The Mayor of Wigan's Charity Appeal
Trustees, Annual Report
For the Period
1 St September 2024
To
31st August 2025

Reference and Administration Details
Charity Name:
The Mayor of Wigan's Charity Appeal
Also Known as:
The Mayor's Charity
Registered Charity Number:
1169188
Charity's Principal Address:
CIO The Mayor's Office
Wigan Town Hall
Library Street
Wigan
WN1 1YN
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity:
Miss Judith Atherton
Mr Andrew Sharrock
Chair and Treasurer
Mr Michael William Winstanley OBE
Secretary
Independent Examiner:
Stephen Atherton
Bank:
HSBC
21 The Grand Arcade
Wigan
Lancs
WN1 1BH

Structure, Governance and Management
Type of Governing Document:
Trust Deed adopted 13th September 2016
How the Charity is constituted:
Membership of the Charity is open to
everyone who can support the Charity and
there are currently 10 members.
Trustee selection Method:
Trustees are appointed or reappointed
annually at the General Meeting usually
held in May following the appointment of the
Mayor for the ensuing Mayoral Year.
All trustees give their time voluntary and receive no remuneration or other benefits.
Risk:
The risk that the charity is exposed to is
reviewed annually by the trustees and due to
its operating model, the risk is deemed to be
low and this is reflected in the reserve policy.
Objectives and Activities
Summary of the objectives of the charity set out in its governlng document:
To further such exclusively charitable purposes, according to the laws of England
and Wales, as the trustees determine by the provision of grants.
Grant Making Policy:
The policy on grant making is that the incoming Mayor during their year as Deputy
Mayor will select an organisation or organisations which they would like the charity to
support during their Mayoral Year; they put this to the trustees who consider the
request and make the decision to accept or reject the request. The organisation
selected to be supported by the charity must benefit the residents of the borough.
The charity prefers that the selected organisation uses the grant for some capital
purpose, to give some longevity from the grant; but the charity does not rule out the
grant being used for some revenue purpose. The selected organisation will discuss
and agree with the charity how the grant will be used.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to
these objectives:
During this year, 2024 to 2025, the Mayor was Councillor Debbie Parkinson, The
Mayor of Wigan's Charity Appeal was selected two charities within the Borough to
supported:

TalkFirst - work with children and young people, and their families, helping to
resolve conflict, improve relationship5 and communication. This leads to better
mental health, confidence, the ability to manage every4ay life issues and for the
children to develop resilience, and the ability to aspire and achieve.
Wigan and Leigh Hospice - provides palliative and end of life care to almost 1400
people in the borough each year, including caring for people at home and in the 14-
bed-in-patient unit at Hindley.
To continue to support the people of Wigan Borough the Hospice needs to raise
£12,000 per day to keep all its serrfices running.
Achievements and Performance
We held the annual 'The Mayor of Wigan Charity Ball, again. This is the biggest
event that the Charity stages and this year it returned to Macdonald Kilhey Court,
Standish. Yet again it was almost a sell-out. As well as being well attended everyone
enjoyed the food, drink, DJ and vocalist Victor Michael. It was also attended by many
of the Civic Heads from across the Greater Manchester conurbation and the Deputy
Lieutenant Melanie Bryan OBE was also present at the Ball, along with the Scarlet
Guards.
We had another very enjoyable visit to the Wigan Brew House and people enjoyed a
guided tour of the brewery and picked up some knowledge about the brews on tap,
along with some light refreshments and good conversation with friends; plus, the
mandatory raffle. This has now been established as another annual event in the
Charity's calendar.
The Prayer Breakfast was held again, with speaker, prayers and breakfast.
Unfortunately, due to the weather conditions the sponsored walk around the Haigh
Woodland Park estate, which is organised with the support of the staff and
volunteers at Haigh Woodland Park, had to be Can￿lled for safety reasons.
The 'Wigan Cruse, with a night cruising up and down the Leeds Liverpool canal from
Wigan Pier, organised by the Charity Committee and with the support the KittyNake
Canal Cruises company was another great evening and is also now another firm
fixture in the Charity's annual list of activities. The night was yet again complete with
. more food, drink, raffle, quiz and good company - a good night was had by all.
The Mayor, Councillor Debbie Parkinson, introduced a new event this year.
Christmas Afternoon Tea with the Mayor in the Mayors Parlour. This proved to such
a success that the Mayor had to organise two Christmas Afternoon Tea events.
We also had the grant and cheque presentations to Wigan Samaritans and
ManLeigh, for £18,675.31 each, a total of £37,350.62. They being the chosen
organisations to support during Councillor Kevin Anderson's year in offi￿. You will
note from the Charity's Balance Sheet we actually issued two payments to ManLeigh

as the first cheques was credited back to the Charity by their bank due to slight
difference in their bank account name and the name on the cheque - which was
resolved with the second cheque.
The Mayor of Wigan's Charity Appeal could not raise the amount of money it does
each year without the great support it received from individuals and organisations
who make donations to Charity or organise fund raising events on its behalf, some
doing so on an annual basis. Nor without the support of those people who buy tickets
for fund raising events that the Charity organises directly, like the annual Charity
Ball, and support them by turning up.
The Charity Trustees are also grateful to Charity Committee and friends, a dedicated
group of volunteers who support the Mayor and Trustees organise and deliver
events.
The Mayor and Charity Trustees would like to say a very big and special thank you
to all who have supported the charity's year 2024-25. Without your support we could
not raise the money that do- THANK YOU ALL.
Financial Review
Reserve Policy:
The charity has no costs associated with meetings of the charity committee; the
accommodation is provided free of charge by Wigan Council. Any costs associated
with the administration of the charity are provided by the trustees at no cost to the
charity. Any costs related to fundraising activities may be paid up front by the charity
and then recouped from the proceeds of the event. The charity has no paid staff. In
light of this the trustees have assessed that the charity does not require to hold any
funds in reserve at this time.
Details of any funds materially in deficit:
Not applicable.

Balance Sheet 1st September 2024 to 31st August
2025
Income
Expenditure
Opening Balances
The Mayor
Cllrs K Anderson
Sumup
Charges
PayPal
Bank
£10,078.64
£36,709.64
£640.98
£18.20
£93.16
£111.36
£47,429.26
Payments to CharitieslGroups
Wigan Samaritans
£18,675.31
ManLeigh
£37,350.62
Donations
PayPal
Current Account
£555.00
£20 229.95
£56,025.93
£20,784.95
Fund Raslng Events
Mayors Aftemoon Tea
Prayer Breakfast
£469.12
£210.00
Fund Raislng events
£2,914.91
£679.12
Mayors Charity Ball 2025
£15,340.00
Mayors Ball 2025
£6,788.09
'Returned Cheque by
Bank
£18,675.31
Mayors Ball 2026
£500.00
£105,144.43
£41,039.93
£40,351.00
£640.98
£47.95
£41,039.93
£64,104.50
Closing Balance
Current Account
Sumup
PayPal
NB:
Cheque returned

Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above at a
meeting held on
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
ndrew Sharrock
Chair
Date:
. ￿E0MPJQQ 202f

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
The Mayor of Wigan's Charity Appeal
On accounts for the year
ended
31" August 2025
Charity no
(if any)
1169188
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ('the Trusf) for the year ended 3110812025.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ("the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination. I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in any material respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Date:
Name:
Steve Atherton
' Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(If any):
Address:
Pippin Street Fann.
Smithy Lane, Brindle,
Lancashire, PR6 8ND
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts: direcb.ons and guidance for
examiners).
IER
October 2018

Glve here brlef details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018