Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +8

COMMUNITY ON SOLID GROUND 

Community on Solid Ground aims to improve community cohesion and integration by providing activities which involve holiday play schemes, sport, leisure, recreational and educational activities to promote social capacity of all members. We also aim to develop the young people and their family?s physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing in order to build their confidence and self-esteem
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 13 years

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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
31/07/22*£265£175£90n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/07/21*£208£158£50n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/07/20£151£128£23n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/07/19*£109£169£-60n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/07/18£162£165£-3£0£0£0n/a012
31/07/17*£188£173£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£240£206£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£216£201£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£165£157£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£124£109£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£67£57£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£72£63£10£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 12 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Manchester City, Oldham, Salford City, Trafford,

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
The Clothworkers Foundation£152,000
BBC Children in Need£103,686
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,674
Power to Change£10,000
Sport England£9,800
Manchester City Council£6,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Power to Change - COMMUNITY ON SOLID GROUND (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to COMMUNITY ON SOLID GROUND (RCF)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 28/10/2022
Community on Solid Ground
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Community on Solid Ground
£50,000 04/07/2022
To cover a proportion of the Centre Manager's salary and to recruit a Fundraising Consultant
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Community on Solid Ground
£102,000 30/11/2021
construction of a building for a charity supporting disadvantaged minority communities in Manchester
National Lottery Community Fund - Eat Well Play Well Feel Well
£9,874 22/10/2021
The funding will be used to provide children and young people from Black Asian and minority ethnic communities with the opportunity to take part in weekend tennis and multi-sport activities which ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community On Solid Ground
£88,486 10/08/2021
This project will support children and young people who are Black, Asian, or ethnic minorities living in an area of deprivation. It will provide mentoring and youth work sessions to improve mental ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community On Solid Ground
£15,200 30/11/2020
This project will support children and young people from areas of deprivation through mentoring, detached youth work, and sports. It will improve mental and physical health whilst reducing the impact ....more
Manchester City Council - Grant to Community On Solid Ground
£1,500 30/07/2020
Grant for funding Play Scheme
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID 19 Mentor Support
£9,800 22/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to train youth workers and older young people as mentors to provide support for vulnerable people during Covid-19. The project aims to identify vulnerable young people ....more
Sport England - Summer 2019 Activities
£9,800 12/08/2019
8
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Summer 2019 Activities. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Manchester City Council - Grant to Youth on Solid Ground
£5,000 02/06/2019
Grant towards delivery of the empowering minds project and workshops
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community On Solid Ground
£112,386 28/02/2019
36
This project will deliver youth club, sports and one-to-one sessions with young people from a deprived area, who are at risk of engagement with risky activity. This will increase their aspirations, ....more
Manchester City Council - Grant to Youth on Solid Ground
£5,000 15/11/2018
Delivery of 3 community dialogue events for young people on 3 key themes. Arts based learning tool (video) co-produced with young people
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Community on Solid Ground
£43,300 31/03/2017
The Big Fat Asian Wedding
Tudor Trust - Grant to Community on Solid Ground
£56,000 02/02/2017
24
over two years as continuation funding towards core salaries at a youth and community organisation in Whalley Range, Manchester
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Community on Solid Ground
£27,300 09/09/2015
Traditional Best Times of South Asian Women
One Manchester - Health and wellbeing sessions for women from BME communities
£990 08/06/2015
Deliver 30 Health and Wellbeing sessions focusing on light exercise and combatting social isolation among BME women
Tudor Trust - Grant to Community on Solid Ground
£56,000 22/12/2014
24
over two years towards salaries at a community and youth organisation in Whalley Range, Manchester
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Higher Ground
£193,742 13/03/2013
72
The aim is to develop existing activities for young people and a girls pilot project to attract a wider audience in a disadvantaged, multi-ethnic community in Manchester through engagement with ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Community on Solid Ground
£20,000 29/06/2012
the salary of the Lead Officer/Manager
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 21-58
  • NUSRAT AHMED Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Community Gallery Worker
  • QUZAFI IQBAL Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Business Retail Industry
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2010, number: 1139378
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/07/2010, number: 07328036
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR22: 43 days late, AR21: 101 days late, AR19: 53 days late, AR17: 49 days late,
Main office

Manley Park Play (Community) Centre
York Avenue
MANCHESTER
M16 0AS

Objectives

(1) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN MANCHESTER BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE ANDORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.(2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TOTHE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MANCHESTER.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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