SUNDERLAND MIND
Registered charity 1171734 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Sunderland Mind strive to provide quality mental health services for all, treating those experiencing mental illness fairly, positively, with respect and dignity. We provide support, information, advice on a range of activities, groups including counselling.Individuals accessing our service are the driving force behind our organisation and our aim is to improve their quality of life where possible
Objects
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 MENTAL 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.
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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Registered contact address: Sunderland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a small surplus of £8,210 for the year ended 31 March 2025, despite a drop in total income to £516,514. The trustees consider unrestricted net current assets of £284,740 to be sufficient to meet ongoing operational obligations, and cash reserves stood at £277,328. The trustees report no current concerns about the charity's future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: none
“Our main source of income is grant funding.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of core costs (reserves figure: £404k)
“We aim to hold undesignated reserves of between 3 and 6 months core costs.” — page 7
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
- 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
- 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: 6
- Government income: £387,119 — contracts £237,155 (1), grants £149,964 (6); 75% of the £516,514 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 4
- Government income: £409,960 — contracts £305,979 (3), grants £103,981 (103,981); 74% of the £556,584 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
- Volunteers: 10
- Government income: £359,396 — contracts £137,624 (1), grants £221,772 (4); 74% of the £483,630 total gross income on the same return
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sunderland 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 ~9.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (09/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ANNE MORRISONchair
- Amanda Lowery
- Anne Marie Boyle
- Beverley Harrison
- Billy Broad Mr · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Sunderland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SUNDERLAND MIND financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a small surplus of £8,210 for the year ended 31 March 2025, despite a drop in total income to £516,514. The trustees consider unrestricted net current assets of £284,740 to be sufficient to meet ongoing operational obligations, and cash reserves stood at £277,328. The trustees report no current concerns about the charity's future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SUNDERLAND MIND?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SUNDERLAND MIND as a grant recipient include MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH).
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
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