INSPIRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER

Registered charity 1157053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ICT

Inspiring Communities Together is a neighbourhood based Charity operating in Greater Manchester. The organisation has three strategic priorities: strengthening local voice, improving peoples lives and creating better places to live we aim to improve the capacity and skills of local people, improve self confidence and nurture networking and share experiences

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Latest income

£719k

Latest spending

£730k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £405,389, which exceeds its stated policy target of £270,000. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months delivery at the current levels plus £20,000 for new project development and £10,000 for relocation costs (held: £405k)

“The current cost to ensure ICT has enough funds set aside to achieve the reserve policy agreed by the Trustees is now set at £270,000.” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity has one wholly owned subsidiary:- Inspiring Housing Community Land Trust, a community benefit society, registration number 8335R with FCA.

“Aggregate donations from related parties, including wholly owed subsidiary Inspiring Housing Community Land Trust, were £nil (2024: £20,366). There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties. No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity, including guarantees, during the year (2024: nil).” — page 41

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Inspiring Housing Community Land Trust

“The charity has one wholly owned subsidiary:- Inspiring Housing Community Land Trust, a community benefit society, registration number 8335R with FCA.” — page 42

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£719k

Total spending

£730k

Reserves (reported)

£342k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/06/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Michael John Duddychair
ANN-MARIE PICKUP
James Kariuki
RUTH MARGARET POTTS

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

Operates in: Manchester City · Salford City · Trafford

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£719k	£730k
31/03/2024	£722k	£644k
31/03/2023	£563k	£502k
31/03/2022	£613k	£603k
31/03/2021	£469k	£427k

Common questions

Is INSPIRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £405,389, which exceeds its stated policy target of £270,000. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LOCAL TRUST	1	£402k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£400k
THE IAN & NATALIE LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION	1	£18k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£11k
SALTERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INSPIRE COMMUNITY TRUST.

INSPIRE COMMUNITY TRUST income £4.8m
KIM INSPIRE income £589k
Inspira (01) income £5.7m
INSPIRE SOUTH TYNESIDE income £225k
EMPOWERING PEOPLE INSPIRING COMMUNITIES LIMITED income £6.9m
THE TOGETHER INITIATIVE income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
INSPIRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER	£719k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
INSPIRE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£4.8m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KIM INSPIRE FY2025	£589k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
Inspira (01) FY2025	£5.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
INSPIRE SOUTH TYNESIDE FY2025	£225k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EMPOWERING PEOPLE INSPIRING COMMUNITIES LIMITED FY2025	£6.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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