Manchester Taoist Centre

Registered charity 1117714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MANCHESTER LISHI ARTS

The promotion and delivery of community classes, courses and workshops across Greater Manchester using qualified teachers, coaches and instructors of Weihai Lishi Quanfa. Seeking grants and funds to supplement donations received from participants in order to provide a safe, quality learning environment for effective practice.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH THROUGH EDUCATION IN THE RECREATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMMES OF 'WEITRAI LISHI QUANFA' TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY OF MANCHESTER

Area of benefit: MANCHESTER

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £224 at the end of the financial year. The trustees report that the charity has continued to gradually increase its income and modestly increase the scale of its activities, although it was not successful in securing grants to supplement participant donations.

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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Norris
• Pamela Gannicliffe
• Selwyn Hyams

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

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Government & lottery funding

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