STOCKPORT PROGRESS AND RECOVERY CENTRE

Registered charity 515832 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STOCKPORT DAY CENTRE, STOCKPORT DAY CENTRE PROJECT

We provide social care and support for people in the Stockport area who are suffering and recovering from a range of mental health problems. We offer a range of social, therapeutic, leisure, volunteering and educational activities that take place both inside the centre and in the wider community.

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Latest income
£295k
Latest spending
£307k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that SPARC lost its primary Local Authority contract and premises in 2024-2025, resulting in significant operational uncertainty. However, the charity remains active due to continued National Lottery funding for specific projects, allowing it to continue operations on a limited basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
As many will know the primary funding for SPARC came via a commissioned contract with the Local Authority. — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Stockport

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£295k£307k
31/03/2024£341k£365k
31/03/2023£408k£355k
31/03/2022£285k£305k
31/03/2021£303k£252k

Common questions

Is STOCKPORT PROGRESS AND RECOVERY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that SPARC lost its primary Local Authority contract and premises in 2024-2025, resulting in significant operational uncertainty. However, the charity remains active due to continued National Lottery funding for specific projects, allowing it to continue operations on a limited basis.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Stockport MBC01/02/2021£10kGrant to SPARC
UK government15/07/2020£8kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2019£10kMan About a Dog
The National Lottery Community Fund25/10/2012£5kSparc4music

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STOCKPORT PROGRESS AND RECOVERY CENTRE£295k0unclearno doubt
AGE UK STOCKPORT FY2025£2.1m0aboveno doubt
STOCKPORT CENTRE CHURCH FY2025£122k0unclearno doubt
THE SPIRES CENTRE FY2025£802kUnder £60,0000unclearno doubt
SUPPORT TO RECOVERY FY2025£331k0unclearno doubt
SOUTHSIDE REHABILITATION LIMITED FY2025£374kunclearno doubt

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