BASILDON MIND

Registered charity 1107896 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of services to persons with mental health problems principally to residents of the Basildon District Council area with certain services across South Essex

Objects

TO PROMOTE 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 IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THAT BODY.

Area of benefit: ESSEX

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a good financial result with unrestricted reserves of £199,492 at year end. This figure is equivalent to just under six months of unrestricted expenditure, aligning with the charity's policy to hold reserves for contractual liabilities and closure costs. The trustees confirmed that current and future sources of funding are adequate for the charity's needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05305203 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Basildon 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).

• The Fat Turk Restaurant — “The Fat Turk Restaurant Basildon Mind thanks You for all your support. For every Strawberry Bubbles desert sold The Fat Turk made a £1 don…” (source page)
• Albert Luckin Lodge 2717 — “Albert Luckin Lodge 2717 Our CEO Denise Kent, attended Saxon Hall during Wednesday, 9th November 2022 and received a cheque for £3300 for t…” (source page)
• The Sophie Grierson Fund — “The Sophie Grierson Fund The Sophie Grierson Fund (SGF) was set up by Ray and Emma in late 2019 following the tragic loss of their beautifu…” (source page)

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.

• OGILVY-WEBB, Lee — director, appointed 11/11/2025on trustee list
• PIPER, Sophie — director, appointed 13/10/2024on trustee list
• ROWE, John Enmin — director, appointed 03/02/2021on trustee list
• BIRKETT, John Richard — director, appointed 12/11/2019on trustee list
• CHESNEY, Sheila Caroline Archer — director, appointed 23/02/2016on trustee list
• DUBERRY, Karen — secretary, appointed 17/11/2020

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% 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: 17.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Richard Birkettchair
• John Rowe
• Karen Duberry
• LEE OGILVY-WEBB
• Sheila Caroline Archer Chesney
• Sophie Piper

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Common questions

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).

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 ISLINGTON MIND.

• ISLINGTON MIND income £1.9m
• ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT MIND income £1.8m
• Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire (CPSL) Mind Limited income £4.0m
• MIND IN BEXLEY AND EAST KENT LTD income £6.8m
• WILTSHIRE MIND income £188k
• Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire Mind income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

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