THE EAST MANCHESTER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 MARCH 2025
Registered Charity No. 1131060

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INDEX
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CONTENTS
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
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BALANCE SHEET
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

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Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2025
The Trustees of The East Manchester Community Association (also known as TEMCA)
present their Annual Trustees, Report and financial statements of the charity for the year
ended 31 March 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the
accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity's trust deed,
the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of
Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with
the Financial Reporting Standard Applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland published
(FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
Charitable Objects
The objects of TEMCA are:
1. To provide or assist in the provision of facilities to promote social welfare and well-being
mainly but not exclusively for refugees, asylum-seekers and other vulnerable migrant groups.
2. To do this through.. a) The relief of financial hardship b) Provision of information and advice
c) The promotion of physical and mental well-being d) The provision of training and
employment opportunities e) Any other measures as appropriate
3. To advance the education of the public in general about issues relating to refugees and
those seeking asylum.
4. Such other charitable purposes as trustees may from time to time determine.
The area of benefit is Greater Manchester.
Rainbow Haven is TEMCA'S registered working name. Rainbow Haven provides information,
advice, support and opportunities for asylum-seekers, refugees and other migrants. TEMCA
thereby furthers its charitable purposes for public benefit. Trustees confirm that they have
referred to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's
aims and objectives, planning future activities and setting the policies for the year.
Governance
The East Manchester Community Association (TEMCA) is a charitable incorporated
organisation (CIO) It is registered with the Charity Commission (1131060) and is constituted
under a Trust Deed dated 25th January 2023 and amended on 24th April 2023.
Appointment of Trustees
As set out in the constitution of the CIO, Trustees are appointed for a period of three years
by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity Trustees. This is
renewable for a further terms. A Trustee who has served for three consecutive terms
may not be reappointed for a fourth consecutive term but may be reappointed after an
interval of at least one year. Trustee recruitment involves an informal interview with two
members of the Trustee board, who make a recommendation to the full Board, following
receipt of two satisfactory references. Currently five Trustees have lived experience of
migration.

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Trustee induction and training
Trustee induction takes place following appointment and Trustees are regularly encouraged
to take up additional training opportunities. The Board has adopted a Code of Conduct based
on Nolan principles, which all Trustees are expected to adhere to. At appointment, all
Trustees are asked to sign a declaration of their fitness to be a Trustee and to show they
have basic DBS clearance. At each Board meeting Trustees are asked to declare any
conflict of interest relating to items on the upcoming agenda. A register of potential conflicts
of interest is maintained and reviewed annually.
During the year, Trustees and staff held an awayday, facilitated by a member of Salford CVS.
During the morning staff shared with Trustees some of the challenges they experienced in
their day-to-day work and, together with Trustees, discussed Rainbow Haven's
organisational strengths, weaknesses and priorities for future development. The Trustee-
only afternoon session was devoted to discussion of Trustee roles and a self-assessment of
the Board's strengths and weaknesses.
Organisation
The Board of Trustees administers the charity. The Board normally meets every six weeks,
alternately on-line and in person. The CEOS are appointed by the Trustees and delegated
to manage the day-to-day operation of the charity. Trustees and senior staff regularly review
key organisational policies such as safeguarding, data protection, equal opportunities,
finance and health and safety. The Board has appointed lead Trustees to oversee Rainbow
Haven's Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children. Finance, Health and Safety and
Equality and Diversity policies. The Board has a joint staff￿ruStee Finance Sub-committee
which meets regularly to provide additional oversight of the charity's finances.
At the Annual General Meeting in October 2024, Natalie Shahin and John Tyrell resigned as
Trustees", Kennedy Affriye was reappointed as a Trustee for a third term. Hazel Batchelor
was appointed as Chair; Caroline Glendinning was appointed Vice Chair.
Related parties and cooperation with other organisations
None of the Trustees received remuneration or any other benefit from their work with the
charity. Any connection between a Trustee or senior manager with any provider of services
to the charity must be disclosed to the full board of Trustees in the same way as any other
contractual relationship with a related party. In this financial year, no such related party
transactions were reported.
Overview of Achievements and Performance
Our mission
Our mission is to ensure that the refugees and asylum-seekers we meet experience a warm
welcome and practical support to navigate complex systems, live with dignity and build safe,
productive lives. Since our establishment in 2003, we have grown and adapted in response
to both the changing needs of the people we support and the changing external landscape.
We have consequently built a reputation for quality, tenacity and reliability across the sector.

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We are the only community-based centre with a holistic service offer and multilingual
provision for asylum seekers and refugees in East Manchester. This locality is ranked in the
bottom 1.25 % of deprived areas in the UK and has one of the densest refugee and asylum
communities outside London. Based in Abbey Hey, Gorton, we support asylum seekers and
refugees from across East Manchester. Our service users come from 60+ countries from
around the world; the largest proportions come from Eritrea, Syria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Nigeria,
Somalia, Libya and Afghanistan.
The people we support are often traumatised by their experiences, both before and after
arriving in the UK. Even after obtaining refugee status many continue to experience isolation
and social exclusion and have to negotiate numerous practical difficulties in order to build
new lives in the UK. They have lost family, friends and culture and these losses are
aggravated by poverty, poor health and language barriers. On a daily basis we see people
experiencing destitution, homelessness, poor housing, family separation, perinatal
difficulties, poor health, multiple barriers to accessing services and, sadly, occasional
community hostility. People seeking asylum and refugees are often regarded by mainstream
services as 'hard to reach, or 'seldom heard,.
This is primarily due to mutual
incomprehension" services do not understand the many different cultures, life experiences
and needs of people who have been forced to migrate. refugees do not understand the often
Gomplex structures of unfamiliar UK services and other welfare provision", why they should
access them; and how they can access them. Rainbow Haven helps to bridge this gap by
introducing and explaining services and potential service users to each other.
Demand for Rainbow Haven's services continues to grow, reflecting an increasingly hostile
and constantly changing asylum system., ongoing cost-of-living pressures., acute shortages
of affordable housing., mental health problems; and the impacts of wider global conflicts (e.g.
in Sudan and Palestine). In addition to increased demand, our service users, problems are
increasingly complex, whether they are newly arrived asylum-seekers, refugees with leave
to remain in the UK or other migrants without settled status. We aim to offer a trusted place
of safety, with culturally appropriate support and resources to help them recover from
trauma, find a route out of poverty, and build new lives in the UK.
Because of the pressure of increased demand for our services, during this period Rainbow
Haven has operated five days per week and has been open to the public Tuesdays
Thursdays. We have supported people for as long as they needed. Each week we offered
two open access drop-in information and advice sessions, with follow-up casework where
needed., a wide range of volunteering, learning and well-being activities., additional project
work to support family reunions., and support for asylum-seekers living in local hotel
accommodation. People attending on drop-in days receive a warm welcome and a free,
healthy meal in a friendly, communal setting, with food supplied through our on-going
partnership with Fareshare,
Service users often come initially to Rainbow Haven at times of crisis. Our offer of open-
ended, wraparound advice in multiple languages is a vital component in helping people feel
heard and supported. As their situation stabilises, and we become a trusted part of their
integration into UK society, they may access other services, for example ESOL,
employability and digital skills or social activities. Later still they may take up volunteering
opportunities.

