BATH MIND
Registered charity 1069403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
To promote good mental health throughout Bath and surrounding area and improve the lives of anyone living with mental ill health. We provide housing with support and care, welfare benefits advice, training packages for businesses and Mental Health First Aid courses, community groups and social enterprises such as Greenlinks gardening group, Food for Thought Open Opportunities and Friends in Need.
Objects
(A) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT. (B) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER AND EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS AND TO OBTAIN AND MAKE RECORDS OF AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SAME AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING T O MENTAL HEALTH (C) THE ASSOCIATIONS AREA OF BENEFIT IS BATH AND SURROUNDING AREA.
Area of benefit: BATH AND SURROUNDING AREA.
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £31,011 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising by 5% to £3,976,268. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £598,888, which the charity considers sufficient to meet working capital requirements and fall within its target range of three to six months of running costs. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate 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 of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £599k)
“It is the charity's target to have a reserves policy to provide for 3-month operating costs in the event of funding loss.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Richardson Swift Audit Ltd. 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
- 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: 77
- Government income: £2,399,590 — contracts £2,354,590 (7), grants £45,000 (2); 60% of the £3,976,268 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 45
- Government income: £2,366,877 — contracts £2,346,877 (7), grants £20,000 (1); 62% of the £3,800,856 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 40
- Government income: £144,596 — contracts £40,000 (1), grants £104,596 (4); 5% of the £2,680,808 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bath Mind (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- ALEGRE, Sandrine Stephanie, Dr — director, appointed 02/02/2026on trustee list
- COULSTON, Cassandra Louise — director, appointed 02/02/2026not on trustee list
- SHAYLER, Jane — director, appointed 04/10/2019on trustee list
- WALMSLEY, Luke — director, appointed 03/10/2019on trustee list
- MCKAY, Emily — director, appointed 03/10/2019on trustee list
- GALLAND, Philippa — director, appointed 04/10/2017not on trustee list
- WHITE, Christopher — director, appointed 19/03/1998on trustee list
- SIMS, Jeanette — secretary, appointed 01/07/2025
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)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £888k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Bath MIND — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 04/02/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£61k
Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- Bath MIND - 82 Lower Oldfield Park: Good (22/06/2026) · CQC record
- Pip Gallandchair
- CHRISTOPHER LESLIE WHITE
- Cassandra Couston
- Dr Sandrine Alegre
- Emily McKay
- Jane Shayler
- Luke Walmsley
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Wiltshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BATH MIND financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £31,011 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising by 5% to £3,976,268. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £598,888, which the charity considers sufficient to meet working capital requirements and fall within its target range of three to six months of running costs. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Richardson Swift Audit Ltd.
Who funds BATH MIND?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BATH MIND as a grant recipient include MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH), THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.
Government & lottery funding
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