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Registered charity · Manchester

The Friendship Circle (UK)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £621k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Disability, Religious Activities, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Manchester City, Cheshire East, Bury, Trafford
Website
www.friendshipcircle.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Friendship Circle (UK)
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£621k£536k
  • 2023£445k£479k
  • 2022£394k£422k
Earlier years
  • 2021£493k£295k
  • 2020£291k£231k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(I) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.(II) TO PROMOTE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ITS RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES; AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE -OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE LIFE OF THEIR COMMUNITY IN WAYS WHICH ADDRESS AND ALLEVIATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE.

Grants received

8 grants · £68,429 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £49,404 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,990
  • Forever Manchester · £4,975 (2 grants)
  • Sport England · £4,060

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,7102024-03-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,7542022-10-07
  • Sport England £4,0602022-06-27
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9902021-03-19
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £9,9902020-06-29
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (4)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 6Disability 5Amateur Sport 3Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 7Other services 3Business services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£621k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

10
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1135828
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 SEPTEMBER 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 12 FEBRUARY 2010
Companies House
Company number 06706212 · Active
Contact on the register
0161 792 1792 · office@friendship-circle.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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