Shropshire Mental Health Support

Registered charity 1003117 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHROPSHIRE M I N D, SHROPSHIRE MIND

Working in the field of Mental Health. Offering direct support to people in crisis, suicide prevention, outreach and advocacy, support for families of those suffering from poor mental health as well as friends and colleagues. Group work, peer support, talks and lectures to lower the stigma surrounding mental health. Advice and signposting. Promotion of Mental Health.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILTATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS

Area of benefit: SHROPSHIRE EXCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT OF THE TELFORD AND WREKIN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £51,779 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £622,038. The trustees' report notes that unrestricted funds stood at £308,882, which is below the stated policy target of holding 12 months of funds to safeguard services and staff. The charity confirms 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 independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shropshire Mental Health Support (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Rose Paterson Trust — “In April 2022, Owen of the Rose Paterson Trust met with CEO Heather and Commissioned Services Manager Maree for the unveiling of Shropshire …” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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: 8.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CLIVE IRELANDchair
• Anthony Edwards
• Hester Schofield
• John Barker
• Kenneth Trotter
• Roy Munton

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

Operates in: Powys · Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Staffordshire Network for Mental Health.

• Staffordshire Network for Mental Health income £172k
• MENTAL HEALTH UK income £3.0m
• SUFFOLK MIND income £4.0m
• LEICESTERSHIRE ACTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT income £332k
• MIND IN SOMERSET income £3.4m
• MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS income £28.2m

Side by side with its peers

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