MIND IN BEXLEY AND EAST KENT LTD

Registered charity 1110130 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEXLEY MIND (LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH, MIND IN BEXLEY LIMITED

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 within Kent, and in particular, Bexley, East Kent and its environs, in association with the Charity MIND and in accordance with the aims and objects of the Charity MIND.

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 WITHIN KENT, AND IN PARTICULAR, BEXLEY AND ITS ENVIRONS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CHARITY MIND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY MIND.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £10,130 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £6,822,767. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £4,093,885 are held, which exceeds the stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to six months of core costs (£800,000 to £1,500,000). The auditors confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moracle Limited Chartered Accountants & Registered Auditors. Discloses 4 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 06/02/2025, 6 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mind in Bexley and East Kent Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Shaheen Westcombe — Chair (source)

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).

• L&Q — “Generous grant from L&Q helps to support our Bexley Community Pantry” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £970k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 5.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Irene Guerrini
• Emily Elizabeth Mason
• Julie-Anne Hofmann
• Mohummud Azaad Magho
• Nana Mahama
• SHAHEEN WESTCOMBE

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

Operates in: Bexley · Kent

Income and spending

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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 South East London Mind Limited.

• South East London Mind Limited income £8.3m
• NORTH KENT MIND income £2.1m
• HILLINGDON MIND income £786k
• BRECON AND DISTRICT MIND income £353k
• LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND MIND income £361k
• WEST KENT MIND income £623k

Side by side with its peers

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