CALL PLUS
Registered charity 1016053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Being There, CALL, CANCER AID AND LISTENING LINE
Promote the relief of any person suffering from cancer or other life threatening illness by counselling and home support and providing facilities for the exchange of experience views and information among sufferers, relatives and other interested persons
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £86,487 for the year ended 31 March 2025, funded largely by drawing on unrestricted reserves which fell from £277,720 to £207,912. The trustees acknowledge that relying on reserves is not viable long-term and cite insufficient and less secure funding as a primary challenge. Despite these pressures, the independent examiner confirmed the accounts comply with legal and accounting requirements.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of normal operation, subject to a minimum of £90,000 (held: £208k)
“the Board of Trustees have decided that the Charity should keep unrestricted funds equivalent to three months of normal operation, subject to a minimum of £90,000” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Call Plus - Being There (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (20/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alamgir Miah
- Gaynor de Wit
- HEATHER LYNNE HENRY
- Nigel Day · trustee of 1 other charity
- PHILIP JAMES EAGLE
- VICTOR HASSAN · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CALL PLUS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £86,487 for the year ended 31 March 2025, funded largely by drawing on unrestricted reserves which fell from £277,720 to £207,912. The trustees acknowledge that relying on reserves is not viable long-term and cite insufficient and less secure funding as a primary challenge. Despite these pressures, the independent examiner confirmed the accounts comply with legal and accounting requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds CALL PLUS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CALL PLUS as a grant recipient include THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST.
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