MIND IN SALFORD

Registered charity 1156625 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

MIND IN SALFORD AIMS TO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE TO THE WELLBEING AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF SALFORD & SURROUNDING AREAS.WE PROVIDE: ~STATUTORY ADVOCACY SERVICES IN SALFORD, BOLTON & SPECIALIST HOSPITALS~WELFARE RIGHTS & DEBT ADVICE~MINDFULNESS & MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING~PEER MENTORING VIA SALFORD LIVING WELL~LGBTQ SPECIFIC SERVICES & SUPPORT

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 ASSOCIATION WITH MIND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF MIND

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Salford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £8,451 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,249,409. The trustees' report confirms that the level of unrestricted reserves is within the stated policy target of three months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure (reserves figure: £337k)
“It has established a policy where the unrestricted funds, not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets, held by the charity should be a minimum of three months of expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Slade & Cooper Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £954,317 — contracts £677,297 (5), grants £277,020 (3); 76% of the £1,249,409 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £943,373 — contracts £645,900 (3), grants £297,473 (4); 80% of the £1,178,160 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £956,544 — contracts £846,822 (5), grants £109,722 (1); 68% of the £1,397,168 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mind in Salford (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£44k
Reserves (reported)
£337k
Employees
37

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2024£1.2m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.5m£1.3m

Common questions

Is MIND IN SALFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £8,451 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,249,409. The trustees' report confirms that the level of unrestricted reserves is within the stated policy target of three months of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Slade & Cooper Limited.

Who funds MIND IN SALFORD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MIND IN SALFORD as a grant recipient include MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH), UNITED UTILITIES TRUST FUND.

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)FY2024£961kSupported Self Help London Consortium 23/25
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)FY2023£600kCost of Living Fund 22-23
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)FY2021£292kPears Foundation / DCMS Emergency Funding 20/21 (England only)
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)FY2022£127kTime to Change Re-brand Grant
UNITED UTILITIES TRUST FUNDFY2025£12kOrganisational grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2024£461kRainbow Mind- Communities without Shame
The National Lottery Community Fund02/07/2021£5kMindfulness Training Programme (PTP)
The National Lottery Community Fund12/04/2018£10kSalford Befriending Project - Tackling Loneliness and Isolation
The National Lottery Community Fund23/04/2008£2kMind Diversity in Advocacy (MDA) Pilot Project

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIND IN CROYDON LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MIND IN SALFORD£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
MIND IN CROYDON LTD FY2025£2.3m—1unclear—no doubt
SOLENT MIND FY2025£11.6m——unclear—no doubt
MIND IN BRADFORD FY2025£5.2m——above—no doubt
HILLINGDON MIND FY2025£786k—2above—no doubt
SUNDERLAND MIND FY2025£517k—0within—no doubt

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