GADDUM CENTRE
Registered charity 507162 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provision of counselling services, information and advice, training, family and individual supports services, and development of health and social care projects.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a significant financial improvement in 2024/25, generating an unrestricted surplus of £256,482 and total income of £3,507,314, which was a 40% increase year on year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves totalled £2,876,764, with £1,290,531 in free reserves, held largely due to proceeds from the sale of the head office premises while the charity seeks to reinvest in a new property.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £1.3m)
“three months organisational operating costs of approx. £160k will be retained in reserves as a minimum to cover core costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Slade & Cooper Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gaddum Centre (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Ben Whalley — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Ian Williamson — Interim Chair (source)
- Emma Jackson — Finance & Resources Director (source)
- Lauren Edwards — Programmes & Strategy Director (source)
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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£12k
Reported reserves equal ~10.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan
Income and spending
Common questions
Is GADDUM CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a significant financial improvement in 2024/25, generating an unrestricted surplus of £256,482 and total income of £3,507,314, which was a 40% increase year on year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves totalled £2,876,764, with £1,290,531 in free reserves, held largely due to proceeds from the sale of the head office premises while the charity seeks to reinvest in a new property. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Slade & Cooper Limited.
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