MEN BEHAVING DADLY

Registered charity 1142534 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MBD

To provide a safe and fun enviroment for dads/carers and their children to creat strong family bonds through art, craft and play.

Objects

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE GROUP SHALL BE TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN BY HELPING DAD’S AND MALE CARERS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE OLDHAM AND METROPOLITAN DISTRICT. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF SUCH DAD’S AND MALE CARERS IN ALL MATTERS IN RELATION TO CHILDCARE AND PARENTING SKILL.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £29,253 to £31,080, while total funds rose from £39,555 to £41,664. The charity reports no material matters from its independent examination and confirms that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011. Staff costs were £13,355, with no employees receiving emoluments over £60,000.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• BILL BEDFORD
• Jill Griffith · trustee of 2 other charities
• STEPH GILL

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

Operates in: Oldham

Income and spending

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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).