South Kent Mind

Registered charity 1089472 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOLKESTONE & DISTRICT MIND, FOLKESTONE AND DISTRICT MIND

South Kent Mind promotes better mental health and wellbeing. We promote the preservation and safeguarding of mental health and the relief of persons suffering from mental health disorders. We deliver services focused on individual needs, help people to build resilience, seek funding and develop better support for people at risk of self harm and/or suicide.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND THE SAFEGUARDING OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS.

Area of benefit: SOUTH EAST KENT

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Folkestone and Hythe, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £15,608 for the year ended 31 March 2026, increasing its total net assets to £443,922. The accounts state that the increase in reserves was part of a strategy to invest in management and operations to meet long-term requirements. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and holds unrestricted funds of £270,109.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• 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
• 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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — South Kent Mind (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Active England — “An extra special thank you to all our partners who have supported South Kent Mind across the past year 2023-24. Active England” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~9.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (63% 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: 34.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles William Traylen
• Colin Paine
• David Walbrook
• Harriet Verity Imogen Filmer
• Massimiliano Roberto Vizzini
• Murray Fairclough
• Robert James Kent
• Stewart Gordon Martin

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Mid Kent Mind.

• Mid Kent Mind income £686k
• NORTH KENT MIND income £2.1m
• WEST KENT MIND income £623k
• SUNDERLAND MIND income £517k
• South East London Mind Limited income £8.3m
• MIND IN BEXLEY AND EAST KENT LTD income £6.8m

Side by side with its peers

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