BIRMINGHAM ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH
Registered charity 1003906 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIRMINGHAM MIND
Birmingham Mind provides high quality, user led services for people who experience mental health distress. Our services include Residential Care, Supported Housing, Support in the individual's own home, Day Service provision and other specialist community services.
Objects
TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDERS OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND ITS ENVIRONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIND(THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) HEREINAFTER CALLED MIND) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF MIND
Area of benefit: CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity maintained a strong financial position with unrestricted free reserves of £1,066,534, which is below the stated policy target of £3 million. The charity reported an operational break-even result before pension scheme gains, supported by total income of over £10 million. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months budgeted operating expenditure (reserves figure: £1.1m)
“The long-term target set by trustees for this is £3m or approximately three months budgeted operating expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee expenses
“There were no related party transactions during the year other than some minor trustee expenses totalling £867 which relate to travel and mobile phone costs.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.
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
- Investment
- 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)
Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 70
- Government income: £7,957,147 — contracts £7,957,147 (8); 78% of the £10,170,340 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 46
- Government income: £2,982,934 — contracts £2,982,934 (4); 29% of the £10,297,407 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 15
- Government income: £3,119,579 — contracts £3,094,712 (7), grants £24,867 (1); 31% of the £10,075,108 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
In the news
Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).
Corporate structure
What the charity says about itself (2023 - 2024)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The report states the Hub delivered 1-1 support for 608 people.
“we opened in June 2023 and have delivered 1-1 support for 608 people.”
The report states the Hub engaged with 632 people in group sessions and events.
“So far we have engaged with 632 people in group sessions and events.”
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- LLOYD-KNIGHT, Pauline — director, appointed 05/10/2023not on trustee list
- LANGSTAFF, James Henry, Rt Revd — director, appointed 05/10/2023on trustee list
- WYLDE, Andrew Eric — director, appointed 08/10/2020on trustee list
- HOWL, Nigel Lawrence — director, appointed 11/10/2018on trustee list
- WILLIS, Sharon — director, appointed 13/10/2016on trustee list
- MCPHERSON, Ian Gordon — director, appointed 09/10/2014not on trustee list
- DAVIS, Ann, Emeritus Professor — director, appointed 10/10/2012on trustee list
- PIGGOTT, Joseph Robert — director, appointed 10/10/2012on trustee list
- LONGBOTTOM, Frank, Canon — directoron trustee list
- GALVIN, Ruth Elizabeth Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 11/12/2025
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £710k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Birmingham Association For Mental Health(The) — Registered, 8 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 22/04/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£123k
Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 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: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City · Sandwell · Walsall · Wolverhampton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BIRMINGHAM ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a strong financial position with unrestricted free reserves of £1,066,534, which is below the stated policy target of £3 million. The charity reported an operational break-even result before pension scheme gains, supported by total income of over £10 million. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited.
Who funds BIRMINGHAM ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BIRMINGHAM ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH as a grant recipient include THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION, MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH), THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, LIVING WELL UK.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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