THE TOGETHER TRUST
Registered charity 209782 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOYS' AND GIRLS' WELFARE SOCIETY, TOGETHER TRUST, TOGETHER TRUST LIMITED
The Together Trust provides care, education and support for children, young people, adults and families in need in England and Wales.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1.4m for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant turnaround from the previous year's deficit. Free reserves were £4.0m, which the trustees consider adequate to cover six weeks of expenditure, and the going concern basis was confirmed with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six weeks expenditure (held: £4.0m)
“it should hold cash reserves of at least six weeks expenditure at the year end.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Together Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Mel Dunn — Chief Executive (source)
- Paul Jarvis — Commercial Director (source)
- Sara Aldridge — Service Director (source)
- Roland Guy — People and Culture Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- PENNINGTON, Louise — director, appointed 20/02/2026on trustee list
- SINGLETON, Peter John — director, appointed 20/02/2026on trustee list
- PITT, Steven Richard — director, appointed 06/06/2023on trustee list
- HENSHAW, Michael William — director, appointed 10/12/2022on trustee list
- EDWARDS, Marcell John — director, appointed 22/02/2022on trustee list
- WALAPU, Jane Nyaparwendu — director, appointed 25/01/2022on trustee list
- DURBIN, Geoffrey William — director, appointed 14/12/2021on trustee list
- GRIME, Jane — director, appointed 07/10/2021on trustee list
- MARTINS, Ganiatu — director, appointed 07/10/2021on trustee list
- FLOOD, Norah — director, appointed 26/07/2019on trustee list
- FARNWORTH, Anthony John — director, appointed 26/11/2018on trustee list
- JOHNSON, Ian Barry — director, appointed 24/10/2018on trustee list
- HORNE, Roger Anthony — director, appointed 22/02/2002on trustee list
- DUNN, Melanie — secretary, appointed 06/01/2025
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
14 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold); recorded price paid £1.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: The Together Trust — Registered, 2 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 17/12/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (7,902 followers) · instagram (2,367 followers)
Advertised salaries (public job ads)
Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£309k
Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- The Together Trust Domiciliary Care Agency: Good (01/03/2019) · CQC record
- Pearce Lodge Care Home: Good (05/01/2024) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (20/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- GILES GADDUMchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Anthony Farnworth
- Ganiatu Martins
- Geoffrey Durbin
- Ian Barry Johnson
- Jane Grime
- Jane Walapu
- Louise Pennington
- Marcell Edwards
- Michael Henshaw
- Norah Flood
- Peter Singleton
- ROGER ANTHONY HORNE · trustee of 3 other charities
- Steven Pitt
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE TOGETHER TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1.4m for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant turnaround from the previous year's deficit. Free reserves were £4.0m, which the trustees consider adequate to cover six weeks of expenditure, and the going concern basis was confirmed with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.
Who funds THE TOGETHER TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE TOGETHER TRUST as a grant recipient include THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST, CRH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GREATER MANCHESTER HIGH SHERIFF'S POLICE TRUST, DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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