THE MOSS SIDE AND HULME COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1093592 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust is a Social Enterprise and works with local people to improve their employability and enhance their quality of life. It has a UK Centre and runs various free training courses and projects as well as providing Information, Advice and Guidance. The Trust supports and works with local community organisations and businesses in furtherance of its aims and objectives.

Objects

(1) THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR MOSS SIDE, HULME AND ADJACENT AREAS OF MANCHESTER) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:-(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RE-TRAINING FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THE LONG TERM UNEMPLOYED;(C) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESSES OR SUPPORT TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;(D) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;(E) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;(F) THE PROVISION OF CHILDCARE AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;(G) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;(H) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AFRICAN CARIBBEAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PROVISION OF A HERITAGE RESOURCE CENTRE;(I) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.(2) ACTING AS A FOCUS OF COMMUNITY OPINION WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT TO ENSURE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION OF THAT AREA IS EFFECTIVELY BALANCED TO THE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY RELATIVE TO LONG-TERM ECONOMIC GROWTH, INCREASED LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE ENVIRONMENT, HOUSING, AND PROVISION OF AMENITIES.(3) FOSTERING AND DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND OTHER COMPATIBLE ORGANISATIONS BOTH WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AND NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY IN ORDER TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE WEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THOSE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: IN PARTICULAR MOSS SIDE, HULME AND ADJACENT AREAS OF MANCHESTER

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources were £356,148 against total resources expended of £405,546, resulting in a net outgoing for the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves decreased from £399,688 to £350,291, while the charity maintains a reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure.

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 4 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 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02357067 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• JOHNSON, Davinya — director, appointed 04/08/2026on trustee list
• DAVIDSON, Daniel Leonard — director, appointed 20/02/2024on trustee list
• FARQUHARSON, Mario, Dr — director, appointed 20/02/2024on trustee list
• DOWNER, Lorna — director, appointed 28/02/2022on trustee list
• JOHNSON, Davinya — secretary, appointed 18/06/2026

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DANIEL DAVIDSON
• Davinya Johnson
• Dr MARIO FARQUHARSON
• Felix Reeves
• Lorna Downer
• Michael Anthony Hood

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 MOSELEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

• MOSELEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £481k
• COMMONSIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £520k
• KIVETON PARK AND WALES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £224k
• LOCAL TRUST income £2.1m
• ST. MARGARET'S COMMUNITY TRUST income £243k
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £253k

Side by side with its peers

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