VOLUNTARY SECTOR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS FORUM

Registered charity 1120222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Association of Mental Health Providers is the national umbrella organisation representing the not-for-profit mental health provider sector. By underpinning good and better practice, influencing and supporting policy, facilitating positive collaborations and partnerships, The Association promotes the best quality and results for all individuals using mental health services.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN ENGLAND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:. IMPROVING THE RANGE, QUALITY AND VOLUME OF SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN ENGLAND. CONTRIBUTING TO POLICY DEVELOPMENT WITH VIEW TO IMPROVING SERVICES. SHARING INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING SERVICES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL 'NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE'

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 reported a net deficit of £177,021 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £595,573 to £418,552. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves increased to £374,354 and that the organisation has adequate financial resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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 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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05536120

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.

• MARIANI, Philippa Thérèse — director, appointed 18/06/2026on trustee list
• THOMAS, Alun Huw — director, appointed 22/05/2025on trustee list
• SHEEHY, Raymond John — director, appointed 01/10/2023on trustee list
• HUGHES, Amanda Jane — director, appointed 01/10/2023on trustee list
• HILL, Steven Roy — director, appointed 01/10/2023on trustee list
• BRYANT, Linda Mary — director, appointed 01/12/2018on trustee list
• APPLETON, Stephen John — director, appointed 28/03/2018on trustee list
• LAYTON, Julie Lynda — director, appointed 07/11/2017on trustee list
• WINSTANLEY-KIMMIS, Mark — director, appointed 13/09/2016on trustee list
• SHAH, Sanjay — director, appointed 16/09/2008on trustee list
• HANIF, Dania — secretary, appointed 01/06/2025

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~6.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen John Appletonchair
• Alun Thomas
• Amanda Jane Hughes
• JULIE LAYTON
• Linda Bryant
• Mark Winstanley-Kimmis
• Philippa Mariani
• Raymond Sheehy
• SANJAY SHAH · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH).

• MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) income £63.7m
• THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION income £6.7m
• LEICESTERSHIRE ACTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT income £332k
• AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES income £556k
• MONEY AND MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE income £1.3m
• BATH MIND income £4.0m

Side by side with its peers

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