MANCHESTER GOSPEL HALL TRUST

Registered charity 1159119 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision and upkeep of gospel halls in the Greater Manchester area for religious and other activities of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. More information regarding the Brethren can be found on the website www.plymouthbrethrenchristianchurch.org

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING BY THE CARRYING ON OF THE SERVICE OF GOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS OF THE HOLY BIBLE AS FOLLOWED BY THOSE CHRISTIANS FORMING PART OF A WORLDWIDE FELLOWSHIP KNOWN AS THE "PLYMOUTH BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH" (THE "BRETHREN") WHOSE CORE DOCTRINE IS SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 1 TO THIS DEED AND WHOSE PROPER PRACTICES IN FURTHERANCE OF SOME ASPECTS OF THAT CORE DOCTRINE ARE SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 2 TO THIS DEED; AND (B) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH BRETHREN.

Area of benefit: MANCHESTER CITY

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 reported a deficit of £19,810 for the year ended 5 April 2025, a significant reversal from the previous year's surplus of £1,234,957, driven by a sharp drop in voluntary income from £1,391,737 to £116,729. Despite the deficit, total unrestricted reserves remained substantial at £6,962,597, with free reserves of £1,364,295 excluding property assets valued at £5,598,302. The trustees confirmed there are 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2024)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DALE YARL DUNBAR
• GEORGE JOE DUNBAR
• MARK LITTLEWOOD
• MICHAEL GAIUS HARVEY
• STEPHEN ANDREW KNIGHT

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• CHESTERFIELD GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £245k
• SWAFFHAM GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £1.1m
• DERWENT VALLEY GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £169k
• HERTFORD GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £2.8m
• DOWNHAM GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £186k
• LEAMINGTON GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £232k

Side by side with its peers

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