GREATER MANCHESTER COMMUNITY BASKETBALL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1090437 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing basketball and other sporting and recreation facilities.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£316k
Latest spending
£301k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a profit of £14,912 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £316,085 against total expenditure of £301,173. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £492,955, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of maintaining three months' expenditure. The trustees report that they have assessed major risks and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to them.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £496k)
It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to three month's expenditure. — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £170k. 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 31/08/2023)

Total income
£695k
Total spending
£425k
Reserves (reported)
£475k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~13.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£316k£301k
31/08/2024£343k£343k
31/08/2023£695k£425k
31/08/2022£298k£331k
31/08/2021£328k£295k

Common questions

Is GREATER MANCHESTER COMMUNITY BASKETBALL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a profit of £14,912 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £316,085 against total expenditure of £301,173. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £492,955, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of maintaining three months' expenditure. The trustees report that they have assessed major risks and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to them. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England21/01/2021£3kCOVID19 Return to Play

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH MANCHESTER SPORTS CLUB LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GREATER MANCHESTER COMMUNITY BASKETBALL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED£316k0aboveno doubt
SOUTH MANCHESTER SPORTS CLUB LIMITED FY2025£113k0withinno doubt
NOTTINGHAM WILDCATS COMMUNITY BASKETBALL AND SPORTS TRUST FY2025£548k£50,001 - £60,0000unclearno doubt
MIDDLESEX COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.6m£50,001 - £60,000unclearno doubt
SOUTH MANCHESTER GYMNASTICS CENTRE FY2025£340k0aboveno doubt
MANCHESTER ACADEMY OF COMMUNITY GYMNASTICS LTD FY2024£1.0m0unclearno doubt

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