THE RIVER MANCHESTER

Registered charity 1153700 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE RIVER

The provision of food, clothing,furniture, friendship, training and other assistance.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£210k

Latest spending

£153k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £209,640, allowing the charity to purchase its building and expand services. However, the purchase reduced free reserves to approximately £30,000, which the Trustees note is equivalent to around three months of operating expenditure. The charity has secured additional grant funding and a loan to stabilize cash flow and rebuild reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' operating costs (held: £30k)

“The Trustees operate a reserves strategy that aims to maintain free reserves at a minimum level equivalent to three months’ operating costs” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £170k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Deborah Anderton
Deborah Nyarai Fuller
Dr Ernest Edem Edifor · trustee of 1 other charity
Sefadzi Kofi Amesu

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

Operates in: Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Salford City · Tameside · Trafford

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£210k	£153k
31/03/2024	£157k	£159k
31/03/2023	£184k	£171k
31/03/2022	£138k	£104k
31/03/2021	£133k	£81k

Common questions

Is THE RIVER MANCHESTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £209,640, allowing the charity to purchase its building and expand services. However, the purchase reduced free reserves to approximately £30,000, which the Trustees note is equivalent to around three months of operating expenditure. The charity has secured additional grant funding and a loan to stabilize cash flow and rebuild reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE RIVER MANCHESTER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE RIVER MANCHESTER as a grant recipient include THE P27 TRUST, THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DWF FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE P27 TRUST	FY2025	£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k	General Fund
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE DWF FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/02/2022	£10k	Ready to face the world
One Manchester	10/12/2021	£2k	Wellbeing sessions for survivors of domestic violence.
One Manchester	01/12/2021	£6k	Funding for mindfulness sessions aimed at survivors of domestic abuse.
UK government	24/09/2020	£10k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
One Manchester	01/09/2020	£5k	The River - Covid Recovery