THE ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH

Registered charity 1042760 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACAMH, THE ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY · also registered in Scotland as SC039845 (OSCR)

The objects of the Company are the advancement of all matters concerning the mental health and development of children, young people and their families by promoting and disseminating scientific research and scholarship, and their implications for the evidence-base of multi-disciplinary clinical practice.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF ALL MATTERS CONCERNING THE MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROMOTING AND DISSEMINATING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVIDENCE-BASE OF MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CLINICAL PRACTICE. THE ASSOCIATION MAY IN ADDITION UNDERTAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE CONDUCIVE TO THE OBTAINMENT OF THESE OBJECTS PROVIDED THE SAME SHALL BE LEGALLY CHARITABLE BUT NOT OTHERWISE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £67,406 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £3,774,130. The trustees' policy requires reserves of no less than six months' operating costs, identified as £762,000, which is adequately covered by the unrestricted funds. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties about the charity's 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 audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. Discloses 4 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Gordana Milavicchair
• Dr Carol Ann Homden CBE
• Dr Cornelius Chijindu Ani
• Dr MARK LOVELL
• Dr Soumitra Datta
• Eunice Ayodeji
• Harold Bennison
• Laura Marie Hanks
• PROFESSOR KATHY SYLVA
• Professor Andrea Danese
• Professor Dennis Ougrin MRCPsych · trustee of 2 other charities
• Professor Kamaldeep Singh Bhui
• Professor STEPHEN SCOTT · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK.

• CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK income £17.8m
• FAMILY ACTION income £44.3m
• THE MAX WINDLE MEMORIAL TRUST income £100k
• MOHEBBAN AL - MAHDI YOUTH FOUNDATION income £430k
• THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY income £5.4m
• THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND income £262.5m

Side by side with its peers

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