LEVENSHULME GOOD NEIGHBOURS

Registered charity 1163827 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LGN

LEVENSHULME GOOD NEIGHBOURS SUPPORTS OLDER PEOPLE LIVING IN THE LEVENSHULME AREA OF MANCHESTER. OUR WORK INVOLVES RECRUITING VOLUNTEER BEFRIENDERS FROM THE AREA WHO HELP PEOPLE IN A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL WAYS. WE ALSO OFFER ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL EVENTS, DAYS OUT AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO OLDER PEOPLE, SO THEY CAN MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR TIME IN WAYS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES TO HELP RELIEVE SOCIAL ISOLATION CAUSED AS A RESULT OF THEIR AGE AND TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £42,304, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £11,177 for the year, funded primarily by charitable activities and donations, with no material uncertainties regarding its 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 5 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
• Investing charity funds 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Levenshulme Good Neighbours (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELIZABETH CRISP
• Fatiha Bougrassa
• Grantley Vernon · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louise Such
• Rachel Newton

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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