ASSIST

Registered charity 1062675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASSIST (NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE GROUP)

Assist is a volunteer-led charity based in Withington, (est 1969). Our main focus is to reduce social isolation and loneliness in our local elderly population.We host a weekly lunch club and exercise classes, monthly Film Club,Tea and Talks and Positive Living sessions, weekly Digital Drop in, regular day trips, befriending, advocacy, volunteer driving and general support.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WITHINGTON (GREATER MANCHESTER) AND SURROUNDING AREA ANY PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE

Area of benefit: WITHINGTON (GREATER MANCHESTER) AND SURROUNDING AREA

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £73,308, which the trustees note equates to 10 months of running costs against a policy target of covering statutory obligations and contingency. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 15/02/2024, 15 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Astonchair
• David Lamb
• Emma Horridge
• Gavin White · trustee of 2 other charities
• Gemma Glennon
• JACQUELINE KIRKBY
• Sarala Gunawardena
• Skyla Baily
• Vicky Wharmby

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ASSIST FUND.

• THE ASSIST FUND income £1.1m
• ALLIED SERVICES TRUST income £163k
• ASIST income £1.4m
• HELP AND CARE income £4.8m
• ASSIST TEIGNBRIDGE income £212k
• Disability Assist for Independent Living income £278k

Side by side with its peers

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