MANCHESTER DIOCESAN CHURCH OF ENGLAND COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL AID

Registered charity 233814 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C S A

The objective of the charity is to support and further all or any charitable activities carried out in connection with the Church of England in the Diocese of Manchester.In particular the promotion of temperance, higher standards of moral life in the individual, the family and the community. The charity supports work in respect of delinquency, and those addicted to drugs and alcohol.

Objects

TO SUPPORT AND FURTHER ALL OR ANY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN CONNEXION WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER AND ELSEWHERE AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE RELATING TO:- 1. THE PROMOTION OF TEMPERANCE AND OF HIGHER STANDARDS OF MORAL LIFE IN THE INDIVIDUAL, THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY; 2. THE RESTORATION OF THE INTEMPERATE OR DELINQUENT AND OF THOSE ADDICTED TO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL OR GAMBLING, OR OTHERWISE IN NEED OF HELP; 3. THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS OR SUFFERING ARISING FROM DELINQUENCY OR INTEMPERANCE OR ADDICTION.

Area of benefit: THE DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER AND ELSEWHERE

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's work is entirely reliant on income and investment returns from its endowments, with unrestricted funds totaling £457,341. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy of holding sufficient cash to meet the following year’s grant making allocation, which was £132,728 for the current year. The charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £176,395 due to investment revaluations, but maintains adequate liquidity to meet its charitable objectives.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 22/04/2023, 81 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 16/08/2022, 197 days after the 31/01/2022 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

• Hyacinth Lightbourne
• Rev FAYAZ ADMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Jennifer Beaumont · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Paul Hutchins · trustee of 4 other charities
• Venerable Karen Louise Smeeton · trustee of 2 other charities
• Yvonne Muriel Mackereth · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lancashire · Manchester City

Income and spending

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• MANCHESTER CCRC TRUST income £310k
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• THE MANCHESTER DISTRICT ASSOCIATION OF UNITARIAN AND FREE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES income £58k
• WAKEFIELD DIOCESAN FAMILY AND SOCIAL WELFARE COUNCIL income £25k
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Side by side with its peers

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