CHORLTON GOOD NEIGHBOURS

Registered charity 1013285 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHORLTON FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES GOOD NEIGHBOURS CARE GROUP

Chorlton Good Neighbours recruits local volunteers to help support older people in Chorlton , Chorlton Park and Whalley Range. Services include transport , visiting and 1-1 support, small DIY and other practical jobs. The group also runs weekly exercise sessions for over 65's, coffee mornings, singing, history, drama , Art ,positive living and gardening groups as well as regular day trips/parties.

Objects

TO SUPPORT PERSONS RESIDENT IN CHORLTON-CUM-HARDY AND ADJACENT DISTRICTS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS REGARDLESS OF GENDER, DISABILITY, RELIGION OR BELIEF, RACE, ETHNICITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

Area of benefit: CHORLTON-CUM-HARDY AND ADJACENT DISTRICTS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£131k

Latest spending

£119k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with total net assets of £514,638, comprising £506,667 in unrestricted funds. This figure is significantly above the trustees' stated minimum reserves policy target of £50,000. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £508 for the year, largely due to unrealised losses on investments.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £ 50,000 (reserves figure: £507k)

“Chorlton Good Neighbours has agreed to keep minimum reserves of £ 50,000, so they will be able to pay full redundancy costs to staff in case the charity becomes financially unviable.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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
Investing charity funds 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 103
Government income: £56,000 — grants £56,000 (1); 43% of the £130,611 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £65,800 — grants £65,800 (2); 53% of the £123,827 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 116
Government income: £60,650 — grants £60,650 (3); 50% of the £121,326 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chorlton Good Neighbours (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

James Donohuechair
Allison Sheard
David Joseph Sheppard
KATHRYN GRAND
Linda Dunn
Mary Theresa O'Mahony
Michael Schaefer
Rev JENNIFER KING

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£131k	£119k
31/03/2024	£124k	£122k
31/03/2023	£121k	£123k
31/03/2022	£115k	£103k
31/03/2021	£87k	£88k

Common questions

Is CHORLTON GOOD NEIGHBOURS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with total net assets of £514,638, comprising £506,667 in unrestricted funds. This figure is significantly above the trustees' stated minimum reserves policy target of £50,000. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £508 for the year, largely due to unrealised losses on investments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/11/2024	£16k	The Positive Living Group (PLG)
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/12/2022	£10k	The Positive Living Group
Southway Housing Trust	01/12/2020	£500	Chorlton Good Neighbours
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/09/2019	£9k	The Positive Living Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/10/2016	£10k	Chorlton Good Neighbours celebrates 50 years serving the community
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/08/2012	£7k	The Positive Living Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/03/2006	£4k	Short Film Production

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
The Keith Howard Foundation	1	£5k
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS	1	£4k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONTACT: SELSDON CHURCHES NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE.

CONTACT: SELSDON CHURCHES NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE income £57k
GOOD NEIGHBOURS IN NORTH CARDIFF income £33k
DIDSBURY GOOD NEIGHBOURS income £121k
CROSS GATES & DISTRICT GOOD NEIGHBOURS'SCHEME CIO income £416k
LEVENSHULME GOOD NEIGHBOURS income £49k
MORLEY ELDERLY ACTION income £173k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHORLTON GOOD NEIGHBOURS	£131k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CONTACT: SELSDON CHURCHES NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE FY2026	£57k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GOOD NEIGHBOURS IN NORTH CARDIFF FY2026	£33k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
DIDSBURY GOOD NEIGHBOURS FY2025	£121k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CROSS GATES & DISTRICT GOOD NEIGHBOURS'SCHEME CIO FY2025	£416k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LEVENSHULME GOOD NEIGHBOURS FY2025	£49k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.