MATES IN MIND

Registered charity 1172460 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC047778 (OSCR)

Provision of mental health awareness training and support in the workplace.

Objects

THE CHARITYÆS OBJECTS (ÆOBJECTSÆ) ARE:-(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF EMPLOYERS, OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.(2) TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PERSONS.(3) TO RELIEVE, OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF, PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS OR DISTRESS.FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£724k

Latest spending

£717k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £6,889 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £723,579. However, the charity holds negative free reserves of £111,038 and a net liability position of £89,896. The trustees rely on written confirmation of support from the parent entity, British Safety Council, to maintain the going concern basis, as they aim to build modest reserves through primary purpose trading activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (55% of income)

“The charity’s income for the year totalled £723,579 (2024: £526,014), which included £325,292 (2024: £268,932) from charitable activities and £398,287 (2024: £257,082) from donations.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The charity had negative free reserves at 31 December 2025 in the amount of £111,038 (2024: negative £148,250). The charity’s medium-term aim is to grow its primary purpose trading activities and to use any surpluses generated to build modest reserves to act as a buffer against economic turbulence.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: British Safety Council charged management fees and recharged direct costs

“During the year the British Safety Council charged the charity fees in the amount of £76,278 (2024: £70,643) in respect of (i) management services (covering predominantly Finance, Information Technology and Human Resources) provided by the British Safety Council to the charity and (ii) direct costs of the charity in these same areas which were borne by the British Safety Council and recharged at cost.” — page 26

“The charity also received donation income of £30,315 from Huws Gray Group. Allan Wright, a trustee of the charity, serves as Managing Director of Civils & Lintels, a subsidiary of the Huws Gray Group.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation from Huws Gray Group (trustee Allan Wright is MD of subsidiary)

“During the year the British Safety Council charged the charity fees in the amount of £76,278 (2024: £70,643) in respect of (i) management services (covering predominantly Finance, Information Technology and Human Resources) provided by the British Safety Council to the charity and (ii) direct costs of the charity in these same areas which were borne by the British Safety Council and recharged at cost.” — page 26

“The charity also received donation income of £30,315 from Huws Gray Group. Allan Wright, a trustee of the charity, serves as Managing Director of Civils & Lintels, a subsidiary of the Huws Gray Group.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 4 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
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

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 31/12/2025

Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Government income: £895 — contracts £895 (1); under 1% of the £526,014 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)

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

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£724k

Total spending

£717k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

Allan Wright
Danny Clarke
Henrietta Susan Frater
Kizzy Augustin · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicola Hodkinson
Paul Cottam
Sarahq Adamson
Sean Sadler · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£724k	£717k
31/12/2024	£526k	£679k
31/12/2023	£751k	£692k
31/12/2022	£508k	£548k
31/12/2021	£486k	£441k

Common questions

Is MATES IN MIND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £6,889 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £723,579. However, the charity holds negative free reserves of £111,038 and a net liability position of £89,896. The trustees rely on written confirmation of support from the parent entity, British Safety Council, to maintain the going concern basis, as they aim to build modest reserves through primary purpose trading activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

Who funds MATES IN MIND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MATES IN MIND as a grant recipient include Construction Workers’ Charitable Trust, THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Construction Workers’ Charitable Trust	FY2021	£25k	Occupational Health Research Award - Education, training and research for occupational health and safety initiatives in the construction industry
THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES	FY2025	£10k	National Suicide Prevention Network

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)	2	£1.7m
THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£30k
THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£260k
THE PWC FOUNDATION	1	£94k
THE BROMLEY TRUST	1	£80k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£45k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
THE INVESCO CARES FOUNDATION	1	£30k

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
BRAVE MIND income £103k
BATH MIND income £4.0m
MENTAL AID LTD income £57k
MIND IN CAMDEN income £1.3m
MENTAL HEALTH UK income £3.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MATES IN MIND	£724k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS FY2025	£28.2m	£110,001 - £120,000	—	above	—	no doubt
BRAVE MIND FY2025	£103k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BATH MIND FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MENTAL AID LTD FY2025	£57k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MIND IN CAMDEN FY2026	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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