BUSY BUDDIES

Registered charity 1201565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A resource for young people living in Manchester providing advice, assistance and programmes for advancing education and developing skills for independent living. Providing recreational and leisure time activities in the interest of social welfare to those disadvantaged by reason of their social and economic circumstances. Support for parents and primary care givers of affected children.

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 16 LIVING IN MANCHESTER BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) 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;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

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: Salford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £5,650, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of maintaining not less than three months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £4,189 for the year, with no employees and no trustee remuneration, indicating a lean operational structure supported by volunteers.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Esther Breina Grinfeld BAchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ISAAC FRIED · trustee of 3 other charities
• Moshe Bard

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUSY BODIES PRE-SCHOOL.

• BUSY BODIES PRE-SCHOOL income £53k
• BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL income £270k
• MANCHESTER YOUNG LIVES LTD income £1.3m
• ACTIVITEENS income £144k
• BUSY BEES PLAYGROUP (BROCKWORTH) income £83k
• BUSY BEEHIVE income £82k

Side by side with its peers

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