DESIGN IN MENTAL HEALTH LIMITED

Registered charity 1162561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DESIGN IN MENTAL HEALTH LTD, DIMHN

The objectives of the Charity are -- for the advancement of education concerning design in mental healthcare settings by sharing good practice- promoting reflective design practice,-gathering and disseminating evidence based research and raising awareness of the influence of design on mental health wellbeing,- the relief of those in need by reason of mental ill-health.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION CONCERNING DESIGN IN MENTAL HEALTHCARE SETTINGS BY SHARING GOOD PRACTICE, PROMOTING REFLECTIVE DESIGN PRACTICE, GATHERING AND DISSEMINATING EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE INFLUENCE OF DESIGN ON MENTAL WELLBEING, AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF MENTAL ILL-HEALTH.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £33,046 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £289,312. The trustees consider these reserves to be above their stated policy target of nine to twelve months' expenditure, indicating a strong financial position. The charity is operating on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Design in Mental Health Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR P ROSSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew David Arnold
• Beatrice Lesser Fraenkel · trustee of 1 other charity
• Esther John
• Geoffrey Robert Neild
• Katharine Lazenby · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lianne Clare Knotts
• Rafik Hamaizia
• Wayne Michael Ashton

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS.

• MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS income £28.2m
• HILLINGDON MIND income £786k
• MINDAPPLES income £44k
• DOCTORS IN DISTRESS income £184k
• THE ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH income £1.5m
• LINDENGATE income £434k

Side by side with its peers

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