HAVERING MIND

Registered charity 1108470 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Havering Mind provides a range of services that pro-actively support and educate people about mental health in its local community. It aims to support individuals in their recovery and promote social inclusion. Raising awareness to reduce stigma around mental health is also a key activity. We won't give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect.

Objects

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, IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING AND SURROUNDING AREA (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) IN ASSOCIATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF NATIONAL MIND.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING AND THE 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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Havering, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £133,121 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income increasing by 21.2% to £1,907,952. Free reserves stood at £304,187, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £350,000 (approximately three months of charitable expenditure). The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2026 2025 £60,001 - £70,000 - 1 £70,001 - £80,000 1 - 1 1” — page 26
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2026 2025 £60,001 - £70,000 - 1 £70,001 - £80,000 1 - 1 1” — page 26
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months expenditure incurred on Charitable Activities (reserves figure: £304k)
“We have estimated that to ensure an orderly wind down of the Charity a reserve of £350,000 (approximately three months expenditure incurred on Charitable Activities) is required which would be funded from the unrestricted free reserves.” — page 9
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ward Williams. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed 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.

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 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Government income: £1,163,789 — contracts £1,163,789 (10); 61% of the £1,907,952 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Government income: £894,251 — contracts £894,251 (9); 57% of the £1,574,501 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: 30
  • Government income: £882,765 — contracts £882,765 (11); 60% of the £1,467,168 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Havering 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.

Official officers record.

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

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£326k
Reserves (reported)
£304k
Employees
47

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 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 (76% 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: 17.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Havering

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£1.9m£1.8m
31/03/2025£1.6m£1.6m
31/03/2024£1.5m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2022£971k£845k

Common questions

Is HAVERING MIND financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £133,121 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income increasing by 21.2% to £1,907,952. Free reserves stood at £304,187, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £350,000 (approximately three months of charitable expenditure). The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Ward Williams.

What does the highest-paid employee of HAVERING MIND earn?

Per its FY2026 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds HAVERING MIND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HAVERING MIND as a grant recipient include MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH), WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST, SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST.

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)FY2024£675kNetwork Business Continuation Fund
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)FY2021£292kPears Foundation / DCMS Emergency Funding 20/21 (England only)
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUSTFY2021£5kGroup Awards
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government21/03/2025£90kArmed Forces Charities (Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust) FY24/25
City Bridge Foundation07/06/2024£374kGrant to Havering Mind
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2015£340k"Live A Better Life" Project
The National Lottery Community Fund13/08/2014£6kComplimentary therapies training-people with mental health conditions
City Bridge Foundation20/10/2011£92kGrant to Havering Mind
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2009£28kHavering Mind Transport (Minibus)
The National Lottery Community Fund14/06/2006£2kResource Centre

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 HARINGEY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HAVERING MIND£1.9m£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
MIND IN HARINGEY FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt
HILLINGDON MIND FY2025£786k—2above—no doubt
SUNDERLAND MIND FY2025£517k—0within—no doubt
BRAVE MIND FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt
MIND WITH HEART FY2024£22k—0above—no doubt

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