MQ: TRANSFORMING MENTAL HEALTH

Registered charity 1139916 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INSIGHT: RESEARCH FOR MENTAL HEALTH · also registered in Scotland as SC046075 (OSCR)

The charity's main objectives for the period were to:1. Grow and develop the infrastructure of the charity; 2. Develop and implement a Fundraising Strategy;3. Develop and implement a Science Strategy and Knowledge Management infrastructure;

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £6.70m, with free unrestricted reserves standing at £1.07m. This reserve level meets the charity's own policy target of covering six months of expenses, which was set at £1.06m based on the 2026 budget. The trustees and auditors confirm 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 audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MQ Mental Health Research (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% 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: 15.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Shahzad Malikchair
• Fabrizio Campelli
• James Edwin Palmer
• John A Herrmann Jr
• Kerstin Andrea Grosse
• Michael John Horvitz
• Professor Ann John
• Professor Catherine Jane Harmer
• Professor Rory O'Connor
• Sarah Woolnough

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 THE SANITA MERALI TRUST.

• THE SANITA MERALI TRUST income £1.0m
• MIND IN BEXLEY AND EAST KENT LTD income £6.8m
• INSTITUTE OF THE RELIGIOUS OF THE SACRED HEART OF MARY IMMACULATE VIRGIN income £1.3m
• SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS income £1.5m
• MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS income £28.2m
• CHANGES HEALTH & WELLBEING income £3.5m

Side by side with its peers

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