FOREVER MANCHESTER

Registered charity 1017504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CFGM, COMMUNITY TRUST FOR GREATER MANCHESTER, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER MANCHESTER

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

Objects

(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

Area of benefit: GREATER MANCHESTER

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £123,805 for the year, with total funds increasing to £8.74 million. However, unrestricted resources yielded an excess of expenditure over income of £572, and the charity notes that attracting unrestricted donations remains a key focus to support core costs and grant-making. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £287k are slightly below the stated policy target of £304k, though a plan is in place to restore them if required.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. 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
• 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

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02785133
• Trading subsidiary: FOREVER MANCHESTER TRADING LIMITED Companies House 06874910

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Forever Manchester (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Riskbox — “A huge thank you to Riskbox for running the event with My Accountancy Place and Glaiysers—and for choosing us as one of the beneficiary char…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BARKER, Robert Adrian — director, appointed 21/04/2026on trustee list
• LEVY, Rebecca Jane — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• RENFREW, Steven Ian — director, appointed 26/09/2025on trustee list
• EDMONDSON, Nicholas Kenneth — director, appointed 02/03/2023on trustee list
• DURRANT, Rebecca Louise — director, appointed 02/03/2023on trustee list
• EBREY, Claire Elizabeth — director, appointed 13/01/2020on trustee list
• BOOTH, Samantha Jane — director, appointed 18/03/2016on trustee list
• LINDSAY, Sandra — director, appointed 02/02/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 15.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Ebrey
• Nicholas Kenneth Edmondson
• Rebecca Jane Levy
• Rebecca Louise Durrant
• Robert Adrian Barker
• Steven Ian Renfrew

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

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANCHESTER CITY F.C. CITY IN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

• MANCHESTER CITY F.C. CITY IN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £4.3m
• MANCHESTER UNITED FOUNDATION income £8.7m
• THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM income £4.8m
• MANCHESTER CITY OF LITERATURE income £265k
• MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE income £714k
• MANCHESTER HISTORIES income £557k

Side by side with its peers

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