TRANSFORMING PLACES

Registered charity 1199349 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GATHER MOVEMENT, TRANSFORMING PLACES CIC

We are a network of over 150 city and town unity movements across the UK. Our vision is to see all UK cities and towns have a vibrant church unity movement that is working towards the social, cultural and spiritual transformation of each place.

Objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACROSS THE UK AND OVERSEAS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY:(A) PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO CHURCHES AND OTHER CHRISTIAN CHARITIES AND GROUPS AS THEY SEEK TO SHOW THE LOVE OF GOD TO THEIR LOCAL AREAS;(B) PROMOTING THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO CHURCHES AND OTHER CHRISTIAN CHARITIES TO SHOW THE LOVE OF GOD TO THEIR LOCAL AREAS;(C) TRAINING EVENTS TO MOBILISE CHURCHES AND OTHER CHRISTIAN CHARITIES AND GROUPS TO COME TOGETHER TO SHOW THE LOVE OF GOD TO THEIR LOCAL AREAS; (D) ORGANISING PRAYER EVENTS; AND(2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £20,978 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £75,152 to £54,174. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stand at £54,174 with no restricted funds held following a correction. The financial statements were prepared on an accruals basis and approved by the trustees on 15 September 2026.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• REV DR TANIDABI OMIDEYI PHDchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• DAVID KIRBY
• Peter Heywood · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Canon Sian Elizabeth Wade

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRANSFORMING PLYMOUTH TOGETHER.

• TRANSFORMING PLYMOUTH TOGETHER income £88k
• TRANSFORMATIONS LEEDS income £107k
• EQUIPE income £42k
• CITY TO CITY UK income £377k
• REDEEMING OUR COMMUNITIES income £485k
• BREAKTHROUGH - TRANSFORMATION TRUST income £3.7m

Side by side with its peers

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