NATIONAL SURVIVOR USER NETWORK

Registered charity 1135980 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q59537079 · also known as NSUN

The objective of the Charity is to provide for the public benefit, to promote good health and to advance education in particular but not exclusively:1.Facilitating active links between service user groups and individuals2.Build capacity for service user groups3.Broker and facilitate access to service users for purposes of influencing and informing policy-makers and planners.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY: 1 CREATING A NETWORK WHICH WILL ENGAGE AND SUPPORT THE WIDE DIVERSITY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USERS AND SURVIVORS ACROSS ENGLAND IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN THE USER VOICE 2 FACILITATING ACTIVE LINKS BETWEEN SERVICE USER GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS 3 BUILDING CAPACITY FOR SERVICE USER GROUPS 4 BROKERING AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO SERVICE USERS FOR PURPOSES OF INFLUENCING AND INFORMING POLICY-MAKERS AND PLANNERS.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND

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: Enfield, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£827k
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £227,462 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £525,811 to £298,349. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves of £87,245 are below the stated policy target of £155,972, representing 56% of the target. However, the trustees confirm there is sufficient funding secured to prepare the statements on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £59,624 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)
“The total amount paid, including Employers National Insurance and Pension, to the CEO was £59,624”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of fixed staff and running costs (held: £87k)
“The Trustees review the charity’s reserves policy annually and aim to hold three months of fixed staff and running costs. As such the agreed reserves target is £155,972” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to trustee for Synergi Governance Board role
“Payments totalling £700 (2024: £1,750) were paid to NSUN trustee Shuranjeet Takhar for their role on the Synergi Governance Board. These payments were made under a written agreement and agreed to be in the best interest of NSUN by the Trustee board.” — page 37
“During the year one Trustee (2024: one) received participation payments of £525 (2024: £300). This was at the same rate as other participants.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee participation payments
“Payments totalling £700 (2024: £1,750) were paid to NSUN trustee Shuranjeet Takhar for their role on the Synergi Governance Board. These payments were made under a written agreement and agreed to be in the best interest of NSUN by the Trustee board.” — page 37
“During the year one Trustee (2024: one) received participation payments of £525 (2024: £300). This was at the same rate as other participants.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £6,000 — contracts £6,000 (1); under 1% of the £970,203 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Total income
£827k
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£36k
Reserves (reported)
£87k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 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 (98% 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: 4.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£827k£1.1m
31/03/2024£970k£759k
31/03/2023£864k£705k
31/03/2022£508k£488k
31/03/2021£562k£461k

Common questions

Is NATIONAL SURVIVOR USER NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £227,462 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £525,811 to £298,349. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves of £87,245 are below the stated policy target of £155,972, representing 56% of the target. However, the trustees confirm there is sufficient funding secured to prepare the statements on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of NATIONAL SURVIVOR USER NETWORK earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £59,624 band.

Who funds NATIONAL SURVIVOR USER NETWORK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL SURVIVOR USER NETWORK as a grant recipient include MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH), TRUST FOR LONDON, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)FY2021£292kCoronavirus Mental Health Response IP
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2024£175kDisability justice fund
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2024£118k2018-2024 strategy: Stronger voices
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2022£90kTowards core costs of running a membership network led by people with lived experience of mental health issues who support groups and initiatives and inform pol

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation26/02/2025£200kGrant to National Survivor User Network
The National Lottery Community Fund27/03/2024£499kCommunity Constellations
The National Lottery Community Fund15/12/2020£279kDoing It For Ourselves
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2020£44kCovid-19 Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund26/03/2014£10kBuilding Capacity & Resources of NSUN
The National Lottery Community Fund26/08/2010£10kBuidling IT Infrastructure of NSUN

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NATIONAL SURVIVOR USER NETWORK£827k£59,6240unclear—no doubt
THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED FY2025£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
THE SURVIVORS TRUST FY2025£838k——below—no doubt
SCARBOROUGH SURVIVORS FY2025£436k£70,000 - £79,9991unclear—no doubt
SURVIVING ECONOMIC ABUSE FY2025£2.2mUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
STREET SUPPORT NETWORK LIMITED FY2025£115k—0below—no doubt

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