South East London Mind Limited
Registered charity 1082972 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROMLEY AND LEWISHAM MIND LIMITED, BROMLEY MIND, BROMLEY, LEWISHAM & GREENWICH MIND LTD, MINDCARE, MINDCARE DIRECT
We undertake activities to promote the preservation of good mental health, in particular by enabling and empowering everyone experiencing mental health problems to live with, manage and recover from their condition. We also provide a range of services to relieve the needs and improve the quality of life of people with mental health problems and with dementia.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £124K for the year, with total income of £8.3m and unrestricted reserves of £2.27m. The trustees confirm the charity is in a strong financial position, though they note that a deficit budget for the coming year is not sustainable in the long term without cost reductions or additional funding.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee received remuneration (excluding employer pension contributions) that fell in the band £80,000 to £90,000” — page 51
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Statutory funding (89% of income)
“89% (2024/25: 91%) was received from statutory bodies” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 0.6% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“£47K (1%) was spent on raising funds” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to four months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £2.3m)
“The Trustees seek to maintain free reserves equivalent to between three and four months of unrestricted expenditure” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees donated to the charity
“During the year ended 31 March 2025, the Trustees donated £195 (2024: £nil) to the charity.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £1k
“South East London Mind’s share of these contributions has a net present value of £1,156 at 31 March 2025 (2024: £417) and the liability is reflected in the accounts.” — page 59
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Top pay band moved from £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2024) to £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2025).
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — South East London 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.
- CHOI, John — director, appointed 19/03/2025on trustee list
- GORDON, Lorraine — director, appointed 19/03/2025on trustee list
- SHORO, Nuriya — director, appointed 19/03/2025on trustee list
- OTAGBURUAGU, Jacqueline — director, appointed 19/03/2025on trustee list
- HARRIS, Jane — director, appointed 15/05/2024on trustee list
- CRAWFORD, Robert — director, appointed 15/05/2024on trustee list
- RAHMAN, Moshiur — director, appointed 15/05/2024on trustee list
- HOLLOWAY, Sarah — director, appointed 15/05/2024on trustee list
- RHYS, Chloe — director, appointed 05/11/2020on trustee list
- KING, Melissa — director, appointed 17/07/2018on trustee list
- MORRISON, Paula — director, appointed 24/01/2017on trustee list
- WITHERICK, Deborah — secretary, appointed 22/03/2012
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.
CQC provider record: South East London Mind Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 21/11/2017.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£47k
Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (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).
- SEL Mind – Bromley MindCare: Outstanding (27/10/2025) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (17/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (05/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Chloe Rhys
- Jacqueline Otagburuagu
- Jane Harris
- John Choi
- Lorraine Gordon
- Melissa King
- Moshiur Rahman
- Nuriya Shoro
- Paula Morrison
- Robert Crawford
- Sarah Holloway
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bromley · Greenwich · Lambeth · Lewisham · Southwark
Income and spending
Common questions
Is South East London Mind Limited financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £124K for the year, with total income of £8.3m and unrestricted reserves of £2.27m. The trustees confirm the charity is in a strong financial position, though they note that a deficit budget for the coming year is not sustainable in the long term without cost reductions or additional funding. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.
What does the highest-paid employee of South East London Mind Limited earn?
Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.
Who funds South East London Mind Limited?
Funders whose own accounts filings name South East London Mind Limited as a grant recipient include THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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