GMLCS: Annual Report Financial Year 2023-2025 [Legal January 2025]
## **Greater Manchester Long Covid Support (“GM Long Covid”): Annual Report 2023-2025**
|**1.**
**Section One: Reference and**
**Administrative Details:**|||
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|1.1. Registered name||Greater Manchester LongCovid Support|
|1.2. Other names||GM LongCovid|
|1.3. Registration number||1205165|
|1.4. Address of principal office||15 Fox Street, Oldham OL8 3ST (to 28th
April 2025 – now 25 Thorneycroft
Avenue,Manchester M21 7HT)|
|1.5. Names of Trustees on report date||Alanna Dawn Germon
Louise Frances Walls
Valerie Jane Bayliss-Brideaux (to 28th
April 2025)
Victoria Louise Stammers (to 30th
January2026)|
|1.6. Names of other Trustees in the
financialperiod||Lisa Jones (deceased)|
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|**2.**
**Structure, governance and**
**management:**|||
|2.1. Particulars of governing documents||Charity Commission Foundation Model
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Constitution dated 11thOctober 2023|
|2.2. Name and explanation where any
person or external body is entitled
to appoint 1 or more charity
trustees||There are no provisions within the
Constitution which permit any external
body to appoint any Trustee to the Board
of Trustees of GM LongCovid.|
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|**3.**
**Objectives and activities:**|||
|3.1. Description of the purposes of the
charity||GM Long Covid’s Objects or charitable
purpose under the Constitution is:
_“For the public benefit in Greater_
_Manchester and surrounding areas, to_
_relieve the charitable needs of people_
_experiencing or affected by the_
_symptoms of Long Covid by;_|
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(i) Providing peer support, information,
advice and resources including through a
website and on-line tools;
(ii) Raising awareness of the general
public in all areas relating to Long Covid.
3.2. Main activities undertaken to further GM Long Covid conducts the following
its charitable purposes for the public activities to fulfil its charitable purpose
benefit and provide public benefit:
1. Welcome email/call to members on
induction to assess specific needs;
2. Two online weekly peer support
meetings allowing socialising,
signposting and safeguarding;
3. Monthly online and face-to-face social
events including games nights, coffee
mornings and crafts;
4. Specific or educational events to
provide additional services or
activities for members;
5. WhatsApp Community with general
chat and specific Community groups;
6. Website providing information and
resources with access to the general
public for the purpose of education;
7. Resources for education and to assist
with recovery;
8. Personal services such as signposting,
advocacy and safeguarding, where
necessary.
3.3. Statement by the Trustees See Section 7.
confirming compliance with the duty
in s.4 Charities Act 2006 to have
due regard to guidance on public
benefit published by the
Commission.
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|**4.**
**Achievements and performance:**|2023/24 was GM Long Covid’s first year
operating as a registered Charitable
Incorporated Association and it therefore
celebrated considerable achievements in
the financial period, which were built
upon in 2024/-2025:
1. Set up, incorporation and
registration of the Charitable
Incorporated Association;
2. Ancillary administrative tasks such
as completion of Microsoft IT system
and multiple online platforms like
Canva and Zoom;
3. Registration with regulators such as
the Charity Commission, HMRC and
Manchester Safeguarding
Partnership;
4. Creating of unique branding for
multiple purposes;
5. Obtained funding from multiple
sources including private and
National Lottery with a positive year
end balance;
6. Creation of a website available to
members and the general public,
including a link to register as a
member, accessed worldwide;
7. Promotion of GM Long Covid through
social media, community and NHS
engagement and other activities;
8. Registration of nearly 200 Members
across Greater Manchester and
surrounding areas
9. Provision of member services
including WhatsApp community,
online peer support and social
events, face-to-face events,
newsletters, education and
resources;
10. Engagement with research
opportunities locally and nationally.|
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The CIO grew by 51 new members in
Financial Year 2024-2025, to a total of
240 members. 10 face-to-face events
and over 120 online sessions were run
last year, with educational sessions on
yoga, EFT and mental health following
requests on Member feedback
questionnaires, so we continue tpp
increase activities in accordance with
needs, subject to Trustee availability, as
discussed below. WhatsApp Community
Groups were increased to 9, again on
request from Members in relation to
specific issues such as work or
parenting. Over 13 Members were
supported personally with advocacy and
safeguarding referrals. The financial
year ended with approximately £3,000
funding carried over following successful
grants and fundraising activity.
