Self Help Services

Registered charity 1122063 Registered since 2007

Operates: Manchester City, Oldham, Stockport, Trafford, Liverpool City, St Helens, Cheshire East, Lancashire, Halton, Cheshire West & Chester

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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

Edna Robinson since 2012

20.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Mark James Fitzgibbon Chair

Portfolio (3)

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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

BIG Issue North Trust LTD 3 shared trustees
Big Life Services 2 shared trustees

Also active in the same field

Keech Hospice Similar size; both Health
Hampshire and Isle of Wight AIR Ambulance Similar size; both Health
Pancreatic Cancer UK Similar size; both Health
Global Health Partnerships Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	https://www.thebiglifegroup.com/
Email	finance@thebiglifegroup.com
Phone	01618482423
Address	Big Life Group, 339 Stretford Road, MANCHESTER, M15 4ZY

Finances

£14,235,091 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£9,937,824	£9,837,440
2022	£11,141,475	£11,020,073
2023	£13,827,288	£13,431,845
2024	£15,573,264	£15,604,616
2025	£14,235,091	£14,198,564

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

People With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

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

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

Trustees (4)

4trustees

69median age

2aged 70+

Mark James Fitzgibbonage band 55-59 Chair
Edna Robinsonage band 75-79 since 2012
FAY Selvanage band 65-69
Michael Naraynsinghage band 70-74 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Self Help Services LTD · 06036050 · Active - Proposal to Strike off

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 21/12/2006

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

BIG Issue North Trust LTD 3 shared trustees
Big Life Services 2 shared trustees

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