MOSS SIDE FIRE STATION BOXING CLUB CIO

Registered charity 1181405 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing boxing training for adults and children, as well as the provision of travel to competitions.Providing use of the facilities for fitness training for groups from local schools, and for children and young people who are not in education and training.Providing support for individuals with the provision of equipment, clothing and financial support to aid in their education or training.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF MOSS SIDE, HULME, GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMATEUR BOXING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES CAPABLE OF IMPROVING PHYSICAL HEALTH;3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF MOSS SIDE, HULME, GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK, INCLUDING DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES;3.3 TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN MOSS SIDE, HULME, GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:3.3.1 ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;3.3.2 ADVANCING EDUCATION;3.3.3 RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;3.3.4 REDUCING CRIME AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR.3.4 ANY EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES THAT THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: THE INHABITANTS OF MOSS SIDE, HULME, GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£65k
Latest spending
£47k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £27,862 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds carried forward of £570,964. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £75,365, which the trustees consider satisfactory against their policy target of £40,000 (representing six months of anticipated expenditure). The accounts were independently examined with no material matters identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: not less than 6 months anticipated expenditure (reserves figure: £75k)
“unrestricted fund reserves should be not less than 6 months anticipated expenditure. On this basis the current requirement is £40,000 at 31 December 2025.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 8

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 04/11/2024, 4 days after the 31/10/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£65k£47k
31/12/2024£181k£81k
31/12/2023£341k£85k
31/12/2022£183k£94k
31/12/2021£61k£47k

Common questions

Is MOSS SIDE FIRE STATION BOXING CLUB CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income of £27,862 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds carried forward of £570,964. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £75,365, which the trustees consider satisfactory against their policy target of £40,000 (representing six months of anticipated expenditure). The accounts were independently examined with no material matters identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MOSS SIDE FIRE STATION BOXING CLUB CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MOSS SIDE FIRE STATION BOXING CLUB CIO as a grant recipient include BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES, LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICESFY2022£8kGrant
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUSTFY2024£4kMaterial Institutional Grants
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUSTFY2023£500MATERIAL INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England02/02/2026£11kStill Got It
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2025£20kOur Kid’s Alright – Supporting Moss Side’s Youth and Community
Sport England19/07/2024£6kAge is Just a Number
Sport England30/03/2023£100kAdditional Floor and Extension
Sport England26/07/2022£10kJubilee Fund - Getting Active Boxing
Sport England01/07/2022£150kAdditional Floor and Extension
UK government01/07/2022£250kALB-Sport England-Additional Floor and Extension
Sport England30/03/2022£10kStorm 22
UK government30/03/2022£10kALB-Sport England-Storm 22
Postcode Lottery26/02/2022£22kMinibus purchase
The National Lottery Community Fund18/06/2021£10kDoing Good project
Sport England10/05/2021£10kCOVID19 Return to Play
UK government28/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England30/09/2019£6kSummer 2019 Activities
Sport England05/08/2019£10kMoss Side Fire Boxing
Sport England08/11/2016£15kBox on Project: Expanding Engagement & Coaching Capacity

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MOSS SIDE BOXING AND ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOSS SIDE FIRE STATION BOXING CLUB CIO£65k——unclear—no doubt
MOSS SIDE BOXING AND ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION FY2025£28k——above—no doubt
DE HOOD BOXING CENTRE & COMMUNITY HUB CIO FY2024£56k—0within—no doubt
COLLYHURST AND MOSTON BOXING CLUB FY2025£356k——unclear—no doubt
BOXING FUTURES LTD FY2025£567k—0unclear15.5%no doubt
LONDON COMMUNITY BOXING LIMITED FY2025£368k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.