CALM MEDIATION

Registered charity 1161807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CALM, CALM (CONFIDENTIAL AND LOCAL MEDIATION)

Calm Mediation provides conflict resolution services and training, largely but not exclusively, in London and the South East.

Objects

IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN GREATER LONDON AND SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE AREA OF BENEFIT): 1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PROMOTION OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION BY PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT BETWEEN PERSONS, FAMILIES, ORGANISATIONS, AUTHORITIES OR GROUPS INVOLVED IN, OR LIKELY TO BECOME INVOLVED IN, DISPUTES AND INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT PRINCIPALLY BY WAY OF MEDIATION, CONCILIATION, CONFLICT COACHING AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT. 2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THE PROVISION OF MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION BETWEEN VICTIMS OF CRIME AND OFFENDERS, WITH A VIEW TO THE PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ORDER AND FOR THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE WELLBEING OF SUCH VICTIMS AND THE REHABILITATION OF SUCH OFFENDERS. 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION BY PROVIDING TRAINING IN MEDIATION SKILLS, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SKILLS AND OTHER CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS.

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 financial loss of £21,185 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £588,825 against expenditure of £610,010. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £107,721, which is below the stated policy target of three months' operating costs. The charity faces material risk due to the non-extension of its primary MOPAC contract, though it remains a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Calm Mediation (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 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 4.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/08/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Thomas George Pickardchair
• Latinka Pilipovic · trustee of 1 other charity
• Miroslawa Wojnar
• Nikki Anne Edwards
• Olabode Adeloye
• Paul Damian George · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WANDSWORTH MEDIATION SERVICE.

• WANDSWORTH MEDIATION SERVICE income £103k
• MEDIATION PLUS income £264k
• CIVIL MEDIATION COUNCIL LIMITED income £246k
• CENTRE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS income £1.2m
• CENTRE FOR EFFECTIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION LIMITED income £8.0m
• THE BRIGHTON AND HOVE INDEPENDENT MEDIATION SERVICE income £141k

Side by side with its peers

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