THE THINK AHEAD ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1166577 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main objects of the Charity are: The advancement of education and training in particular in the fields of mental health care, social work and social care and allied fields. The advancement of physical and mental health to improve standards of social care. To raise the awareness of mental health issues and promote research for the education of the public. The relief of those in need.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) IN THE FIELDS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE, SOCIAL WORK (INCLUDING IN RELATION TO MENTAL HEALTH) AND SOCIAL CARE AND ALLIED FIELDS BY PROVIDING TRAINING COURSES WHICH COMBINE STUDY-BASED LEARNING AND SUPERVISED PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING, AND BY ANY OTHER RELEVANT METHODS.THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY PROMOTING HIGH QUALITY PRACTICE AND LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELDS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE, SOCIAL WORK (INCLUDING IN RELATION TO MENTAL HEALTH) AND SOCIAL CARE AND ALLIED FIELDS TO IMPROVE STANDARDS OF SOCIAL CARE. TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND PROMOTE RESEARCH (AND PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS) FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC.THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £111,661 for the year, reducing its total unrestricted funds to £912,367. The trustees confirm that the organization has secured confirmed funding from the Department of Health and Social Care extending into 2028 and holds reserves within its stated policy range, concluding there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Philippa Mariani — Chief Executive (source)
• Carol Black — Chair of our Trustees (source)
• Ella Joseph — Co-Chief Executive (source)
• Natalie Acton — Co-Chief Executive (source)
• Peter Hay — Chair (source)
• Olivia Cayley — Executive Director (source)
• Michelle Peel — Interim Chief Operating Officer (source)

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).

• Department of Health and Social Care — “We’re sad to share news that the Department of Health and Social Care has decided not to continue funding the Think Ahead programme for the …” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aparjita Ajit
• Levi Chambers-Cook
• Liam Barry Sloan
• Lynette Pauline Romeo
• PETER HAY · trustee of 3 other charities
• Peter James Molyneux

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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 CARLISLE EDEN MIND LIMITED.

• CARLISLE EDEN MIND LIMITED income £607k
• RESPONSE ORGANISATION income £17.6m
• Coventry, Warwickshire & Worcestershire Mind income £11.6m
• MENTAL HEALTH UK income £3.0m
• ADVOCACY FOCUS income £2.6m
• ADVANCE BRIGHTER FUTURES income £396k

Side by side with its peers

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