GREATER MANCHESTER SPORTS PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1059115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREATER MANCHESTER YOUTH GAMES, GREATERSPORT, Greater Manchester Moving

Greater Manchester Moving is a Greater Manchester charity committed to changing lives through moving more, sport and physical activity. We play a strategic leadership role in support of GM Moving, the Greater Manchester wide movement, for movement. We lead, support and connect the Greater Manchester system in creating the conditions to enable Active Lives for All.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 7% to approximately £3.2m, while expenditure decreased by 11% to approximately £2.8m, resulting in a net movement in funds of £83,478. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,026,000, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £623,000, indicating a strong liquidity position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

What the charity says about itself (2024/25)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Steven Pleasant MBEchair
• Abigail Irozuru · trustee of 1 other charity
• Councillor Leanne Feeley
• Dan Cropper
• Dr Jill Harrison · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Marisa Logan-Ward
• Edward Baker
• Eve Holt
• Rob Mukherjee
• Sally Carr MBE
• Sarah Brown-Fraser
• Warren Heppolette

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

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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 GROUNDWORK GREATER MANCHESTER.

• GROUNDWORK GREATER MANCHESTER income £8.0m
• GREATER MANCHESTER ENVIRONMENT TRUST income £1.1m
• MOVE MORE income £897k
• THE GREATER MANCHESTER TRUST FOR RECREATION income £22.9m
• GREATER MANCHESTER YOUTH NETWORK income £1.2m
• GREATER MANCHESTER ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT LIMITED income £4.0m

Side by side with its peers

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