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"It's my first time at Rainbow Haven, everything will be better now. The people are all
friendly• thank you for helping me." (Asylum seeker)
"The most important thing about Rainbow Haven is that you are here. Consistently.
You are always here and you are here for people who actually need someone to be
here for them and you are here." (Refugee)
The safety of everyone at Rainbow Haven is paramount and we take every step to make
sure people feel safe and supported. Safety for staff, volunteers and service users alike
became a major concern during the anti-immigration riots of August 2024. In response we
reviewed our security arrangements and installed a CCTV system., this included the offices
where the advice team work, to help them feel more secure when working with service users
experiencing difficult situations.
During the year, we began the process of reviewing our documentation and policies in
anticipation of applying for NCVO'S Trusted Quality Standard.
Specialist Information and advice
Provision of culturally appropriate, multilingual specialist advice is our one of our core
services. Our reputation locally and across Greater Manchester has continued to ensure
consistently high demand", people are referred by other professionals or refugee support
organisations, or are recommended by other service users through word of mouth. We aim
to speak to every person coming to our drop-in sessions,. we triage people according to the
naturelurgency of their problems and to ensure we can provide help in their preferred
language. Nevertheless, demand for our information and advice services has continued to
increase, as has the complexity of the problems service users are experiencing. On our two
drop-in days there have sometimes been more than 50 people waiting for the advice service
and this is highly stressful for both them and staff. We therefore applied for funding from
Lloyds Bank for an external consultant to review our service delivery model and we
continued to explore ways of managing this demand, such as signposting to other agencies
and setting up waiting lists, in order to reduce pressure on both service users and staff.
Our team provided information and advice and practical help with welfare benefits, debt,
destitution, immigration, housing and health problems. additional specialisms within the
team included family reunion and domestic violence. We provided emergency help for those
in crisis, for example because of domestic violence or destitution. We have three
experienced, multi-lingual caseworkers. two have lived experience of forced migration and
one is a qualified social worker. We have also trained a number of volunteers to undertake
some of the less complex advice work under the team's supervision. During the year we
also provided placements for 4 social work students who further contributed to the work of
the advice team..
"I spent time at Rainbow Haven as a student. What an amazing heart-warming
organisationl Keep doing the amazing things you do." Siobhan, student
During the 12 months up to August 2024, the information and advice team dealt with over
2000 individuals, who bel￿een them presented over 2660 problems. two thirds of these
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came from Eritrea, the remainder coming from Syria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kuwait, Iran, Nigeria,
Iraq and Yemen. The majority had refugee status., only 17 % were still awaiting a decision
on an asylum claim.
The most common problems dealt with during the year up to August 2024 were welfare
benefits (23 % of cases), housing and homelessness (23 % ) and immigration {12 % ) Most
issues were successfully resolved for example, 63 % of immigration problems were
successfully dealt with.
Support for hotel resident asylum-seekers
As members of a partnership led by Caritas, we helped single men and families awaiting
decisions on their asylum claims who were accommodated in a large local hotel. We
provided information about local services and facilities, organised activities for the children
and distributed travel passes and donations of vital clothes and baby equipment.
"Thank you for providing me with bus tickets every week. You have helped me with
transportation as I don't have any money to get on the bus. I go to school because of
your support. I meet friends and family because of your support" Asylum seeker
"Mohammads generosity in coordinating bus passes for asylum seekers is truly
commendable. His actions not only alleviate financial burdens, but also bring
immense joy to those he supports, ensuring their children can access education
without hindrance. His kindness is making a meaningful difference in their lives"
Serco staff member.
Over the New Year holiday, the hotel was suddenly flooded and, working with SERCO, our
staff member Mohammad played a vital role supporting the residents, emergency evacuation
by boat. His trusted presence and communication in Arabic and other community languages
reduced the stress of a very high tension situation. Mohammad was able to reassure
residents that their possessions would be looked after, they would be kept up to date, and
would return to the hotel once it was safe to do so. After the evacuation, Mohammad
returned to the hotel and sent photographs to the residents to reassure them their rooms
were intact and their possessions safe.
Well-being and social activities
Our programme of well-being activities aimed to reduce isolation. promote mental and
physical well-being" encourage social connectedness and supportive friendships., and boost
self-confidence. Our activities programme responded to seniice user feedback and to new
opportunities offered by local organisations and freelancers.
During the year, over 300 asylum seekers and refugees benefitted from our social and well-
being activities. These activities included a choir, gardening group, trauma-informed yoga,
art and crafts, computerldigital skills classes, volunteer-run English (at different levels,
including for complete beginners), writing and conversation groups and Maths classes. The
digital skills courses covered a wide range of topics including on-line safety, phone apps, Al
and scams, as well as basic topics like word processing and spreadsheets. In addition to
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and one-to-one tuition where needed. Several students moved on to further IT training,
including GCSE courses.
We set up a walking group for women; with additional funding this subsequently developed
into a popular activity and movement programme for women and men. We also continued
to run groups specifically for new mothers and their babies or older toddlers. We worked
with a social enterprise Heart and Parcel to run an English class focused on food and
practical cookery skills.
A unique project A Sense of Flora, run by a visiting artist, focused on the food plants that
reminded participants of their home countries. this culminated in an exhibition and workshop
at the Manchester Museum.
"Iprefer coming to Rainbow Haven more than college because in college only writing
and reading but in Rainbow Haven [l]learn to speak.... Now I can speak with my
child['s] teacher, GP and daily life is easier now."
"It is very good class, help me speak, write and read."
"At home is really boring but here l enjoy singing and conversation class, it helps me
to practice speaking English.
"Maths class help me in my everyday life."
"I like choir, itmakes me relaxed. l am happy to come, I look forward to it every week."
Following a successful pilot first year, our funding from the Greater Manchester Health and
Social Care Partnership to promote culturally appropriate mental health services was
renewed. This enabled us to run a men's mental health project, including psychological
strategies and groupwork, in Arabic, for asylum-seeking men in temporary hotel
accommodation who were at particularly high risk of anxiety and depression. and a second
group for women with new babies who were at risk of social isolation and poor mental health.
other health-related activities included visits from dentists, and other health professionals
who provided blood pressure checks, advice on medication, sexual health and other health
advice.
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Family Reunion
In partnership with Just Psychology and Together Now, we supported 89 families to navigate
the trauma and difficulties of reuniting following separation during the asylum process. We
started working with families before they arrived in the UK. on arrival, we ensured that their
basic needs of housing, financial support, health and education were met so they could
adjust and stabilise as quickly as possible. Our partner organisations provided psychological
and parenting advice, including groups for parents and teenage children.

