THE MARY FRANCES TRUST

Registered charity 1055113 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEATHERHEAD CLUBHOUSE

The Mary Frances Trust is a leading mental wellbeing charity in Surrey offering support to adults experiencing any kind of emotional or mental health issues for as long as they need, and inspiring them to develop the skills that will help them to restore and maintain their emotional wellbeing.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.1m

Latest spending

£2.0m

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operational surplus in unrestricted funds of £41,339 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £904,412, which is below the stated policy target of £958,000 (equivalent to six months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure). The charity is primarily funded by statutory bodies, with approximately 85% of income derived from such sources.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee received remuneration in excess of £60,000 either year.” — page 47

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee received remuneration in excess of £60,000 either year.” — page 47

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Statutory funders (85% of income)

“approximately 85% of all income for 2024-2025 came from statutory bodies” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure (£958,000) (held: £904k)

“the Charity seeks to maintain a level of unrestricted free reserves equivalent to, at least, our budgeted unrestricted expenditure for a period of six months, which amounts to £958,000 based upon the approved 2025-2026 annual budget.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Brewers Chartered Accountants. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03189443 · Financial health read from its filings

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Patrick Wolter — Chief Executive Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

Surrey County Council — “Surrey County Council and NHS Surrey fund the majority of our services.” (source page)
NHS Surrey — “Surrey County Council and NHS Surrey fund the majority of our services.” (source page)
AtkinsRealis — “In 2024, 2025 and 2026 we have received funding and donations from: AtkinsRealis” (source page)

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.

WAFULA, Nina Elizabeth — director, appointed 14/07/2025on trustee list
WILLIAMS, Kevin Patrick — director, appointed 13/05/2025on trustee list
EDWARDS, Thomas Eliphelet — director, appointed 16/01/2023on trustee list
GOWRLEY, Rupert Alexander Colin — director, appointed 22/11/2022on trustee list
ROWLEY, Steven — director, appointed 22/11/2022on trustee list
NETHERSOLE, Claire — director, appointed 16/11/2020on trustee list
ADDISON, Fergus Thomson — director, appointed 26/04/2019on trustee list
GREENHOUSE, Samantha — director, appointed 23/11/2017on trustee list
GRANT, Susan Margaret — director, appointed 06/07/2017on trustee list
WOLTER, Przemyslaw Patrick — secretary, appointed 20/06/2011

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income

£2.1m

Total spending

£2.0m

Cost of raising funds

£26k

Reserves (reported)

£916k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (31/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Samantha Greenhousechair
Claire Nethersole
Fergus Thomson Addison
Kevin Patrick Williams
Nina Wafula
Rupert Alexander Colin Gowrley
Steven Rowley · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Margaret Grant
Thomas Eliphelet Edwards

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.1m	£2.0m
31/03/2024	£2.0m	£1.8m
31/03/2023	£1.4m	£1.4m
31/03/2022	£1.2m	£1.1m
31/03/2021	£899k	£743k

Common questions

Is THE MARY FRANCES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an operational surplus in unrestricted funds of £41,339 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £904,412, which is below the stated policy target of £958,000 (equivalent to six months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure). The charity is primarily funded by statutory bodies, with approximately 85% of income derived from such sources. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Brewers Chartered Accountants.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE MARY FRANCES TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/12/2022	£499k	Financial and Wellbeing Support Service
Sport England	26/09/2016	£3k	Badminton Inclusion
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/08/2016	£10k	Longmead Inclusion 4 All

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)	1	£725k
THE CHARIS TRUST	1	£431k
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£70k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£30k
THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£20k
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£12k
THE W A HANDLEY CHARITY TRUST	1	£5k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUST income £139k
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS income £28.2m
THE SOCIETY OF MARY AND MARTHA income £649k
THE MAYFIELD TRUST income £5.1m
ST FAITH'S TRUST income £218k
Coventry, Warwickshire & Worcestershire Mind income £11.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MARY FRANCES TRUST	£2.1m	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£139k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS FY2025	£28.2m	£110,001 - £120,000	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SOCIETY OF MARY AND MARTHA FY2025	£649k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE MAYFIELD TRUST FY2025	£5.1m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
ST FAITH'S TRUST FY2025	£218k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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