LET'S CONNECT (ENG) LTD

Registered charity 1125924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HARTLEPOOL AND EAST DURHAM MIND

Let's Connect objectives are:Establishing client's goals and strengths. The resulting treatment plan may include:Talking therapy;Practical help;Supporting engagement in social activities;Physical activity;Workshops to (i) address conditions such as depression (ii) teach relaxation skills Courses designed to build confidence to enter education, volunteering or employment

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 HARTLEPOOL AND SURROUNDING AREAS ( EXCLUDING AREAS THAT ARE SERVICED BY OTHER MIND ORGANISATIONS ) " THE AREA OF BENEFIT " IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF MIND.

Area of benefit: HARTLEPOOL

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 · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £78,851 against a policy target of one year's operating costs plus potential redundancy costs, with free reserves significantly lower at £22,752. The charity reported a net expenditure of £15,193 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £203,140 to £187,947. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06502878 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Let's Connect (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.

• ADDISON, Stephanie Jane — director, appointed 08/05/2026on trustee list
• THEASBY, Lee — director, appointed 08/05/2026on trustee list
• MAYES, Peter Stuart — director, appointed 27/12/2023on trustee list
• AYRES NICHOLSON, Charlotte Louise, Dr — director, appointed 09/01/2023not on trustee list
• DE BRUIJN, Emilie Susan — director, appointed 11/05/2021not on trustee list
• DOUGHERTY, Lewis — secretary, appointed 01/06/2021

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Charlotte Louise Ayres Nicholson
• Emilie Susan De Bruijn
• Lee Theasby
• Peter Stuart Mayes
• Stephanie Addison

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

Operates in: Durham · Hartlepool · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ONLY CONNECT UK.

• ONLY CONNECT UK income £344k
• COMMUNITY CONNEX LTD. income £2.5m
• Connect Reading income £109k
• CONNECT IN THE NORTH income £148k
• RECONNECT income £150k
• TRUST LINKS LIMITED income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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