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Destitution support
Through partnerships with British Red Cross and Manchester Migrant Destitution Fund, we
supported 257 people who were destitute or with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) to
access food parcels, bus fares and small cash payments. We also secured additional
funding to reduce the impact of the cost of living crisis through the provision of additional
food parGels, increased capacity to provide specialist advice and support towards the
increased cost of groceries.
Mama & baby Group and other health and well-being activities.
We continued to provide peri- and post-natal support through our popular weekly Mama and
Baby group, Forty women attended over the year, coming from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan,
Iraq, Iran, Senegal, Pakistan, India and Nigeria. Peri- and post-natal outcomes for this
cohort are significantly worse compared to the general population, so we aimed to improve
their knowledge about, and access to, child and maternal healthcare. The sessions reduced
isolation for these mothers and their infants and also gave health professionals the
opportunity to offer advice and support to this hard-to-reach group. Session topics included
safe infant sleeping practice, weaning and toilet training, as well as providing regular
opportunities for messy play and story telling. We worked in partnership with local NHS
specialist child and parenting services to deliver a six week programme on baby bonding.
and with NHS mental health well-being services on a psycho-educational well being course.
Other health-related activities included sessions on sexual health and contraception, oral
hygiene (in partnership with community dental services) and opportunities for pregnant
women to receive ante-natal support from specialist midwives.
This year we piloted a follow-on Stay and Play group so that mothers with older preschool
children could maintain social contacts and support.
We continued to offer a free, on-site Grèche so parents could access the full range of
Rainbow Haven activities. The crèche provided a safe environment to play and learn. it was
often the first-time parents had left their children, so also helped prepare them for nursery
and preschool.
"l am happy there is childcare, I can learn without worrying about childcare."
"I can come [to the Computer Club] without worry, bus money and grateful because I
can come with my child."
We held our annual summer picnic in the park with games and food. Lots of people joined
in the fun, including families. Particularly popular were balancing across a slack-line and the
badminton tournament.
Volunteer programme
Our volunteer programme continued this year. It is important for two reasons. First, it
enabled Rainbow Haven to support many more service users and offer a much wider range
of activities than would otherwise be possible by our paid staff alone. Secondly the
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new social contacts and access training opportunities. Our volunteers provided additional
capacity, language skills, cultural competency and knowledge. we could not achieve the
impact we do without their support.
Our Activities and Volunteer Coordinator continued to offer a wide range of volunteering
opportunities across all areas of our work, including administration, advice, ESOL, the
creche, crafts activities, digital skills, maths club, reception, gardening, work club, kitchen,
reception and general volunteering. During the year we supported 56 volunteers. over bNO-
thirds had lived experience of the asylum and refugee systems and many were former
service users. Together they donated a massive 4800 hours of help. Some volunteers were
enabled to move on to new opportunities of education, training and work., for example, one
volunteer obtained a job because of the customer service skills she had acquired while
volunteering on the reception desk at Rainbow Haven.
We held an annual Volunteer Forum and provided one-to-one supervision where volunteers
requested this. Volunteers received travel and other expenses and references where
required. During the year, training opportunities for volunteers included:
Customer Service
Waste and recycling
Trauma-informed ESOL for refugees
the new evisa system
Advice work, including first steps towards obtaining Immigration Advice Authority
qualifications to give immigration-related advice
To acknowledge their vital contribution to Rainbow Haven, volunteers enjoyed a day out at
a local stately home during summer 2024 and a Christmas party at the end of the year.
Improving access to training and employability
An increasingly important strand of Rainbow Haven's work has aimed to improve access to
training and employment. For example, our English and basic digital skills classes were
targeted at people who had been unable to access mainstream adult education or training
because of language barriers, poor understanding of UK education systems, instability in
their lives or lack of childcare.
During the year, with partners Refugees and Mentors we ran two Employability courses.
These covered Cv-writing and navigating job vacancy websites, with individual help for
people who were already job-searching. Refugees and Mentors also ran a College
Registration session in autumn 2024, helping with applications for further education and
training courses.
We secured funding for a rolling programme of two work experience placements. Each
placement was for 14 hours per week over a nine-month period and paid at Real Living
Wage levels. These placements offered structured introductions to the English workplace,
often to former volunteers. During the year, one placement worker obtained a Level 2 Food
Hygiene certificate" she subsequently secured a part-time cleaning job and enrolled on a
college course to further improve her English. The second paid placement was to support
our Activities and Volunteer Coordinator, freeing her to offer more support to an expanded
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support placement worker also successfully progressed to regular paid employment, as a
Project Worker with the Manchester-based Migrant Destitution Fund.
R's experience illustrated the journey from asylum-seeker to regular employment. R,
from Eritrea, first came to Rainbow Haven as a volunteer. Working on the reception
desk, she learned about customer service, interpreting and key organisational
policies,. Rainbow Haven helped by providing a bus pass and crèche place for her
son. R was also encouraged to register for a course in advice work and joined the
Computer Club to learn basic digital skills. She moved on to volunteering with the
Advice team and was encouraged to take an external interpreting course which gave
her formal qualifications. After obtaining refugee status she successfully applied for
paid placement at Rainbow Haven as the Activities Support Worker. This offered
further learning opportunities in advanced digital skills, customer service and project
management on the Sense of Flora project. She now has regular employment as a
Project Worker with Manchester's Migrant Destitution Fund.
Other skills and employment-related activities included:
A volunteer-run maths group for women
ESOL classes for beginner and intermediate learners. these were our most popular
classes, with over 70 people attending over 28 sessions.
An informal conversation club for more advanced English speakers,
A vocabulary and writing practice class.
Finally, in partnership with Refugees & Mentors, we ran a Work Club, helping people to
understand and navigate the UK employment market, from job searching and preparing Cvs
to linking with local employers.
Our staff team
During the year Rainbow Haven had 10 members of staff, 6 part-time and 4 full-time. Our
experienced staff team remained remarkably stable. We recognise their outstanding
contributions to the ethos and impact of Rainbow Haven; along with volunteers, partners,
funders and other supporters, they were responsible for Rainbow Haven's continued
excellent reputation.
Our team is multi-lingual and includes Tigrinya, Amharic, Arabic,
Spanish, Farsi and French speakers. volunteers provide additional interpreting in Kurdish
and Urdu. We are OISC-registered.
For most of this year, Rainbow Haven was led by two part-time Joint CEOS, each of whom
brought with them extensive complementary expertise and experience in the charitable
sector. Heather Heathfield-Porter (Joint CEO Operations) and Kate Wilkinson (Joint CEO
strategy, Finance and Partnerships). Heather Heathfield-Porter resigned in December 2024
for family reasons. Trustees took the opportunity to review Rainbow Haven's management
arrangements and decided to recruit a full-time Chief Officer, with the option of a further part-
time supporting appointment depending on the new CO'S priorities and expertise. The
