Registered charity · Manchester
Manchester Community Central
- 8 trustees
- Income £2.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Manchester City
- Website
- www.manchestercommunitycentral.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Manchester Community Central
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.2m£2.4m
- 2024£2.1m£2.4m
- 2023£1.8m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.6m£1.6m
- 2021£1.0m£1.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 45% · Government grants 23%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF MANCHESTER AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY1. PROMOTING THE THIRD SECTOR BY:(A) BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE;(B) PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING WITHIN THE SECTOR;(C), ORGANISING AND FACILITATING CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES.2. THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.3. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(B) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;(C) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;(D) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE OBJECTS:'THIRD SECTOR' MEANS CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES.CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. THEY DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.
Grants received
11 grants · £395,704 total360Giving 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 · £182,267 (3 grants)
- Sport England · £132,937
- Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity · £30,000 (3 grants)
- Forever Manchester · £20,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £20,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Grants given
2,017 grants · £4,064,321 total360Giving 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 recipients
- Bollyfit Active CIC · £215,800 (7 grants)
- Cheetham Hill Advice Centre · £165,866 (32 grants)
- African Caribbean Mental Health Services · £112,275 (13 grants)
- Mustard Tree · £92,601 (107 grants)
- Equal Education Chances · £91,935 (62 grants)
Most recent
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Bethany Leslie since 2023
- Charles Kwaku-Odoi since 2015
- Daniel Taylor since 2022
- Dr Julian Skyrme since 2015
- Janet Elizabeth Finucane since 2019
- Mona Moussa since 2024
- Nicola Claire Shellens since 2023
- Rodger Cairns since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Charles Kwaku-Odoi since 2015
- Dr Julian Skyrme since 2015
- Janet Elizabeth Finucane since 2019
- Rodger Cairns since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Bethany Leslie since 2023
- Daniel Taylor since 2022
- Dr Julian Skyrme since 2015
- Janet Elizabeth Finucane since 2019
- Mona Moussa since 2024
- Nicola Claire Shellens since 2023
- Rodger Cairns since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Charles Kwaku-Odoi since 2015
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1145921
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27 SEP 2011 as amended on 27 Nov 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 07788593 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01612771010 · mike@macc.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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