ACTION TOGETHER CIO
Registered charity 1165512 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTION TOGETHER
Action Together CIO is the infrastucture organisation for the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector in Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside. We connect people with what's happening in their community, develop community ideas into action, strengthen local organisations, and provide strategic influence for the charity and voluntary sector.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total funds at the end of the year amounted to £6,704,188, with unrestricted reserves of £1,518,009. The trustees have assessed the financial standing and concluded that the charity is a going concern, noting that unrestricted reserves exceed the stated policy requirement of six months' running costs (£751,362). The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,688,321 for the year.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months of running costs (held: £1.5m)
“Reserves are maintained at a level which ensures that Action Together has the ability to meet its ongoing commitments with sufficient reserves to cover a minimum of six month's running costs, redundancy costs and core committed costs” — page 44
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Action Together CIO received funding from 10GM Ltd, a company where the CEO is a Director.
“10GM Ltd, is a company limited by guarantee, in which the founding members are Salford CVS, Bolton CVS, Action Together CIO and MACC. The Chief Executive of Action Together CIO is a Director of 10GM Ltd. Action Together CIO has received funding from 10GM during the period totalling £24,000.” — page 78
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Feltons Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Action Together CIO (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Liz Windsor-Welsh — Chief Executive (source)
- Phil Trelease — Director - Finance (source)
- Holly Irwin — Director - Operations (source)
- Laura Windsor-Welsh — Director - Oldham (source)
- Maddy Hubbard — Director - Rochdale (source)
- Anna Hynes — Director - Tameside (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£57k
Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (12/12/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (12/12/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- MS CAMILLA GUERECAchair
- Affy Rasheed
- Andrew Wiggans
- Aqub Nazir
- Danial Georgiev
- Dewan Choudhury
- Jackie McCann
- Mark Widdup
- Martin Ashton
- Mina Patel
- Mohammed Miah
- Naila Akhter
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Oldham · Rochdale · Tameside
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ACTION TOGETHER CIO financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds at the end of the year amounted to £6,704,188, with unrestricted reserves of £1,518,009. The trustees have assessed the financial standing and concluded that the charity is a going concern, noting that unrestricted reserves exceed the stated policy requirement of six months' running costs (£751,362). The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,688,321 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Feltons Chartered Accountants.
Who funds ACTION TOGETHER CIO?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ACTION TOGETHER CIO as a grant recipient include LOCAL TRUST, DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND, The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust.
Known funders
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