recruitment process included interviews with staff and Trustees plus an external observer.
Roxanna Locke was appointed and joined Rainbow Haven in January 2025. We are very
grateful to Heather for her contribution to Rainbow Haven, and to Kate Wilkinson who agreed
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Recognising the invaluable contributions of our staff team and the pressures they
experience from working in a consistently stressful environment, we continued to prioritise
their well-being and development.
Weekly team meetings, supervision and appraisal
provided opportunities to share and learn. Regular specialist clinical supervision continued
for the advice team, who encounter many distressing situations and complex problems on
a daily basis. The advice team also attended a bespoke training session on managing
conflict and setting boundaries.
With support from Lloyds Foundation, we were able to access specialist HR expertise to
help us review our staff contracts of employment, to ensure these are compliant with current
legislation. We also received additional funding from the Oglesby Foundation specifically for
promoting staff well-being. This enabled the staff team to spend social time together and to
access additional clinical supervision where required.
We were reaccredited as a Real Living Wage employer. All recruitment was carried out
using Safer Recruitment processes. Four members of staff trained as Fire Wardens and a
fire safety inspection was carried out.
DBS compliance, Health and Safety and
Safeguarding policies were all reviewed and updated and staff training provided where
necessary.
Our partnerships
We continued to be active partners in the Stepchange project funded by the National Lottery
Community Fund and coordinated by Refugee Action. Stepchange brings together ten
Greater Manchester refugee charities, all of which provide practical services, support and
advocacy, together with and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. A key aim is to
develop a joined-up, sustainable ecosystem of support for refugees and people seeking
asylum across the city-region. Our involvement in Stepchange has placed Rainbow Haven
firmly within the wider network of refugee and asylum-seeker support organisations in
Manchester and the wider city-region. Our voice, and that of Stepchange's Experts by
Experience group, was also heard on influential regional forums such as the Vulnerable
Migrants network, NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups and at the 'Migrant Exchange,
national forum led by Refugee Action. This year we met all our expected outcomes, as
demonstrated through MERL, the Stepchange learning and evaluation partner. This
success also helped Stepchange apply successfully for continuation funding., the extension
funding began in October 2024.
The Stepchange partnership created a new online information referral platform Kompasi,
that allows member organisations to easily signpost or refer service users to other services.,
Rainbow Haven staff undertook training on its use. This platform contributes to streamlining
our information and advice provision and promote our classes and social activities.
Partnerships are at the core of our work. Outside of Stepchange we have built strong
relationships and mutual referral and signposting pathways with a wide range of statutory,
charity and social enterprise organisations across Greater Manchester. Our service delivery
partners during the year included:
North Manchester Community Partnership for help with evisa applications
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Manchester Museum, for the Arts Council-funded A Sense of Flora project
Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership community mental health
services
Greater Manchester Tenants Union and Greater Manchester Law Centre
Caritas, who co-ordinated our work with asylum seekers in hotel accommodation
Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit and Shelter, who both ran advice sessions
at Rainbow Haven
British Red Cross and Manchester Migrant Destitution Fund who enabled us to
support destitute asylum-seekers
Just Psychology and Together Now, partners in our family reunion work
Heart and Parcel who provided cookery-based English language sessions
Refugees and Mentors, vital partners in our employability and job search
programmes
Refugee Action., as well as coordinating the Stepchange partnership, RA provided
initial training for volunteers in immigration advice-giving.
Grass Routes CIC and Afrocats for our movement and well-being classes
Gorton Sacred Heart hub which helped with our pilot 'Stay and Play, group for
mothers and preschool children
During the year, we began to develop an exciting new partnership with Manchester's flagship
new arts venue, Factory International.
"The Rainbow Haven team work hard to meet the needs of their service users. They
are passionate, committed, and have levels of expertise that are vital to the provision
of services for asylum seekers and refugees in Manchester." (Head of Services,
Refugee Action)
We continue to have an excellent relationship with the United Reform Church, our
sympathetic and supportive landlord.
Summary of outcomes and impact
Our specialist Advice and Information team helped 2020 individuals who together
presented with 2660 problems
The kitchen team (one member of staff plus volunteers), provided 8400 meals,
average 175 meals per week, using food initiatives such as Fare Share.
We supported 89 families to navigate the trauma and difficulties of complex family
reunion processes.
56 volunteers, 68 % of whom had lived experience, added capacity, skills and cultural
knowledge and donated a massive 4800 hours of help.
Over 300 asylum seekers and refugees took part in social and wellbeing activities
460 asylum seekers and refugees improved their skills by attending courses and
other learning opportunities.
Two former volunteers took up paid placement opportunities at Rainbow Haven. both
subsequently secured regular employment
40 peri- and post-natal mums attended our Mama and Baby group.
In partnership with British Red Cross, we provided 257 destitute people with
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We provided weekly support to 500+ asylum-seekers and their families living in hotel
accommodation.
Our creche continued to provide a culturally appropriate Early Years setting for up to
6 children per session, 4 sessions per week.
Our funders
We were grateful to our many funders, without whom we could not continue our vital work.
This year our funders included:
The Charity Seniice and Our Manchester: support for our volunteer programme
Children in Need.. new equipment for the creche
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation.. health and wellbeing activities
Gorton Sacred Heart Family Hub and Manchester Active: pilot Mama and Toddler
group project
Thomas Wall Trust.. employability courses
Our Manchester: employment-related work, including paid work placements,
employability courses and computer club.
Manchester Active and Awards for All. exercise and movement activities
Financial review
Total income for the year ending 31st March 2025 was £431,375 (2024 468,184). Total
expenditure was £435,363 (2024 £390,620). Restricted income was £234,516 (2024
£283,711) and unrestricted income was £196,859 (2024 £184,473). Unrestricted reserves
at 31st March 2025 were £300,659 of which £53,949 were designated for closure costs.
The net reserves figure of £242,646 met our reserves policy of at least four months running
costs.
A major source of funding came from the National Lottery via the Step change Initiative,
which continued until the end of the first half of financial year 2024-2025. The loss of this
funding has been mitigated by a smaller grant of £48,000 per annum via the revised
Stepchange partnership. We also again received a substantial sum from an anonymous
donor whose generosity has for some time helped us to provide a wider range of activities
than would otherwise have been possible. We are very grateful to all our funders for their
support and their recognition of the value of Rainbow Haven's work, particularly the Oglesby
Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation and Lloyds Foundation, who all made significant
contributions to our activities this year. We are also extremely grateful to the St Paul's and
St John's United Reform Church, which continued to be a sympathetic and supportive
landlord, particularly during the winter energy price increases.
The success we achieved in fund-raising this financial year was largely due to our Joint CEO
(Strategy, Finance and Partnerships). In the current climate all charities are finding fund-
raising very challenging and it puts a tremendous strain on the charity's management,
sometimes at the expense of other activities.

