THE GREATER MANCHESTER TRUST FOR RECREATION

Registered charity 521234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MANCHESTER, GREATER MANCHESTER FEDERATION OF CLUBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, Greater Manchester Youth Federation, MANCHESTER AND SALFORD PLAYING FIELD SOCIETY

To encourage young people to participate in a wide range of activities designed to promote their social and sporting skills.provide appropriate space for active play for young people and young adults

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £1,964,059 at year-end, with the Trustees projecting a reduction to £696,000 by 2027 due to planned deficits and significant capital commitments, including a £4.7m build project. Despite these planned deficits and increased operational costs, the Trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least the next twenty-four months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DonnellyBentley Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Greater Manchester Youth Federation (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~22.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (97% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma O'Reillychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alexander Edward Stephens
• Daniel Jones
• Megan Kathleen Rose Price
• Michael David Rollinson
• Ralph John Ellerton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Baty
• Richard Michael Lloyd

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

Operates in: Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUNG MANCHESTER.

• YOUNG MANCHESTER income £888k
• MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £154k
• THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST income £142k
• MANCHESTER YOUNG LIVES LTD income £1.3m
• GREATER MANCHESTER ENVIRONMENT TRUST income £1.1m
• BOLTON WANDERERS COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.