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Registered charity · Manchester

Self Help Services

Self Help Services is a registered charity (number 1122063) based in Manchester, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Mark James Fitzgibbon. Latest income £14m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £14m (2025)
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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Manchester City, Oldham, Stockport, Trafford and more
Website
www.thebiglifegroup.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Self Help Services LTD
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£14m£14m
  • 2024£16m£16m
  • 2023£14m£13m
Earlier years
  • 2022£11m£11m
  • 2021£9.9m£9.8m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 99%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY MENTAL ILL HEALTH BY PROVISION OF SELF-HELP INITIATIVES.

Grants received

1 grant · £490,640 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £490,640

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £490,6402013-10-08
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

8.5y median 8.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

20.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 18Other services 2Construction 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£14.2m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

249 from 189 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1122063
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 DEC 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 OCT 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 JUL 2021
Companies House
Company number 06036050 · Active - Proposal to Strike off
Contact on the register
01618482423 · finance@thebiglifegroup.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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