WHALLEY RANGE COMMUNITY FORUM

Registered charity 1171658 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support residents who work and live in Whalley Range. Main activities: Teaching English, Keep fit classes for women,Assisting unemployed,Organise Celebrate Festival,Cookery classes,Computer literacy classes,Aged residents support,Local area improvement,Planning applications reviews,Assisting in grant applications, Fund holder for local community groups,Local newsletter

Objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW) IN THE WHALLEY RANGE AREA AND SURROUNDING AREA OF MANCHESTER AS THE TRUSTEES/THE COMMITTEE SEES FIT FROM TIME TO TIME FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- ADVANCING EDUCATION AND TRAINING;- RELIEVING THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGES;- PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND ASSISTING THEM TO BETTER INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY- PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;- PROMOTING GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING;- DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THOSE PERSONS IN NEED OF SUPPORT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;- ADVANCING THE PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT OF THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT, AND BY;- PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY CHARITABLE AND NON-CHARITABLE BODIES BOTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £17,136 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £84,466 to £67,330. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £45,104, which is maintained at a level equating to approximately six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The trustees consider the level of reserves appropriate to prepare the accounts on an ongoing concern basis, noting that while a main grant source is expiring, sufficient reserves exist for an orderly wind-down if necessary.

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 risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Greggs — “A Blooming Community, which has recently been boosted by the receipt of a grant from Greggs. #GreenerwithGreggs.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Ann Knowles
• Martin Alexander Rathfelder · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mary Rose Watson
• Salma Rasul
• Shakila Khan
• Sheikha Omar
• Tanveer Nisa Shah

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).