START IN SALFORD
Registered charity 1078837 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
START is a Salford based mental health charity that uses creativity, connection and recovery interventions to help improve people's lives. We are passionate about delivering the very best support for the people in our community who we are lucky enough to meet through our work and providing them with pathways into training, employment, volunteering and leisure pursuits.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity's turnover increased to £1,576,162, with total funds carried forward rising to £823,367. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains in a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £790,499, supported by secured contracts and diverse funding streams.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Service contracts (71% of income)
“whilst service contracts remained the primary source of income in 2024/25, accounting for 71.4% of total revenue” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of charitable expenditure (held: £790k)
“the Charity aims to hold general reserves which equate to a minimum of three months of charitable expenditure.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
START CREATIVE - HAND CRAFTED IN SALFORD LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
- Turnover: £77.8m
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £73k
- Amounts owed to group undertakings: £7,647 (2021: £7,647)
“Donation to Parent Charity 73”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Reach Out; Start to end suicide (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.
- THOMLINSON, Clare Elizabeth Louise — director, appointed 29/04/2026on trustee list
- MIDDLEMISS, John — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
- LETENEY, Sarah Elizabeth — director, appointed 29/10/2025on trustee list
- ROSSON, Lyndsey, Dr — director, appointed 29/10/2025on trustee list
- BEAUMONT-LAURENCIA, Hannah Nicole — director, appointed 26/07/2023on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Clare Thomlinson · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Lyndsey Rosson
- Hannah Beaumont-Laurencia
- John Middlemiss
- Sarah Leteney
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Manchester City · Salford City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is START IN SALFORD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's turnover increased to £1,576,162, with total funds carried forward rising to £823,367. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains in a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £790,499, supported by secured contracts and diverse funding streams. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.
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Funders whose own accounts filings name START IN SALFORD as a grant recipient include CRH CHARITABLE TRUST.
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