THE WELLSPRING(STOCKPORT) LIMITED

Registered charity 1157268 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WELLSPRING

To provide food, drinks, clothing and a hot shower every day of the year to homeless and disadvantaged people plus advice on housing, debt, jobs, health( with a nurse available 2 days a week and a doctor 2 days a week) and drugs and alcohol and classes in English, Maths, IT and art. To provide advocacy on benefit and housing appeals. To promote health, safety and confidence building.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £76,184 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a prior-year deficit. Total funds increased to £1,351,862, with unrestricted revenue funds standing at £459,223. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and report a period of relative stability.

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.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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 ~10.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW AYRESchair
• ANN PAULINE COOKE
• Caroline Mary Joanna Newns
• Dennis Whiteley
• John Edmund Rackstraw
• Mark Whylie
• PETER BURNS
• PETER HODSKINSON MBE
• Paul Nicholas Brearley · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Derbyshire · Manchester City · Stockport · Tameside

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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