WILTSHIRE MIND
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES TO PEOPLE IN WILTSHIRE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
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.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1,370 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £187,744 against total expenditure of £189,114. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £77,384, which the trustees consider broadly in line with their policy of maintaining three to six months of planned expenditure. The trustees have approved a deficit budget of £21,000 for the following year due to ongoing uncertainties around income.
What the accounts disclose
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 11
Policies the charity declares
- 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)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 20
- Government income: £35,600 — grants £35,600 (1); 19% of the £187,744 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 25
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 19
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (04/05/2023)
Trustees
- Brian Stableschair
- Jim Donald
- Joe McTiernan
- John Alexander Shaw
- Naomi Hurst
- Natasha Bryant
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £188k | £189k |
| 31/03/2024 | £164k | £163k |
| 31/03/2023 | £146k | £193k |
| 31/03/2022 | £153k | £212k |
| 31/03/2021 | £100k | £184k |
Common questions
Is WILTSHIRE MIND financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1,370 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £187,744 against total expenditure of £189,114. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £77,384, which the trustees consider broadly in line with their policy of maintaining three to six months of planned expenditure. The trustees have approved a deficit budget of £21,000 for the following year due to ongoing uncertainties around income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds WILTSHIRE MIND?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WILTSHIRE MIND as a grant recipient include MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH), THE TALISMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, ST. JAMES TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) | FY2023 | £600k | Cost of Living Fund 22-23 |
| MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) | FY2023 | £548k | Network Business Continuity Fund |
| MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) | FY2021 | £292k | Pears Foundation / DCMS Emergency Funding 20/21 (England only) |
| MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) | FY2023 | £60k | Ukraine crisis response fund |
| MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) | FY2023 | £42k | Regional Network Fund |
| THE TALISMAN CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £4k | |
| ST. JAMES TRUST | FY2023 | £2k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 03/07/2025 | £20k | Wiltshire Mind Local Wellbeing Community Hub |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 11/08/2023 | £10k | Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Groups in Wiltshire |
| Postcode Lottery | 27/05/2022 | £25k | Mental Health Peer Support Groups Service across Wiltshire |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/04/2021 | £9k | Mental Health Peer Support Groups |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 13/11/2014 | £10k | New Counselling for adults suffering mental distress in Salisbury area |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 27/06/2013 | £10k | Mental Health Counselling Service |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE WOLFSON FOUNDATION | 1 | £60k |
| NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE | 1 | £19k |
| THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY | 1 | £15k |
| E F BULMER TRUST | 1 | £14k |
| HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | 1 | £12k |
| SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | 1 | £10k |
| SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £5k |
| COMMUNITY FIRST IN HEREFORDSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE | 1 | £3k |
Charities like this
- WIRRAL MIND
- HEREFORDSHIRE MIND
- ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT MIND
- SHEFFIELD MIND LTD
- NOTTINGHAMSHIRE MIND
- MIND IN SOMERSET
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILTSHIRE MIND | £188k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| WIRRAL MIND | £1.8m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HEREFORDSHIRE MIND | £945k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT MIND | £1.8m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| SHEFFIELD MIND LTD | £1.1m | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| NOTTINGHAMSHIRE MIND | £1.3m | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |