BIRCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1151781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDING A CENTRE TO BE USED FOR SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£90k

Latest spending

£114k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial position of the charity is strong, with total net assets of £1,216,879 as of 31 March 2025. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £63,254, which is below the stated policy target of approximately twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £63k)

“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately twelve 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Birch Community Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Prof James Aulichchair
Amanda Jane Childs
Gayle Louise Barrow
Jim Battle · trustee of 2 other charities
Sebastien Flais
Timothy John Wilcox

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£90k	£114k
31/03/2024	£92k	£100k
31/03/2023	£120k	£127k
31/03/2022	£117k	£88k
31/03/2021	£96k	£141k

Common questions

Is BIRCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the financial position of the charity is strong, with total net assets of £1,216,879 as of 31 March 2025. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £63,254, which is below the stated policy target of approximately twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BIRCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BIRCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST, ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST	FY2024	£4k	Material Institutional Grants
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	FY2024	£0	Biffa Award Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	18/08/2025	£3k	Pilates Spinal Health
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/04/2025	£19k	Tai Chi at Birch Community Centre 2
One Manchester	02/11/2021	£500	The Birch Centre Christmas Event
One Manchester	15/05/2021	£4k	The Birch Centre Community Taster Sessions