GRANBY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH GROUP

Registered charity 1062895 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRANBY MENTAL HEALTH GROUP, MARY SEACOLE HOUSE

GCMHG - Mary Seacole House (MSH) is a multicultural mental health resource service primarily for people from BAMER communities who are living with mental health issues and who also encounter racism or discrimination in their day to day living.MSH provides a range of services for its users, i.e. Day Service Support, Mon-Fri, Advocacy Service, Training, Volunteers, and Student Placements, Mon-Fri

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE TO PROMOTE WITHIN (ENGLAND AND WALES) AND MORE PARTICULAR THE AREAS WITH A HIGH PROPORTION OF RACIAL MINORITY RESIDENTS WITHIN THE MERSEYSIDE POSTAL DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH AND DEVELOP AMONGST OTHER LAWFUL THINGS THE SETTING UP OF BAMER (BLACK, ASIAN, MINORITY ETHNIC & REFUGEES) MENTAL HEALTH DAY SERVICES, FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, ADVOCACY SUPPORT, DROP IN CENTRES AND/OR RESPITE CARE OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS HEREINAFTER PERMITTED THE PRESERVING AND THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING SUPPORT TO THOSE SUFFERING OR HAVING SUFFERED FROM MENTAL, PTSD (POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER) AND OR PHYSICAL DISORDERS. TO ALSO PROVIDE HEALTHY LIVING INITIATIVES, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, TRAINING ACTIVITIES AND LEISURE PURSUITS. TO WORK WITH ORGANISATIONS AND PUBLIC SECTOR AGENCIES WHICH PROVIDE SERVICES OF BENEFIT TO PRIMARILY BAMER COMMUNITIES.TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS/FAMILIES TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS AND SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE CARING FOR OR NURSING A PERSON WITH A MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY IN ANY PLACE OTHER THAN AN INSTITUTION OR NURSING HOME AS DEFINED BY THE NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1948 AND CHRONICALLY SICK AND DISABLED PERSONS ACT 1970. TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO MAY BE CHRONICALLY SICK OR DISABLED BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND ADVICE FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE.(CARERS)TO ADVISE IN RELATION TO COMMUNITY LEARNING, PREPARE, ORGANISE, CONDUCT AND/OR SUPPORT TRAINING COURSES, EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES OF ALL KINDS.TO WORK WITH ORGANISATIONS AND COMPANIES WHOSE ACTIVITIES MAY FURTHER ONE OR MORE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS, OR MAY GENERATE INCOME TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANISATION.

Area of benefit: WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OF LIVERPOOL AND MORE PARTICULAR WITHIN THE L8 POSTAL DISTRICT.

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

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Latest income
£508k
Latest spending
£563k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £55,833, though this was reduced from the previous year's £98,270. Free reserves stood at £168,085, which the trustees consider to be within their target range of £141,000 to £188,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3-4 months of running costs (held: £168k)
“Since this is lower than the prudent level of reserves of 3-4 months of running costs, the Board has agreed that our Designated Fund will sit at £96,000, while our total free reserves will sit between £141,000 and £188,000.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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

Total income
£508k
Total spending
£563k
Reserves (reported)
£168k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£508k£563k
31/03/2024£487k£585k
31/03/2023£527k£479k
31/03/2022£447k£409k
31/03/2021£466k£349k

Common questions

Is GRANBY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £55,833, though this was reduced from the previous year's £98,270. Free reserves stood at £168,085, which the trustees consider to be within their target range of £141,000 to £188,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GRANBY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GRANBY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH GROUP as a grant recipient include SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUNDFY2024£2k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANCHESTER ACTION ON STREET HEALTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GRANBY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH GROUP£508k—0within—no doubt
MANCHESTER ACTION ON STREET HEALTH FY2025£1.5m—0within—no doubt
AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FY2025£556k—0unclear—noted
MHS HOMES LIMITED FY2025£83.7m——above—no doubt
STRAWBERRY HILL OVERSEAS AND COMMUNITY CONCERN FY2024£108k—0below0.0%no doubt
MUMSAID MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FY2025£389k—0above—no doubt

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