Sector 3 Stockport

Registered charity 1135557 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SYNERGY STOCKPORT LTD

Sector3 champions vibrant, inclusive communities, by supporting our voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector, with advice, funding opportunities, and collaboration; fostering resilience and shared prosperity. Our goal is to create a thriving space for organisations to succeed, so they can continue to help individuals face challenges and improve their quality of life.

Objects

The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit to:2.1 advance or promote all or any purposes which are exclusively charitable and for the public benefit in accordance with the laws of England and Wales; and2.2 to promote and organise co-operation in the furtherance of such purposes.

Area of benefit: 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £375,123, with free reserves of £372,920, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of approximately six months of running costs. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £110,127 for the year, driven by diversified income streams and strong restricted fund levels, leading the trustees to express confidence in ongoing financial sustainability.

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 5 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Synergy Stockport (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~11.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 Paul Charles Jarvischair
• MARGARET JEAN BRADE
• Sandra Ruth Marshall
• Tanya Louise Disdel O'Toole

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

Operates in: Stockport

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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