THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION COUNTY OF MANCHESTER

Registered charity 1015304 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COUNTY OF MANCHESTER GIRL GUIDES, GIRLGUIDING MANCHESTER

Through fun, friendship, challenge and adventure we empower girls to find their voice, inspiring them to discover the best in themselves and to make a positive difference in their community. Girlguiding Manchester has Rainbow, Brownie, Guide and Ranger members aged 4 to 18. We fire their imaginations through challenges and adventures for all personalities

Objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF GIRLS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a deficit of £5,489.33, reducing its year-end bank balances to £93,738.69 from a brought-forward balance of £99,228.02. The independent examiner confirmed there was no cause for concern regarding how the charity accounts for or spends money, though they recommended improvements to financial recording and governance practices.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Bowerchair
• Abi Smitton
• Angela Ogden · trustee of 1 other charity
• Claire Shaw
• Dawn Bennett-Painter
• Deb Crozier
• Diane Austin-Hughes
• Donna Hewlett
• Elizabeth Stanford
• Helen Salvini
• Jennifer Patterson
• Kate Traynor
• Lindsay Bann
• Louisa Watson
• Melanie Price
• Nicola Horsfield
• Rebecca Patten · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tracy Thomson

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Tameside

Income and spending

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