West Sussex Mind
Registered charity 1155918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COASTAL WEST SUSSEX MIND
Work in Worthing, Littlehampton, Bognor, Chichester and Midhurst providing a range of services including: Recovery focused 1:1, group and drop-in support for adults, Specialist services for post natal support, Young peoples 1:1 and group support, Social day support for older adults with mental health needs, Support for carers of and individuals with dementia.
Objects
1) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD MENTAL HEALTH IN PARTICULAR BY ENABLING AND EMPOWERING EVERYONE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS TO LIVE WITH, MANAGE AND RECOVER FROM THEIR CONDITION.2) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS BY WORKING TO INCREASE THE UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS BY GATHERING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION AND WORKING TO RAISE AWARENESS, PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND CHALLENGE STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION.
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 £88,075 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees note that rising costs and minimal income increases have created financial pressure, but they maintain free reserves of £1,197,328, which they consider prudent to manage associated risks. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: between 3 to 6 months’ operating costs (held: £1.2m)
“the Trustees considering it prudent to maintain free reserves of between 3 to 6 months’ operating costs to ensure we can remain financially resilient” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sumer 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
- 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
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
- Volunteers: 75
- Government income: £2,604,159 — contracts £2,604,159 (17); 72% of the £3,626,016 total gross income on the same return
- 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
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 75
- Government income: £2,411,283 — contracts £2,372,640 (19), grants £38,643 (2); 74% of the £3,237,662 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 80
- Government income: £2,311,497 — contracts £2,280,427 (17), grants £31,070 (3); 78% of the £2,954,310 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Corporate structure
The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 March 2026)
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — West Sussex Mind (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- local authorities — “Much of our training is free, thanks to funding from local authorities and other organisations.” (source page)
- other organisations — “Much of our training is free, thanks to funding from local authorities and other organisations.” (source page)
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.
- HILLS, Rebecca Mary — director, appointed 25/07/2024on trustee list
- ATKINS, Gavin Neil — director, appointed 25/07/2024on trustee list
- GIBBINS, Nicola Elizabeth — director, appointed 25/07/2024on trustee list
- MARWAHA, Tanya — director, appointed 26/05/2022on trustee list
- LORD, Kirk Stephen — director, appointed 17/11/2020not on trustee list
- COPELAND, Matthew Rene — director, appointed 24/09/2020on trustee list
- JONES, Nigel Layton — director, appointed 24/09/2020on trustee list
- SHERRED, Martin Francis — director, appointed 31/07/2019on trustee list
- HAWKER, Susan Imogen — director, appointed 30/03/2016on trustee list
- BIRD, Daniel William — director, appointed 05/03/2014on trustee list
- SMYTHERMAN, Robert John — director, appointed 10/02/2014on trustee list
- PAGE, Kerrin Sefton — secretary, appointed 10/03/2023
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£155k
Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (19/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (28/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (08/09/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Susan Hawkerchair
- Daniel William Bird
- Dominic Liam Goodeve
- GAVIN ATKINS
- Kirk Lord
- Laura Elisabeth Layla Al-Bandar
- Matthew Copeland · trustee of 2 other charities
- Nicola Gibbins
- Nigel Jones · trustee of 3 other charities
- ROBERT JOHN SMYTHERMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rebecca Hills
- Tanya Marwaha
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is West Sussex Mind financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £88,075 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees note that rising costs and minimal income increases have created financial pressure, but they maintain free reserves of £1,197,328, which they consider prudent to manage associated risks. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Audit.
Who funds West Sussex Mind?
Funders whose own accounts filings name West Sussex Mind as a grant recipient include MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH), EAST HEAD IMPACT, THE BOLTINI TRUST, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, THE PIXEL FUND.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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