FALLOWFIELD LIBRARY & COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE

Registered charity 1158360 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PLACE AT PLATT LANE

The objects of the CIO are as follows: 1) To advance the education of the public in Fallowfield and the surrounding area by the provision of a lending library. 2) To benefit residents via advancing education and providing facilities in the interests of social welfare recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE AS FOLLOWS:1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN FALLOWFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A LENDING LIBRARY.2) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF FALLOWFIELD, THE WIDER NEIGHBOURHOOD AND PEOPLE VISITING THE AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds were £1,234,567 at the end of the financial year. The trustees report that the charity's resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• SAMANTHA BARBERchair
• Ali Raza IIlyas
• Kamalpreet Kaur
• Katie Brown
• Melissa Ngozi Elizabeth Hatton
• STUART LYND
• Sam Richard Bradley
• Sarah Anne Roberts
• Shuab Hussein Gamote

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

Operates in: Manchester City

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FARNHAM COMMON COMMUNITY LIBRARY.

• THE FARNHAM COMMON COMMUNITY LIBRARY income £113k
• CC FOUNDATION income £187k
• FALLOWFIELD AND WITHINGTON FOODBANK income £130k
• Forum CIO income £2.1m
• JCD FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• PROGRAMME FOR APPLIED CHRISTIAN EDUCATION income £169k

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