GORDON MOODY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1124751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide advice, education and high quality and innovative therapeutic support to problem gamblers and those affected by problem gambling, through residential, online and outreach services. The charity offers a unique and intensive residential treatment programme in the UK for those gamblers most severely addicted as well as online support and advice to problem gamblers outside Great Britain.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC BY RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF THOSE SUFFERING AS A RESULT OF PROBLEM GAMBLING AND BY ASSISTING THOSE ALLEVIATING THE SAME AND BY RESEARCH INTO ITS CAUSES, EFFECTS AND ALLEVIATION AND BY EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ACCORDINGLY IN ALL RESPECTS IN CONGRUENCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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
£7.9m
Latest spending
£6.4m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £1.45 million, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £2.64 million and a cash balance of £1.74 million. The trustees report that the charity operates on a tight annual budget with minimal reserves but has extended its reserves to provide additional financial resilience amidst sector uncertainty. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 7
“7 employees (2024: 3) received emoluments of more than £60,000 during this year.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: GambleAware (57% of income)
“GambleAware 4,500,000” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (held: £2.6m)
“It is the Trustees’ target to have a minimum of three months of operating costs held within unrestricted reserves.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: M Hickey provided interim CEO consultancy services and is a Director of H2 Consult Limited. During the year the Charity made payments to H2 Consult Limited of £Nil (2024: £101 ,611) for interim CEO consultancy services and £Nil (2024: £14,222) for reimbursed expenses.
“M Hickey provided interim CEO consultancy services and is a Director of H2 Consult Limited. During the year the Charity made payments to H2 Consult Limited of £Nil (2024: £101 ,611) for interim CEO consultancy services and £Nil (2024: £14,222) for reimbursed expenses. At the year end there was an amount outstanding of £Nil (2024: £Nil). A Mclaughlin provides recruitment consultancy services and is a Director of ACM Consultancy Ltd. During the year, the Charity made payments to ACM Consultancy Ltd of ENil (2024: £39,900) for recruitment consultancy services. At the year end there was an amount outstanding of £Nil (2024: ENil). The wholly owned subsidiary, Gordon Moody Trading Limited, is incorporated in the United Kingdom (company number 15710274) and pays all of its taxable surpluses to the parent charitable company as a distribution under gift aid.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Gordon Moody Trading Limited
“The wholly owned subsidiary, Gordon Moody Trading Limited, is incorporated in the United Kingdom (company number 15710274) and pays all of its taxable surpluses to the parent charitable company as a distribution under gift aid.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young (Birmingham) LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Corporate structure

GORDON MOODY TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

    Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gordon Moody (matched by registered charity number).

    Leadership, per the charity’s website

    Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

    Funders the charity credits

    Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

    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.

    Official officers record.

    Property (HM Land Registry)

    7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £3.3m. 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)

    Total income
    £7.9m
    Total spending
    £6.4m
    Reserves (reported)
    £3.9m
    Employees
    55

    Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

    Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (63% 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).

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/03/2025£7.9m£6.4m
    31/03/2024£5.9m£6.1m
    31/03/2023£5.2m£4.5m
    31/03/2022£3.4m£2.6m
    31/03/2021£2.2m£2.2m

    Common questions

    Is GORDON MOODY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £1.45 million, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £2.64 million and a cash balance of £1.74 million. The trustees report that the charity operates on a tight annual budget with minimal reserves but has extended its reserves to provide additional financial resilience amidst sector uncertainty. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young (Birmingham) LLP.

    Who funds GORDON MOODY ASSOCIATION?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name GORDON MOODY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include GAMBLEAWARE.

    Known funders

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

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    GAMBLEAWAREFY2023£1.5mNGTS Treatment
    GAMBLEAWAREFY2022£1.5mTreatment

    Government & lottery funding

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

    FunderDateAmountPurpose
    The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2024£17kRefurbishment of the Residents Lounge for the Redditch Treatment Centre

    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 GAMCARE.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    GORDON MOODY ASSOCIATION£7.9m—7above—no doubt
    GAMCARE FY2025£19.9m——unclear—no doubt
    GAMFAM FY2025£235k——unclear—no doubt
    Gambling Harm UK FY2025£186k—0above—no doubt
    GAMBLEAWARE FY2025£29.7m——above—not going concern
    GAMBLING WITH LIVES FY2025£630k—3unclear—no doubt

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