WASHINGTON MIND CIO
Registered charity 1156010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
We offer mental health and wellbeing support for people who are experiencing or at risk of developing mental ill health and emotional distress. Our support enables local people to access to a diverse range of essential, targeted & preventative mental health support to improve their wellbeing and quality of life. Our training and information services are available across the region.
Objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, WITHIN THE AREA OF THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS,A) 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: ANDB) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER AND EMOTIONAL OR METAL DISTRESS AND TO OBTAIN AND MAKE RECORDS OF AND DISSEMINATE TO THE PUBLIC THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Sunderland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted current asset resources of £225,708 are sufficient to meet current ongoing operational obligations. However, the charity reported a net expenditure of £40,410 for the year, with total costs exceeding total income. The trustees confirm that undesignated unrestricted reserves of £92,336 are within the target range of 3 to 6 months of core costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Grants (81% of income)
“Grants 15,310 786,841 802,151” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 0.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The charity does not make any material expenditure to raise income and has no plans to do so in the future.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between 3 and 6 months core costs (reserves figure: £92k)
“We aim to hold undesignated reserves of between 3 and 6 months core costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
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
- Campaigns and political activity 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: 30
- Government income: £696,422 — contracts £696,422 (10); 71% of the £984,851 total gross income on the same return
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 32
- Government income: £596,998 — grants £596,998 (13); 69% of the £865,722 total gross income on the same return
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Government income: £114,599 — grants £114,599 (14); 12% of the £935,782 total gross income on the same return
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Washington Mind (matched by registered charity number).
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)
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 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~12.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (81% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (04/08/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alison Chambers
- Angela Slater
- BERNADETTE CORNISH
- Brandon Feeley
- DIANNE SNOWDON COUNCILLOR
- David Wright
- Elaine Habron
- Jackie Nixon
- James Fildes
- Richard Jackson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WASHINGTON MIND CIO financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted current asset resources of £225,708 are sufficient to meet current ongoing operational obligations. However, the charity reported a net expenditure of £40,410 for the year, with total costs exceeding total income. The trustees confirm that undesignated unrestricted reserves of £92,336 are within the target range of 3 to 6 months of core costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds WASHINGTON MIND CIO?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WASHINGTON MIND CIO as a grant recipient include MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH), THE ROSELINE FOUNDATION, THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION, THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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