SELF HELP NOTTINGHAM

Registered charity 1061691 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Self Help Nottingham provides information, support and guidance on all issues relating to self help/peer support groups and networks for people living with long term conditions, disability, carers and those who face difficult life situations and stigma.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£739k

Latest spending

£789k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £50,938 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which decreased its unrestricted reserves. The trustees note that core costs are expected to rise and the charity will need to continue drawing on reserves, though they have implemented cost savings such as reducing office space. Per the trustees' report, securing new and sustainable funding streams remains the most critical priority for the organisation.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: all calculated exit costs, plus one month of all staff salaries, plus an allowance of £7k for liquidation costs (held: £249k)

“Self Help UK's reserve policy is to hold all calculated exit costs, plus one month of all staff salaries, plus an allowance of £7k for liquidation costs. At the current time this amounts to £87k.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03309760

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Self Help Nottingham (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

PATEL, Meena — director, appointed 21/11/2024on trustee list
CORDIER, Nigel Frederick — director, appointed 25/06/2021on trustee list
VAN SCHAICK, Suzanna Hilary, Dr — director, appointed 12/12/2017not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£739k

Total spending

£789k

Reserves (reported)

£262k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Mohammed Ali Noaman
Dr Suzanna Van Schaick · trustee of 1 other charity
Meena Patel
Nigel Frederick Cordier

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£739k	£789k
31/03/2024	£822k	£798k
31/03/2023	£771k	£683k
31/03/2022	£546k	£478k
31/03/2021	£490k	£484k

Common questions

Is SELF HELP NOTTINGHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £50,938 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which decreased its unrestricted reserves. The trustees note that core costs are expected to rise and the charity will need to continue drawing on reserves, though they have implemented cost savings such as reducing office space. Per the trustees' report, securing new and sustainable funding streams remains the most critical priority for the organisation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SELF HELP NOTTINGHAM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SELF HELP NOTTINGHAM as a grant recipient include THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	FY2025	£3k	Donations made during the year

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/03/2021	£88k	Self Help Group restoration and recovery project
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/07/2020	£99k	Self Help UK Covid-19 Response
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/10/2009	£249k	Developing effective support for community based self help groups
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/11/2005	£5k	Start up costs for web site.