Chasing the Stigma

Analysis

Chasing the Stigma is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Chasing the Stigma reported income of £533k and spending of £630k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £243k to £533k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chasing the Stigma sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Widcombe Baptist Church (£532k), Hope Projects (West Midlands) Ltd (£533k) and Go Dharmic Welfare UK (£532k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76% and donations and legacies 24%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 5.6%. Reserves of £311k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.