THE GREAT CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1096288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raising funds to advance the education of and provide leisure time activities for children living in greater Manchester and for the maintenance and upkeep of buildings used for these activities and for further future development.

Objects

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM2) TO BENEFIT JEWISH CHILDREN LIVING IN GREATER MANCHESTER THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY

Area of benefit: GREATER MANCHESTER

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 · Disability · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£81k
Latest spending
£44k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £36,507 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves totaling £2,323,369. The trustees consider the financial position to be satisfactory and have confirmed compliance with statutory requirements and the Charities SORP. The charity holds significant tangible fixed assets valued at £2,830,102, though it also carries creditors due within one year of £374,925.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to cover future refurbishment work, donations and to pay off its creditors (reserves figure: £2.3m)
“The charity was holding reserves at the year end to cover future refurbishment work, donations and to pay off its creditors.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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 31/03/2021 (received 29/03/2022, 57 days after the 31/01/2022 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.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £1.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Total income
£503k
Total spending
£439k
Reserves (reported)
£2.5m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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.

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
31/03/2025£81k£44k
31/03/2024£183k£170k
31/03/2023£180k£119k
31/03/2022£190k£173k
31/03/2021£503k£439k

Common questions

Is THE GREAT CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £36,507 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves totaling £2,323,369. The trustees consider the financial position to be satisfactory and have confirmed compliance with statutory requirements and the Charities SORP. The charity holds significant tangible fixed assets valued at £2,830,102, though it also carries creditors due within one year of £374,925. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE GREAT CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GREAT CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST LTD as a grant recipient include NEMORAL LIMITED, GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NEMORAL LIMITEDFY2021£60kadvancement of Jewish Religious Education and the alleviation of poverty among the Jewish community
GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITEDFY2021£50kAdvancement of education and relief of poverty

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/07/2025£12kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund01/08/2024£20kThe Great Clubs` Guiding Girls with Grace Program
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2021£10kOffering respite support and recovery

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GREATER MANCHESTER TRUST FOR RECREATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE GREAT CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST LTD£81k—0above—no doubt
THE GREATER MANCHESTER TRUST FOR RECREATION FY2025£22.9m—0unclear—no doubt
REFORM CLUB CONSERVATION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£75k—0unclear—no doubt
BIG LOCAL GATESHEAD FY2025£149k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£589k—0above—no doubt
GREATER MANCHESTER LAW CENTRE FY2025£603k—0unclear—no doubt

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