NORTH KENT MIND

Registered charity 1103790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DARTFORD GRAVESHAM & SWANLEY MIND

North Kent Mind Mind works with people with mental health problems living in the North Kent and Medway areas of Kent to effect personal and social change.

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Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that North Kent Mind reported a net surplus of £75,519 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a significant reduction in income due to the loss of NHS funding. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £954,330, which the trustees consider adequate to cover three months of ongoing expenses and potential closure costs. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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).

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.

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

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£2.0m
Cost of raising funds
£10k
Reserves (reported)
£824k
Employees
55

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.1m£2.0m
31/03/2024£3.2m£3.2m
31/03/2023£3.3m£3.2m
31/03/2022£2.8m£2.5m
31/03/2021£2.5m£2.1m

Common questions

Is NORTH KENT MIND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that North Kent Mind reported a net surplus of £75,519 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a significant reduction in income due to the loss of NHS funding. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £954,330, which the trustees consider adequate to cover three months of ongoing expenses and potential closure costs. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Who funds NORTH KENT MIND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTH KENT MIND as a grant recipient include MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH), SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)FY2023£600kHelp Through Hardship Local
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)FY2022£127kSchools and Colleges Early Support 2021
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)FY2024£46kEquity and Lived Experience Development Fund 2024–25
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/12/2024£483kPeer Partnership Project
UK government04/02/2019£10kWomen Side by Side
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2017£10kMental Health First Aid Matters

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 MIND IN BEXLEY AND EAST KENT LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH KENT MIND£2.1m—0unclear—no doubt
MIND IN BEXLEY AND EAST KENT LTD FY2025£6.8m——unclear—no doubt
South Kent Mind FY2025£505k—0unclear—no doubt
MIND IN KINGSTON FY2025£808k—0below—no doubt
DORSET MIND FY2025£1.1m—0unclear1.3%noted
Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire Mind FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt

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