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.

Objects

PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS LIVING WITHIN ENGLAND AND WALES AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PERSONS, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS (BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL) AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY

Area of benefit: ENGLAND AND WALES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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)

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (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

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOTTINGHAM J CARE.

• NOTTINGHAM J CARE income £111k
• THE SANDVILLE SELF HELP FOUNDATION income £419k
• AUTISTIC NOTTINGHAM income £381k
• INSPIRE NOTTINGHAM income £149k
• NOTTINGHAM COUNSELLING SERVICE income £335k
• Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.