BURNAGE GOOD NEIGHBOURS

Registered charity 1146074 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Voluntary Care Group assisting the older people of the area with visiting, shopping, befriending, advice, practical tasks and social activities for our client base. Health related classes for older people.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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

Latest income
£66k
Latest spending
£61k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £5,138 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £66,481 against total expenditure of £61,343. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £52,946, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (reserves figure: £53k)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 22
  • Government income: £53,855 — grants £53,855 (1); 81% of the £66,481 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £55,510 — grants £55,510 (3); 67% of the £83,141 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £44,276 — grants £44,276 (1); 56% of the £78,696 total gross income on the same return

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, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 14/03/2025, 42 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 03/09/2024, 216 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 14/02/2024, 379 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 09/08/2022, 190 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£66k£61k
31/03/2024£83k£80k
31/03/2023£79k£82k
31/03/2022£84k£79k
31/03/2021£69k£66k

Common questions

Is BURNAGE GOOD NEIGHBOURS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £5,138 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £66,481 against total expenditure of £61,343. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £52,946, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/09/2022£10kBGN Play Group Reborn
Southway Housing Trust01/12/2020£500Burnage Good Neighbours
UK government28/08/2020£5kVSCE CMC Fund
UK government03/08/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2015£10kA4A - We know what we want, we know we will be heard
The National Lottery Community Fund05/03/2014£8kA Safer Burnage
The National Lottery Community Fund17/05/2012£3kDriving for Development
The National Lottery Community Fund22/06/2006£1kBurnage Good Neighbours

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BURNAGE FAMILY CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BURNAGE GOOD NEIGHBOURS£66k—0unclear—no doubt
BURNAGE FAMILY CHURCH FY2025£134k—0unclear—no doubt
PERSONAL BEST FOUNDATION FY2025£135k—0below—no doubt
BASINGSTOKE NEIGHBOURCARE FY2025£192k—0unclear—no doubt
GOOD NEIGHBOURS IN NORTH CARDIFF FY2026£33k——above—no doubt
EMBRACING AGE FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt

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