STOCKPORT AND DISTRICT MIND

Registered charity 1119317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing recovery and social inclusion services to people experiencing mental distress.

Objects

4 The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following:• to promote the preservation of good mental health in particular by enabling and empowering everyone experiencing mental health problems to live with, manage and recover from their condition; • to relieve the needs of people with mental health problems by working to increase the understanding of mental health and mental health problems by gathering and disseminating information and working to raise awareness, promote understanding and challenge stigma and discrimination.In carrying out its objects, the charity will promote equality of opportunity and oppose any form of discrimination.The charity will provide services to achieve its objects, including but not restricted to advice, advocacy, training and other forms of support. [Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.]

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE STOCKPORT

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

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Latest income
£189k
Latest spending
£281k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £92,520 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £188,892 against total expenditure of £281,412. Per the trustees' report, the charity's unrestricted reserves fell to £117,759, which is below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure, leading to a merger with TOG Mind.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Sources of income during the year were from general donations, Eric Wright Charitable Trust, Stockport Health Carer Support, Olive Community Projects, Mental Health Advocacy and Counselling Services.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months expenditure (reserves figure: £118k)
“It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain operational reserves held at a level that equates to a minimum of three months expenditure based upon expected levels for the following year.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Government income: £6,605 — contracts £6,605 (1); 3% of the £188,892 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Government income: £26,665 — grants £26,665 (1); 14% of the £186,248 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 19

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

Operates in: Stockport

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£189k£281k
31/03/2024£186k£276k
31/03/2023£370k£275k
31/03/2022£221k£238k
31/03/2021£256k£234k

Common questions

Is STOCKPORT AND DISTRICT MIND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £92,520 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £188,892 against total expenditure of £281,412. Per the trustees' report, the charity's unrestricted reserves fell to £117,759, which is below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure, leading to a merger with TOG Mind. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/11/2024£40kMillionaire Street 2024 10w5
The National Lottery Community Fund11/05/2020£49kProtecting Mental Health in Stockport
Stockport MBC06/04/2020£1kGrant to Stockport and District Mind
Stockport MBC01/11/2019£10kGrant to Stockport and District Mind
The National Lottery Community Fund23/10/2019£10kStockport Carer's Choir
Stockport MBC11/05/2019£10kGrant to Stockport and District Mind

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 ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT MIND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STOCKPORT AND DISTRICT MIND£189k—0unclear—no doubt
ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT MIND FY2025£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
HEREFORDSHIRE MIND FY2025£945k—0unclear—no doubt
Tameside, Oldham, Glossop and Stockport Mind Ltd FY2025£4.3m——unclear—no doubt
SHEFFIELD MIND LTD FY2026£1.1m—0above—no doubt
BRECON AND DISTRICT MIND FY2026£353k——below—no doubt

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