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Financial governance.
Our Finance subcommittee comprises the Treasurer, CEO (Strategy, Finance and
Partnerships) and another Trustee. We are seeking to recruit an additional Trustee with
financial experience.
Investment powers and policy
The charity holds reserves in deposit accounts and fixed term bonds. All funds are in
accounts covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Reserves policy and going concern
The balance held in unrestricted reserves at 31 St March 2025 (excluding designated funds
of £53,949) was £246,710. Free resenies were £242,646 after allowing for funds tied up in
tangible fixed assets.
Trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level that equates to at least
six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure, in addition to money designated for
statutory redundancy costs. The Trustees consider that this will provide sufficient funds to
continue the charity's core operations, including the submission of grant applications, and
ensure that staffing, support and governance costs are covered. The Trustees consider that
it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis and, consequently, the
accounts do not include any adjustments that would be necessary if these sources of income
should cease.
Financial Risk management
The major financial risk to which the charity is exposed, i.e. loss of funding streams, are
reviewed on a 6-weekly basis as part of the Treasurer's report to the board of Trustees.
Plans for future periods
The charity's dependence on grant funding is a concern in these very uncertain times, and
we shall be looking at ways to diversify our income sources.

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Trustees
The trustees serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:
Mr K Affriyie
Ms H Batchelor
Chair (from October 2024)
MSA Bennett
Treasurer (until June 2025)
Mr J Diatapakola
Ms K Fernandez
Secretary
Professor C Glendinning Chair (until October 2024)
Ms C Maffia
Ms JB Mutombo
MrAJ Tyrrell
Ms J Hiu Wai Fung
Mr O Akerele
Mr H Hareth
(resigned January 2025)
(resigned September 2024)
Treasurer from June 2025
(appointed April 2025)
(appointed April 2025)
Chief Executive Officers
Ms Kate Wilkinson
Ms Heather Heathfield-Porter
Ms Roxanna Locke
Resigned as joint CEO June 2025
Resigned as joint CEO December 2024
Appointed CEO January 2025
Registered off ice
113 Abbey Hey Lane
Gorton
Manchester
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Independent Examiners
Hilton-Jones tlas Community Accountancy Service
Hollinwood Business Centre
Albert Street
Oldham
OL8 3QL

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Bankers
Co-operative Bank
Balloon Street
Manchester
M60 4EP
Manchester Credit Union
Ground Floor
Queens Court
24 Queen Street
Manchester
M2 5HX
Saffron Building Society
Saffron House,
1 A Market Street,
Saffron Walden,
Essex
CB10 1HX
Redwood Bank Limited
The Nexus Building
Broadway
Letchworth Garden City
SG6 3TA
United Trust Bank
One Ropemaker Street
London
EC2Y 9AW
Vernon Building Society
19 St Petersgate,
stockport
SK1 1HF

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Trustees, responsibilities in relation to the financial statements
The charity trustees are responsible for preparing a trustees, annual report and financial
statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards
(United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Charity Trustees are required to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true
and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and
application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charity for that period.
In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
Select suitable accounting principles and then apply them consistently"
Observe the methods and principles in the applicable Charities SORP.,
Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any
material departures that must be disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is appropriate to
presume that the charity will continue in business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with
reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. They are also
responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and taking reasonable steps for the
prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
By order of the Board of Trustees.
Ms H Batchelor
Chair
Date: 15th October 2025

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IIYDEPENDENT EL4MIINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
THE EAST MIINCHESTER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1182039
I report on the accounts of the charity, for the year ended 31" March 2025, which are set out on
pages 18 to 30.
Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner
The charity's trustecs are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity trustees
consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011
(the 201 l Act) and that an independent examination is needed. The charity is preparing accrued
accounts and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of the
Associatioii of Chartered Certified Accountants.
It is my responsibility to:
Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act.
follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity
Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. and
To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent Examiners Report
My examination was carried out iii accordance with the Gencral Directions given by the Charity
Con]mission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and
a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any
unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seekirAg explanations from you as trustees
concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that
would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts
present a "true and fair view" and the report is limited to those matters set out below.
Independent Examiner's Statement
In connection with my examination, other than listed below, no matter has come to my attention .
(l) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
to keep accounting records have in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act. and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the
accounting requirements of the 2011 Act,
have not been met. or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding
of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
James Hilton Jones
Hilton-Jones tla Community Accountancy
Service
Hollinwood Business Centre, Albert Street,
Oldham OL8 3QL
th
Date: 15 October 2025

THE EAST MANCHESTER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
Total Funds Total Funds
Year Ended
31 March Year Ended 31
2025
Mareh 2024
Unrestricted Restrlcted
Funds
Funds
Further Details
Income from:
Donations and legacies
Charitable Aclivilies
Investment Income
Total
131
{41
58.498
127,189
11,172
196,859
58,498
361,705
11,172
431,375
69,674
391.507
7,003
468,184
234,516
234,516
Expenditure on..
Raising Funds
Charitable Activities
Total
{51
151
990
177,060
178,050
990
434,373
435,363
118
390,502
390,620
257,313
257,313
Net incomellexpendlturo)
18,809
122,7971
13,9881
77,564
Transfers between funds
1141
11,1381
1,138
Net movement In funds
17,671
121,6591
13,9881
77,564
Reconciliatlon of funds
Total funds brought forwafd
Total funds carrled forward
114)
1141
282,988
300,659
33,438
11,779
316,426
312,438
238,862
316,426
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and
expenditure derive from continuing aclivili&s.
The notes on pages 20 to 30 form part of these accounts.

