/06£3,555£3,348£207n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£2,825£3,183£-358n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£3,739£3,218£521n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 39.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 18.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 3%
Reserves/Spending: 1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 32 years

www.forevermanchester.com

info@forevermanchester.com

01612140940

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Animals
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity - Grant to Forever Manchester
£105,000 02/02/2021
10
For co-delivery and distribution of OneGM Funding to grass roots community groups across GM
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Communities through Conversation
£78,499 18/02/2019
36
Connecting Communities through Conversation

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-59
  • ALAN OWEN MACKIN (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Director
  • CARL JASON AUSTIN-BEHAN OBE DL Appointed: 2023
  • CHRISTIAN BROOKS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • CLAIRE EBREY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Regional Director, Institute Of Directors
  • DR ZOE PHILIPS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant Health Economist
  • NICHOLAS KENNETH EDMONDSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
  • REBECCA LOUISE DURRANT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Tax Advisor
  • SAMANTHA JANE BOOTH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Deputy Chief Executive
  • SANDRA LINDSAY Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Pr Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/02/1993, number: 1017504
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/01/1993, number: 02785133
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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
20 returns made; AR10: 10 days late, AR05: 2 days late,
Main office

1st Floor
Phoenix House
45 Cross Street
MANCHESTER

Objectives

(1) THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION,THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY,DISTRESS AND SICKNESS AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE (2) SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE OR MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF GREATER MANCHESTER

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER MANCHESTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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