BIPOLAR UK LTD

Registered charity 293340 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIPOLAR UK, M D F, MDF THE BIPOLAR ORGANISATION

We are the national charity dedicated to supporting individuals affected by bipolar. We provide a range of services including information & advice, a network of support groups, eCommunity, workplace training & telephone & email peer support. We also work in partnership with research organisations and campaign for new developments to tackle key issues.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £793,250, which the Trustees consider to be in accordance with their policy of holding six to nine months of average expenditure. Although the charity reported a net expenditure for the year, the Trustees describe the financial position as sound and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01955570

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bipolar UK (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• WILSON, Jody — director, appointed 27/09/2025on trustee list
• LAWRENCE, Chennel Delcina — director, appointed 27/09/2025on trustee list
• JAMES, Ann — director, appointed 28/06/2025on trustee list
• SINCLAIR, Howard Andrew — director, appointed 28/06/2025on trustee list
• GILBERT, Steven John — director, appointed 17/01/2025on trustee list
• SHARMA, Aditya, Dr — director, appointed 10/12/2022on trustee list
• BUTCHER, Edmund — director, appointed 10/12/2022on trustee list
• WHITLAM, Daniel James — director, appointed 10/12/2022on trustee list
• CONSTANDINOS, Louis — director, appointed 10/12/2022on trustee list
• BARNETT-WELCH, Melissa Elizabeth Vokes — director, appointed 05/10/2019on trustee list
• PRINT, Robert Stephen — director, appointed 15/09/2018on trustee list
• PAISNER, Guy David — director, appointed 15/09/2018on trustee list
• ALPHANDARY, Alice Louise Filkin — director, appointed 15/09/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~9.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alice Louise Filkin Alphandary
• Ann James
• Chennel Delcina Lawrence
• Daniel Whitlam
• Dr Aditya Sharma
• Edmund Butcher
• Guy David Paisner
• Howard Sinclair
• Jody Tanis Rudd Wilson
• Louis Constandinos
• Melissa Elizabeth Vokes Barnett-Welch
• Robert Stephen Print
• Steven John Gilbert

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRMINGHAM INDUSTRIAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

• BIRMINGHAM INDUSTRIAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.4m
• TWINS TRUST LTD income £1.3m
• RESPONSE ORGANISATION income £17.0m
• MENTAL HEALTH UK income £3.0m
• MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) income £63.7m
• ADHD UK income £176k

Side by side with its peers

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