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19
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
Company Registration Number:
2025
2024
Notes
Fixed assets,.
Tangible a55els
Total fixed assets
1101
4,064
4,064
313
313
Current assets:
Debtors
Cash al Bank & in Hand
Total Current assets
8,868
339.140
348,008
10,741
314,355
325,096
Liabilitles..
Creditors.. Amounts falling due within one year
1121
39,634
8.983
Net current assets or liabililies
308,374
316.113
Total asse15 less current liabilities
312,438
316,426
Total net assets or liabilities
312,438
316,426
The funds of the charlty:
Restricted income fund5
1141
11,779
33,438
Unrestflcted income funds
{141
300,659
282,988
Total charity funds
312,438
316,426
Approved by the trustees on 1 5th October 2025
Ms H Batchelor
Chair
The notes on pages 20 10 30 fom) part of these a￿OuntS.

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statement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31 March 2025
Reconciliation of net movement In funds to net cash flow from operatlng activitie5
Year Ended Year Ended
31 March
31 March
2025
2024
Net movement in funds
Add back depreciation
Deduct investment income
Decrease/liTicreasel in debtors
Increaselldecreasel in creditors
{3,9881
1,330
111,1721
1,873
30,651
77,564
658
17,0031
(7.472)
{8,3601
Net cash used in operating aclivitie5
18,694
55,387
Cash flows from Investment activities:
Interest
Purchase of fixed assèts
11,172
15,081)
7.003
Net cash provided by Investing activitles
6.091
7,003
Increasel{decre35el in cash and cash equivalenls during the year
24,785
62,390
Cash and cash equivalents brought forward
314,355
251.965
Cash and cash equivalents carried forward
339,140
314,355

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025
l. Accounting policies
lal Basis of preparation and assessment of going concern
The account5 (financial statement51 have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognlsed at
cost or transaction value unless Otherwise stated in the relevant notes to these accounts. The financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charlties
preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reportlng Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of
Ireland IFRS 1021 and the Financial Reporting 5t3ndard applicable in the United Kingdom and
Republlc of Ireland IFRS 1021 and the Charities Act 2011.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.
The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity'5 ability to continue as a going concern.
Ibl Funds structure
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions Imposed by the donor or
trust deed. There are 21 restricted funds.
Unrestricted income funds comprise those funds which the trustees are free to use for any purpose In furtherance of
the charitable objects. Unrestricted funds include designated funds where the trustees, at their discretion, have
created a fund for a specific purpose.
Further details of each fund are disc105ed in note 14.
Icl Income recoEnitlon
All income 15 recognised once the charity has entitlement to the Income, it is probable that the income will be
received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
Donations are recognised when the charity has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the
event that a donation is Subject to conditions that require a level of performance before the charity is entitled to the
funds, the income is defeired and not recogni5ed until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those
conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and It is probable that those conditions will be fulfilled in the
reporting period.
Interest on funds held on deposit 15 included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity;
this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank. Dividends are recognised once the
dlvidend has been declared and notification has been received of the dividend due.
Idl Expenditure Recognition
Liabilities are recognised a5 expenditure as soon as there 15 a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to
that expenditure, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured
reliably.
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis. All expense5 including support costs and governance costs are
allocated or apportioned to the applicable expenditure headings. For more information on this èttribution refer to note
If) below.
lel Irrecoverable VAT
Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the expenditure heading for which it was incuried.
(fl Allocation of support and governance costs
Support costs have been allocated between governance cost5 and other 5UPPOrt costs. Governance cost5 comprise all
costs involving the public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. These
costs Include costs related to independent examination and legal fees together with an apportionment of overhead
and sUPPOrt Costs.
Governance costs and support costs relating to charitable activlties have been apportioned based on type of cost.
The allocation of support and governance costs is analysed in note 6.
Igl Costs of raising fun(is
The costs of raising funds conslsts of advertislng and marketing.
Ihl Charitable Activities
Costs of charitable activities include governance costs and an apportionment of support COSts as shown in note 5.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025
lil Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
All assets costing more than £750 are capitalised and valued at historical cost. Depreciation is charged on the following
basis..
Computers
Fixtures, Fittings and Equipment
33.330/0 on cost
20'/o on cost
lil Realised gain5 and losses
All gains and1055es are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise. Realised gains and losses on
Investments are calculated a5 the difference between sales proceeds and their opening carrying value or their
purchase value if acquired subsequent to the first day of the financial year. Unrealised gains and losse5 ère
calculated as the difference between the fair value at the year end and their varying value. Realised and unrealised
investment gain5 and10sses are combined in the Statement of Financial Activities.
Ikl Pensions
The charity currently administers contributions to a pension scheme on behalf of individuals. The charity has no
liability beyond making its contributions and paying across the deductions for the employee'5 Cofltributions.
111 Debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at
the amount prepaid net of any trade discoLtnts due.
Im) Credltors and provision5
Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligatlon resulting from a past event that will probablv
result in the transfer of fund5 to è third party and the amount due to settle the obligatlon can be rlleasured or estimated reliably.
Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowlng for any trade discount5 due.
2. Rèlated party transactions and trustggs, expenses and remuneration
The trustees all give freely their time and expertise without any form of remuneration or other benefit in cash or kind
12024.. £nill. Expenses pald to the trustees in the year totalled £nil12024.' £nill.
3. Donations and Legacles
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total Funds Total Funds
Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
31 March
31 March
31 March
2025
2025
2024
Year Ended 31
March 2025
Donations & Gift Aid
Anonymou5
8,498
50,000
58,498
8,498
50.000
58,498
12,174
57.500
69,674
Previous reporting period
Unrestricted
Restricted Total Funds
Year Ended Year Ended
31 March
31 March
2024
2024
Year Ended 31
March 2024
Donations & Gift Aid
Anonymous
12,174
57,500
69,674
12.174
57,500
69,674

