THE DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH

Registered charity 1117141 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide support to people living with or recovering from mental ill health in Derbyshire.

Objects

To promote and support good mental health for the benefit of the public, in particular, but without limitation, by the provision of support and practical advice

Area of benefit: DERBYSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE

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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Registered contact address: Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £121,113 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven primarily by charitable activity income of £897,850. Total net assets increased to £366,724, comprising £186,680 in unrestricted general reserves and £180,044 in designated reserves. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• 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
• 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 31/03/2023 (received 08/04/2024, 68 days after the 31/01/2024 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Martin
• Anthony John Christopher Winter
• Helen Boocock · trustee of 1 other charity
• JONATHAN HARRIS
• Jane Mitchell
• Julie Lane · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARK JOHN TITTERTON · trustee of 5 other charities
• Nigel Taylor
• Rachel Kelly
• Tim Adwick

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DERBYSHIRE MIND.

• DERBYSHIRE MIND income £757k
• Derbyshire Addictions Advice Service income £969k
• Shropshire Mental Health Support income £747k
• DERBYSHIRE VOLUNTARY ACTION income £691k
• MENTAL HEALTH UK income £3.0m
• DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £218k

Side by side with its peers

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