Unfortunately, there have also been
some difficulties, primarily with reducing
Trustee numbers following the death of
Lisa Jones and retirement of Val Bayliss-
Brideaux. As the retiring Trustee was
the founder of the peer support group
the CIO stems from, there appears to
have been a level of influence over the
Board not appropriate for proper charity
management. The retirement process
itself has highlighted some matters that
the other Trustees were unaware of but
have taken steps to ensure best practice
is followed.
5. Financial review:
5.1. Policy on reserves: GM Long Covid relies primarily on
National Lottery Funding which is
granted over a two-year period, and
shorter-term grants from Forever
Manchester. A reserve has been
accumulated from private fundraising
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activities, with some application against
set-up costs and IT services. Our
Finance Reserve Policy sets out the aim
for unrestricted reserves over the next
four Financial Years, although the
position is somewhat alleviated by the
longevity of the funding received to date.
The intention is to build reserves within a
deposit account to ensure best practice
in management and continuity of
services for our vulnerable Members.
5.2. Deficits: GM Long Covid does not currently hold
any funds materially in deficit, nor
anticipates the same occurring in the
future.
6. Funds held as custodian trustee GM Long Covid and its Trustees do not
on behalf of others: currently and have no future plans to act
as custodian Trustee of charitable
assets.
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|**7.**
**Public benefit statement:**(SEE
ALSO 3.3)|GM Long Covid Support is a small
Greater Manchester based Charitable
Incorporated Association, run initially by
five, reducing to three Trustees at
commencement of Financial Year 2025-
2026. It was established in 2023 to
provide education and information to the
general public, alongside charitable and
peer support to those experiencing the
symptoms of Long Covid in the local
area.
The activities undertaken by GM Long
Covid throughout the current year, and
future plans, are explained throughout
this Report. These varied offerings help
to achieve GM Long Covid’s charitable
purpose by providing or passing on
information generally to help increase
public knowledge, further education and
ideally affect relevant local and health
policy. Assistance is also provided to
registered Members with their Long
Covid journey, both through enabling
peer support and building a vibrant
community to help each other with their
recovery, and by providing services;
education and resources, signposting
within the wider community, advocacy
where Members need extra assistance
and safeguarding referrals where
required, and to ensure our Members
thrive. GM Long Covid collaborates with
other relevant services and local
charities, and also involves itself in
research and research opportunities open
to our Members as much as possible.
GM Long Covid is constantly seeking to
expand the services that it provides both
directly to Members and in the pursuit of
public awareness and continued state
resourcing.|
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GM Long Covid is aware of and has fully
considered the Charity Commission’s
Guidance (PB1-3) in all actions and
during preparation of this Report. The
necessity for public benefit described in
PB1 was considered on establishment,
and in preparation of GM Long Covid’s
Constitution, Policies, Values and Code of
Conduct, described in our Charitable
Summary and Statement. The continued
duty of public benefit and the
requirements of PB2 are taken into
account in all the joint actions of the
Board of Trustees and in future planning.
There has been no departure from the
Commission’s guidance as set out in PB3
that would require disclosure in this
Annual Report.
8. Plans for future periods: GM Long Covid has the following plans
for future periods:
1. Appoint additional Trustees to
increase availability and services;
2. Expand website content and
resources;
3. Provide further and a wider range
of Member activities and
educational sessions;
4. Explore new avenues of funding,
expand and increase existing
funding arrangements, widen
funding area to include other local
Long Covid services which are
closing;
5. Attempt to obtain representation
at local and NHS forums;
6. Utilise volunteers to assist in
provision of services;
7. Obtain further free and funded
resources for Members.
9. Signatures: [ELECTRONIC]
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GREATER MANCHESTER
, LONG COVID SUPPORT
Name: Louise Frances Walls
Date:
Signature:
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Greater Manchester Long Covid Support 1205165
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 11th October 2023 5th April 2025
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Forever Manchester - 100 - 100 -
National Lottery - 4,000 - 4,000 -
Relief in Need - 600 - 600 -
Fundraising 1,215 - - 1,215 -
Donation 5 - - 5 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 1,220 ] 4,700 - 5,920 -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 1,220 4,700 - 5,920 -
A3 Payments
Set up costs 701 - - 701 -
IT and running costs 154 484 - 638 -
Events 100 1,041 - 1,141 -
Trustee expenses 156 - 156 -
Resources 15 196 - 211 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 970 ] 1,877 - 2,847 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 970 1,877 - 2,847 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 250 2,823 - 3,073 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end 250 2,823 - 3,073 -
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
National Westminster Bank plc
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**250**
**2,843**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**250**
**2,843**
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**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
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Print Name
Louise Frances Walls|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
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**(optional)**
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**(optional)**
Date of
approval
5th February 2026|
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