Self Help Services

Analysis

Self Help Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06036050). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Self Help Services reported income of £14.2m and spending of £14.2m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9.9m to £14.2m (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Self Help Services sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Martlets Hospice Limited (£14.1m), Combat Stress (£14.3m) and Earlham Institute (£14.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 249 people.