SALE WEST COMMUNITY URBAN TRUST

Registered charity 1137438 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objective of the Trust is to relieve the needs of children, their families and carers in such ways as the trustees think fit with a view to developing their physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and intellectual capabilities and that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society, and that their conditions of life may be improved.

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Latest income
£56k
Latest spending
£48k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held net assets of £12,773, comprising £3,676 in unrestricted funds and £9,097 in restricted funds. Per the trustees' report, this represents 3.2 months of regular expenditure, which is significantly less than their stated policy target of six months. Despite this shortfall, the trustees remain confident that sufficient resources are available to support ongoing commitments for the next twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £4k; policy: six months of regular expenditure)
“Including both unrestricted and restricted funds, at the end of 2025 we held reserves of 3.2 months (1.3 months at the end of 2024). This is significantly less than our target”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Trafford

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£56k£48k
31/12/2024£34k£40k
31/12/2023£33k£32k
31/12/2022£36k£36k
31/12/2021£38k£34k

Common questions

Is SALE WEST COMMUNITY URBAN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held net assets of £12,773, comprising £3,676 in unrestricted funds and £9,097 in restricted funds. Per the trustees' report, this represents 3.2 months of regular expenditure, which is significantly less than their stated policy target of six months. Despite this shortfall, the trustees remain confident that sufficient resources are available to support ongoing commitments for the next twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SALE WEST COMMUNITY URBAN TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SALE WEST COMMUNITY URBAN TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE, ASHTON UPON MERSEY, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2023£60kKeeping connected
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council31/10/2022£2kVoluntary Sector Grant to Sale West Urban Trust
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council31/10/2021£328Voluntary Sector Grant to Sale West
The National Lottery Community Fund28/10/2021£10kKeeping Connected
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council17/12/2019£2kInclusive Neighbourhood Grant to Sale West Community Urban Trust
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council31/08/2018£5kCommunity Cohesion Grant to Sale West Community Urban Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2017£10kSale West Activators Team ( SWAT)
The National Lottery Community Fund04/06/2014£4kSale West Beach Party and Sale West Carnival
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council22/06/2013£1kVoluntary Sector Grant to Sale West Community Urban Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund14/06/2012£10kSale West Family Fun Project (SWFFP)