## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
**From: 6[th] April 2024 To: 5[th] April 2025**
## **Charity name:GM4WOMEN2028**
## **Charity registration number: 1194315**
## **Objectives and activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Objects
The object of the CIO are, the promotion of equality and
diversity for the benefit of the community in Greater
Manchester by:
a)
eliminating discrimination on the grounds of sex;
b)
advancing the education of the public on the
grounds of women and girls’ equality; c) conducting or
commissioning research on women and girls’ equality
issues and publishing the results to the public;
d) facilitating dialogue and creating connections to
address the diverse interests of women and girls|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|•
A Data, Deeds, Dialogue event held at the
University of Salford.
•
Secured additional funding from The National
Lottery to employ a GM4Women co-ordinator.
•
We continue to have regular meetings with
GM4Women networks. These networks inform the
network of the thematic areas of the GM4Women
2028 Scorecard, and the work with Local
Authorities to address data in the five thematic
areas.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have had regard to the Charity
Commission’s guidance on public benefit.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment Para 1.38 including program related investment
Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other
## **Achievements and performance**
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**This was the charity’s third year of functioning.**
**The main achievements include:**
**1.**The release of the ‘halfway there’ report- the
publication of this report was previously delayed
due to complications with publishing. The report
was successfully published in 2024/25 and is
available on the GM4Women2028 website.
**2.**In July 2024, University of Salford hosted the
Data, Deeds and Dialogue event where
consultation with women on the issues affecting
them was conducted. This work continues to be
used to inform our policy work with public sector
authorities and our strategic aims.
**3.**In February 2025 we had our annual score card
reveal which highlighted the progress that
Greater Manchester has made for women and
girls in the areas of Participation, Education,
Employment, Safety, and Culture & Active lives.
The data have been published and are available
to all on the GM4Women2028 website.|
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
## **Financial review**
|**Financial review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Financial Statements were prepared by the Treasurer
and approved by the Trustee Board at the Board
meeting on
21st November 2025|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|GM4Women 2028 maintains free unrestricted reserves:
•To provide a level of working capital that protects the
continuity of core work
•To provide a level of funding for unexpected
opportunities
•To provide cover for risks such as unforeseen
expenditure or unanticipated loss of income.
The Trustees will review the above criteria with
reference to GM4Women 2028’s strategy and annual
plan and determine the target level of free reserves to
meet these.
The Trustees will at times designate funds from free
reserves for significant project costs or replacement of
major assets.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|See above|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**0**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The charity continues to apply for funds to deliver its
objects.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|
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|You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|During the year, the charity’s income consisted of grant,
donations, and fundraising as attached, below.|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Included within our Financial Policy. We would be happy
to provide a copy of this if required.|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Fundraising risks (addressed through regular, targeted
funding applications) and operational risks (addressed
through appropriate policies and procedures)|
Other
## **Structure, governance and management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc|Para 1.25|**Constitution of a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation (‘Foundation’ model**
**Constitution)**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**All trustees are appointed on the basis of the**
**knowledge and experience they hold to discharge**
**the duties of trustees. All, apart from the first**
**trustees, are appointed for a term of three years at a**
**properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.**
**No co-options or appointments of external bodies to**
**the trustee board are permitted by the constitution.**|
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
> Para 1.51 New Trustees are assigned a buddy Trustee and undergo an induction training programme. Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees
Para 1.51 The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works • **Board of Trustees-** responsible for the overall governance of the organisation and ensuring that GM4Women2028 delivers its charitable objects • **Co-ordinator –** reports directly to the board of trustees and coordinates activity across all groups, meetings, and committees. • **Oversight Committee-** is attended by all thematic leads, operations and communications leads and some others involved in strategic work and goal setting. • **Operations and Communications Group-** attended by anyone who is involved in an active event or media work. The group is responsible for everyday operations, communication, social media and event planning. • **Community Meeting –** Attended by anyone who is interested in supporting the work of GM4Women2028. This meeting is used to share public, private and third sector activity related to women and girls across the Greater Manchester landscape • **Thematic Leads-** 5 Thematic groups: Participation, Education, Employment, Safety, Culture & Active lives. Each group consists of people who work in, have expertise in or are interested in that thematic area. Each group is responsible for collecting data in its specific area for the scorecard/data reveal. Other initiatives are also sometimes undertaken within thematic groups. Each group also explores what’s happening on the ground and leads report through the Oversight Committee to inform strategy. Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parties Other
## **Reference and administrative details**
|Charity name|GM4WOMEN2028|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|GM4WOMEN|
|Registered charity number|1194315|
|Charity’s principal address|Elliot House
151 Deansgate
Manchester
M3 3WD|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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10|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Sofia Higgins|||GM4Women2028 Board of
Trustees|
||Tessa Page|||GM4Women2028 Board of
Trustees|
||Claire Pattison|||GM4Women2028 Board of
Trustees|
||Helen Pankhurst|||GM4Women2028 Board of
Trustees|
||Omolade Femi Ajao|||GM4Women2028 Board of
Trustees|
||Caroline Pankhurst|||GM4Women2028 Board of
Trustees|
||Sarah Mohammad
Qureshi|||GM4Women2028 Board of
Trustees|
||Eve Holt|||GM4Women2028 Board of
Trustees|
||Francine Morris|||GM4Women2028 Board of
Trustees|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets held
in this capacity|n/a||
|---|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|n/a||
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and segregation
of such assets from the
charity’s own assets|n/a||
## **Additional information (optional)**
||**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**
**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**
**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**
**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|
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||**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**|||
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (for example**
**Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Sofia Higgins|Tessa Page|
||**Trustee and Chair**|**Trustee and Treasurer**|
||21stNovember 2025||
||21stNovember 2025||