ADDISON'S DISEASE SELF HELP GROUP

Registered charity 1179825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ADDISON'S DISEASE SELF-HELP GROUP

Addison's Disease Self Help Group covers the UK and Ireland. It promotes the relief of persons with Addison's Disease and other forms of adrenal insufficiency, in particular by the provision of support, information and communication for such persons, their families and carers and by such charitable means as the trustees determine.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH ADDISON'S DISEASE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION FOR SUCH PERSONS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS AND BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE.

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

£389k

Latest spending

£333k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £389,162 and expenditure of £333,115 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a surplus. The Treasurer confirms the charity remains in a strong financial position with sufficient unrestricted liquid reserves to meet operating costs for a minimum of six months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure

“retain minimum unrestricted liquid reserves sufficient to meet normal operating costs including payroll for a minimum of six months, plus any projected winding up costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
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Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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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 — Addison's Disease Self-Help Group (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dominic Stuart Hargreaveschair
Benjamin Ducaseau
Christine Jane Walters
Katie Harris
Lisa Shepherd
Martin James Hendry
Robert Sherrard McClements
Ryan Andrew Richardson · trustee of 1 other charity
Stuart Andrew Pinkerton
Tom James Barnes

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£389k	£333k
31/12/2024	£316k	£324k
31/12/2023	£210k	£229k
31/12/2022	£282k	£256k
31/12/2021	£213k	£204k

Common questions

Is ADDISON'S DISEASE SELF HELP GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £389,162 and expenditure of £333,115 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a surplus. The Treasurer confirms the charity remains in a strong financial position with sufficient unrestricted liquid reserves to meet operating costs for a minimum of six months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£5k
JOINING JACK	1	£111k
THE FRANCES AND AUGUSTUS NEWMAN FOUNDATION	1	£75k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£61k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST	1	£20k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE KATHLEEN HANNAY MEMORIAL CHARITY	1	£20k
CHRISTOS LAZARI FOUNDATION	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ADHD UK.

ADHD UK income £176k
THE DR ADLER SUPPORT & HELP GROUP income £103k
ASSOCIATION FOR GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE (UK) LIMITED income £174k
SELF HELP NOTTINGHAM income £739k
THYROID UK income £103k
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY GROUP OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND income £7.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ADDISON'S DISEASE SELF HELP GROUP	£389k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ADHD UK FY2024	£176k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DR ADLER SUPPORT & HELP GROUP FY2025	£103k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ASSOCIATION FOR GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE (UK) LIMITED FY2024	£174k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SELF HELP NOTTINGHAM FY2025	£739k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THYROID UK FY2025	£103k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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