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Note5 to the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025
4. Income from charitable activities
Unreslricted
Restricted Total Fund5 Total Funds
Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
31 March
31 March
31 MarGh
2025
2025
2024
Year Ended 31
March 2025
Deslilulion Support
Service Income
Sludenl Placement Fees
Unreslricled grants..
The Big Life
Factory International
Garfield Weston
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Manchester Community Central
Refugees & Mentors
Oglesby Trust
SalfoTd Community
Sslford CVS
29th May 1969
Reslricled grants..
Awards for All
Awards for AIIIBig Lottery Fund
BBC Children in Need
Brown & Patel
Caritas Diocese of Manchester
Community Organisation Cost of Living Fund
Daksha Patel
Grass Routes
Just Psychology
Manchester Active
Manchester City Council Our Manchester
Manchester City Council Cost of Living
Manchester City Council HWF
Manchester City Council Workclub
Mancheslei City Council Gorton Sacred Heart
Greater Manchester Culturally Appropfiale Fund
ThAanchester Selll8ment
Ogle5by Trust
Refugee Aclion
The Charity se￿ice
Thomas Wall Tlust
Truslhouse
33,640
3,153
6,479
33,640
3,153
6.479
40,415
1.658
1.890
1,500
6,667
40,000
21,250
1,000
4,000
6,667
40,000
21,250
1,000
4,000
7,500
25,000
4,000
20,833
1,000
5,000
5,000
1,000
5.000
5,000
5,000
5.560
5.560
2,457
14,910
3.257
6,286
14.910
3,257
6,286
5.200
52,267
261
1,050
7.650
1,500
44,680
13,455
261
1,050
7,650
1,500
44.680
13,455
9,000
2.616
44,680
3.220
9,000
8,820
5,705
6,683
1.550
13,167
82,374
3.000
8,820
5,705
6,683
1,550
13,167
82.374
3,000
8,858
114,162
4,500
3.200
24,551
391,507
14.608
234,516
14,608
361,705
127,189

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Note5 to the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025
4. Incomg from charitable aetivities
Previou5 reporting period
Unrestrictèd
Restricted Total Funds
Year Ended Year Ended
31 March
31 March
2024
2024
Year Ended 31
March 2024
Deslilulion Support
SeNice Income
student Placement Fees
Unreslricled grants..
The Big Life
Garfield Weston
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Refugees & Mentors
Oglesby Trust
29th May 1969
Restricted 9ranls'.
Awards for AIIIBig Lollery Fund
Caritas Diocese of Manchester
Community Organisation C051 of Living Fund
Just Psychology
Manchester Active
Manchester City Council Our Manchester
Manchester City Council HWF
Manchester City Council Workclub
Greater Manchester Culturally Appropriate Fund
Refugee Action
The Charity Service
Thomas Wall Trust
Trusthouse
40,415
1,658
1,890
40,415
1,658
1.890
1,500
7,500
25,000
4,000
20,833
5,000
1,500
7,500
25,000
4.000
20,833
5,000
2,457
5,200
52,267
9,000
2.616
44.680
3,220
9,000
8,858
114,162
4,500
3,200
24,551
283,711
2,457
5,200
52,267
9,000
2.616
44,680
3.220
9,000
8,858
114,162
4,500
3,200
24,551
391,507
107,796

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025
5. Expenditure
Asylum
Seeker and Year Ended Year Ended
Refugee
31 March
31 March
Support
2025
2024
Expenditure on raising funds:
Advert15ing and marketing
Fundraising
115
875
990
115
875
990
118
118
Expendlture on charitable activitie5:
Employment Costs
RecrL5ilmenl
Training
Computer Costs
Activity Costs
Slaffin9 Costs
Staff Supervision
Volunteer Expenses
Database Costs
DBS Fees
Bank Char9e5
Travel Expenses
Destitution Cost5
Subscriptions
Telephone
Rent, Rates and Water
Insurance
Governance and Support Costs
P051, Printing & Stationery
Depreciation
290.441
1,314
1,880
2.577
53,669
2.253
360
7.652
290,441
1,314
1,880
2,577
53,669
2,253
360
7.652
260,580
1,169
695
4,079
39,405
1,552
93
5,376
64
27
364
43,725
512
2,885
15,807
1,834
2,673
5.006
1,330
434.373
435,363
64
27
364
43.725
512
2,885
15,807
1,834
2,673
5.006
1,330
434.373
435,363
292
50,324
192
3,027
14,109
1.835
2,909
3.367
658
390,502
390.620
Restricted fund5
Unrestricted funds
257,313
178,050
435,363
285,656
104.964
390,620

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025
6. Analysis of empenditure on charltable activitie5
As per note 5.
7. Allocation of governance and support costs
The breakdown of 5UPPOrt Costs and how these were allocated between governance and other support Costs is shown
below-
General Support
Governance
1,225
Total 2025 Basis of apportlonment
1,225 type of cost
1.448 type of cost
2,673
Accountancy Fee5
Payroll Bureau Fees
1,448
1,448
1.225
General Support
Governance
1,212
Total 2024
Basls of apportionment
1.212 type of cost
1,697 type of cost
2,909
Accountancy Fees
Payroll Bureau Fees
1,697
1.697
1.212
Analysis of Staff costs
Year End&d Year Ended
31 March
31 March
2025
2024
Wa9es and Salaries
Social Securily Costs
Pension Costs
261,089
17,303
12,049
290,441
234,853
14,565
11.162
260,580
Charitable activities
Support costs
290,441
260,580
290,441
260,580
The average number of employees during the year was 12. FTE 8.5 (previous y88r 11, FTE 7.11.
The charity considers ils key management personnel comprises the Iruslees and Joint CEO'S. The lolal
employment benefits, inclLJding employer Nl and pension contributions of the key management personnel were £52,876
{previous y&ar.' £50,534, including employer pension conlribulionsl. No employee has benefits in excess of £60,000
(previous year.. none).
Staff costs do not include a value of the work undertaken by our 56 volunteers, of whom appoximately 80Qh have been asylum
seekers themselves.
9. Independont Examlner Fees
Year Ended Year Ended
31 Mar¢h
31 March
2025
2024
Independent examination fees
1,225
1,225
1.212
1,212

