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.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED TO SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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.

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
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

Funders the charity credits

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

Manchester City Council — “Manchester City Council has been our biggest supporter since the club was formed in 1997. Our partnership has enabled us to develop the Manc…” (source page)
SUEZ — “SUEZ is providing financial assistance to the Magic and Mystics junior NBL programme for the 2021/22 season.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in 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

Reported reserves equal ~13.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Butterworth
MARK LEECH
Rheanne Bailey
Sergio Lara-Bercial
Syed Yawar Alexis Abbas
William Brown

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 end	Income	Spending
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).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	21/01/2021	£3k	COVID19 Return to Play

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£59k
WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITY	1	£10k
ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND WILLIAM SHELTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY	1	£10k
THE WEAVERS' COMPANY BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£10k
THE THOMAS WALL TRUST	1	£5k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY	1	£5k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST	1	£3k
WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

SOUTH MANCHESTER SPORTS CLUB LIMITED income £113k
LONDON BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION income £429k
NOTTINGHAM WILDCATS COMMUNITY BASKETBALL AND SPORTS TRUST income £548k
MIDDLESEX COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.6m
SOUTH MANCHESTER GYMNASTICS CENTRE income £340k
MANCHESTER ACADEMY OF COMMUNITY GYMNASTICS LTD income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GREATER MANCHESTER COMMUNITY BASKETBALL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED	£316k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH MANCHESTER SPORTS CLUB LIMITED FY2025	£113k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
LONDON BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£429k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NOTTINGHAM WILDCATS COMMUNITY BASKETBALL AND SPORTS TRUST FY2025	£548k	over £50,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
MIDDLESEX COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£1.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH MANCHESTER GYMNASTICS CENTRE FY2025	£340k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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