SOCIETY INC

Registered charity 1181461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We now wish to operate Greater Manchester wide, not Bolton, Salford and specifically Little Hulton as previously stipulated.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS IN SALFORD AND BOLTON AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE AREA OF LITTLE HULTON BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).2. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF RESIDENTS AT RISK OF POOR EMOTIONAL HEALTH, POVERTY, ISOLATION, ILL-HEALTH, ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOURS AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN SALFORD AND BOLTON AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE AREA OF LITTLE HULTON BY THE PROVISION OF AN EVIDENCED-BASED MENTORING AND BEFRIENDING PROJECT.3. TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Latest income
£67k
Latest spending
£60k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased all charitable activity on 31st March 2025 and is undergoing voluntary dissolution. Per the trustees' report, the charity held £0.00 in cash as of 7th July 2025, with all remaining unrestricted funds transferred to other charities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The balance held as at 7th July 2025 was £0.00.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“The charity will be formally dissolved in 2025 (processed commenced on 27th May 2025) and ceased all charitable activity from 31st March 2025.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
07/07/2025£67k£60k
31/12/2024£194k£180k
31/12/2023£167k£169k
31/12/2022£150k£140k
31/12/2021£129k£152k

Common questions

Is SOCIETY INC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ceased all charitable activity on 31st March 2025 and is undergoing voluntary dissolution. Per the trustees' report, the charity held £0.00 in cash as of 7th July 2025, with all remaining unrestricted funds transferred to other charities.

Who funds SOCIETY INC?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOCIETY INC as a grant recipient include THE GREATER MANCHESTER HIGH SHERIFF'S POLICE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GREATER MANCHESTER HIGH SHERIFF'S POLICE TRUSTFY2022£3kCrime Reduction Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2021£10kSociety Inc
UK government28/08/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund
UK government23/07/2020£46kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/06/2019£116kMentoring and Befriending
The National Lottery Community Fund31/01/2019£10kSociety Inc