Registered charity · Manchester
Better Things
Better Things is a registered charity (number 510031) based in Manchester, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Kenneth John Gurd. Latest income £47k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Manchester Mencap (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £47k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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, Disability, Amateur Sport, Recreation
- Where
- Manchester City
- Website
- wearebetterthings.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1980
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£47k£37k
- 2024£26k£37k
- 2023£57k£57k
Earlier years
- 2022£50k£31k
- 2021£30k£23k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 18%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PREVENT LEARNING DISABILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO ADVANCE RELIGION AMONGST PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY; ANDB) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.
Grants received
31 grants · £178,705 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 · £121,214 (3 grants)
- Macc · £20,327 (19 grants)
- Sport England · £18,159 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000
- Forever Manchester · £9,005 (5 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
- Kenneth John Gurd Chair
- Christopher Noble since 2019
- Katrina Farry since 2021
- Marlene Middleton
- Melissa Young since 2017
- Peter Owen
- Stuart Cunningham since 2023
- Zahir -UD- Deen Teemil since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Noble since 2019
- Melissa Young since 2017
- Zahir -UD- Deen Teemil since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Kenneth John Gurd Chair
- Christopher Noble since 2019
- Katrina Farry since 2021
- Marlene Middleton
- Melissa Young since 2017
- Peter Owen
- Stuart Cunningham since 2023
- Zahir -UD- Deen Teemil since 2012
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 510031
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 1975 AS AMENDED 26 APRIL 1982 AND 24 APRIL 1989 AND 1ST JULY 2002 AS AMENDED 30 APRIL 2014
- Contact on the register
- 07784723151 · wearebetterthings@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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