Our Room Manchester

Registered charity 1146658 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Our Room, THE MANCHESTER MEN'S ROOM, THE MEN'S ROOM, THE MEN'S ROOM LIMITED

Our Room is an arts charity and creative community for male, trans and non-binary people who sex work. Our vision is that male, trans and non-binary people who sex work live happier, healthier more creative lives. We believe that the power of Art combined with person centred professional support and advocacy can support and enable positive life-changing transformation.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE AS FOLLOWS AND ARE ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF MEN WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SOME FORM OF SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, FOR MEN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS OR LIVING IN ADVERSE HOUSING CONDITIONS OR MEN VULNERABLE TO CRIMINAL INVOLVEMENT:- A) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH; B)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION; D)TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE; AND, E) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION TO ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY ENABLING THEM TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND SUPPORTING THEM TOWARDS INDEPENDENT LIVING.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £69,996, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £83,666, driven primarily by charitable activity grants, while total expenditure was £296,319.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07073286

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Our Room (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• GLEESON, Caitlin Elizabeth — director, appointed 14/05/2025on trustee list
• KEENAN, Hayley — director, appointed 06/01/2025on trustee list
• BYRNE, Luke — director, appointed 10/12/2024on trustee list
• HILLSDON, Tom — director, appointed 10/12/2024on trustee list
• SPEED, Hayley — director, appointed 10/12/2022on trustee list
• STUART, Michael — director, appointed 11/03/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Stuartchair
• Caitlin Gleeson
• Hayley Keenan
• Hayley Speed
• Luke Byrne
• Maxwell James Thomas-McGenity
• Tom Hillsdon

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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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOSPITAL ROOMS.

• HOSPITAL ROOMS income £1.9m
• THE LIVING ROOM income £842k
• PERFORMING ROOM income £123k
• LESBIAN IMMIGRATION SUPPORT GROUP income £26k
• PUBLIC ARTS income £263k
• THE LIVING ROOM income £842k

Side by side with its peers

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