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025
10. Tangible Fixed Assets
Fixtures,
Computer
Fittings and
Equipment Equipment
Total
Cost
At 1 April 2024
Additions
Al 31 March 2025
8.968
2,693
5,081
7,774
11,661
5,081
16,742
8,968
Depreciation
Al l April 2024
Charge for Year
At 31 March 2025
8,655
313
8,968
2,693
1,017
3,710
11,348
1,330
12,678
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025
4,064
4,064
313
At 31 March 2024
313
11. Analysi5 Qf debtors
2025
2024
Debtors
Prepayments
7,715
1,153
8,868
9,648
1,093
10,741
Debtors and prepayments related to restricted funds £30012024-. £3731 and unrestricted funds £8,56812024: £10,368).
12. Creditors: amount5 falling due within one year
2025
2024
Creditors
Short-lemi compensaled ab5en¢es (holiday payl
Other creditors and accruals
Deferred income
Taxation and social security costs
1,073
1,249
37,312
3.494
1,225
4.167
89
8,983
39,634
13. Deferred income
Deferred income comprised grants relating lo a future period.
Balance as at 1 April 2024
Amount released lo income earned from charitable activities
Amount deferred in year
Balance al 3fj March 2025
4.167
14,1671
37,312
37,312

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025
14. Analysls of charitable funds
Analysis of movements in unrestricted funds
Balance at 1
April 2024
Incomlng
Resources
Resources
Expended
Balance at 31
March 2025
Transfers
General Fund
Designated Fund
230,488
52,500
282,988
196.859
1178.0501
12,5871
1,449
11,1381
246.710
53,949
300,659
196,859
1178,0501
Previous reporting period
Balance at 1
April 2023
Incoming
Resources
Resources
Expended
Balance at 31
March 2024
Transfers
General Fund
Designated Fund
163,932
43,632
207,564
184,473
{104,964)
112,9531
8,868
(4,085)
230,488
52,500
282,988
184.473
{104,9641
Name of unrestrlcted fund..
Genera5 Fund
Desi9naled Fund
Description, nature and purpose of the fund
The "free reserves" after allowing foT all designated fund5
For future redundancy costs
Analysis of movements in restricted funds
Balance at 1
April 2024
Incoming
Resources
Resources
Expended
Balance at 31
March 2025
Transfer5
Community Organisalion Cost of Living Fund
Caritas Diocese of Manchester
Brown & Patel
BBC Children in Need
Awards for All
Daksha Patel
Grass Routes
Just Psyehology
Manchester Aclive
Manchester City Council Our Manchester
Manchester City Council Cost of Living
Manche51&r City Council HWF
Manchester City Council Workclub
Manchester City Council Gorton Sacred Heart
Greater Manchester Culturally Appropriate Fund
Manchester Selllement
Refugee Action
The Charity Service
Thomas Wall Trust
TruslhoLJse
Oglesby Trust
3,170
13,170)
16,2861
13,2571
18,9581
14,858}
12611
11,870}
(7,6501
11.8511
145,117)
{13.4551
(1,5381
{9.1491
14,9331
110,943)
11.5501
183,620)
15,1241
11,9951
125,3041
116.6241
1257,313)
6.286
3,257
14.910
5,560
261
1,050
7,650
1,500
44,680
13,455
5.952
902
820
351
437
1,538
329
8,820
5.705
6,683
1,550
82,374
3.000
772
3,942
318
1.246
3,691
1,995
13,343
3,396
33,438
1.567
14,608
13.167
234,516
2,647
1611
11,779
1,138

THE EAST MANCHESTER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
29
Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025
14. Analysls of charltable funds
Analysls of movements in r&strlcted funds
Previou5 reporting period
Balance at 1
April 2023
Incoming
Resources
Resources
Expended
Balance at 31
March 2024
Transfers
Manchester Active
Awards for AIIIBig Loltery Fund
Cafltas Diocese of Manchester
Community Organisation Cost of Living Fund
Just Psychology
Manchester Active
Manchester City Council Our Manchester
Manchester City Council HWF
Manchester City Council Workclub
Manchester City Council First 1000 Day5
Manchester City Council CV WB Fund
Mancheslef Work Club
Greater Manchester Culturally Appropriate Fund
Postcode Lollery
Refugee Action
Soil Association
Refugee Action
Spirit of Manchester
The Barrow Cadbury Trust
The Charity Service
Thomas Wall Trust
Truslhouse
Oglesby Trust
2,457
5.200
52,267
9.000
2,816
44,680
3.220
9,000
{2.4571
15.200}
{49,097)
19,3081
12,2651
144,2431
{1.6821
18,6711
3,170
308
351
437
1,538
329
{5521
225
552
1225}
1131
{6.7141
19,6991
1,798
9,694
1,246
209
8,858
3,942
1.246
12091
{114,1621
11,0001
1371
18231
11,2051
111,2081
117.4371
1285.6561
114,162
1,000
37
14
4,500
3,200
24,551
3.691
1,995
13,343
3,396
33,438
17.613
31,298
3,220
4,085
283,711
Name of restricted fund-
Community Organisation Cost of Living Fund
Caritas Diocese of Manchester
Brown & Patel
BBC Children in Need
Awards for All
Daksha Patel
Grass Routes
lust Psychology
Manchester Active
Manchester City Council Our Manchester
Manchester City Council C05t of Living
Manchester City Council HWF
Manchester City Council Workclub
Manchester City Council Gorton Sacred Heart
Greater Manchester Culturally Appropriate Fund
Manchester Settlement
Refugee Action
The Charity Service
Thomas Wall Trust
Trusthouse
Ogle5by Trust
Description, nature and purpose of the fund
for core eos15
for the contingency accommodation co-ordinator
for art projects, exploring and talking about plants with displaced people
lo support Early Years selling the creche
for a digital inclusion project
foT art projects, exploring and talking about plants with displaced people
for well-being movement and mental health
for farnily reunio
for Slay and Play groups
for activities and placements
lo support specialist advice
for walking group
for workclub
lo support the delivery of Mama and toddler group
for mental health groups
foT Stay and Play groups
for core costs
for volunteer expenses
for employability course
for family reunion and Mama and baby group
for core funding

THE EAST MANCHESTER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
30
Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025
15. Analysls of net assets between funds
Unrestricted Designated
funds
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2025
Tangiblè fixed assets
Cash at bank and in hand
Other nel Cufrent asselsllliabililiesl
Total
4,064
252,233
19,5871
246,710
4,064
339,140
130,7661
312,438
53.949
32.958
(21,1791
11,779
53.949
Previous reporting period
Unrestricted Designated
funds
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2024
Tangible fixed assets
Cash al bank and in hand
Other net current asselsllliabililiesl
Total
313
228.790
1,385
230,488
313
314,355
1,758
316,426
52,500
33,065
373
33,438
52,500
16. Flnanclal Instruments
The charity only has financial assets and liabilities of 3 kind that qualify as basi¢ financial in51rumen15. Basic financial
instruments are initially recognised on a transaction value and subsequently measured al their settlement value with Ihe
exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured al an amortised cost using the effective interest method.