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.

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Latest income

£724k

Latest spending

£717k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £152,637 and negative free reserves of £148,250, following a reduction in income due to the cessation of seed funding from its parent body. The trustees rely on a written commitment of support from the British Safety Council for at least 12 months to meet liabilities and maintain going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: build modest reserves to act as a buffer against economic turbulence (held: £-148k)

“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 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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 FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £152,637 and negative free reserves of £148,250, following a reduction in income due to the cessation of seed funding from its parent body. The trustees rely on a written commitment of support from the British Safety Council for at least 12 months to meet liabilities and maintain going concern status. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP.

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)	5	£10.3m
THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£240k
THE WOLFSON FOUNDATION	1	£60k
THE HOSKING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k
Flat Iron Trust	1	£40k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£33k
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH).

MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) income £63.7m
BATH MIND income £4.0m
LANCASHIRE MIND LIMITED income £2.5m
Tameside, Oldham, Glossop and Stockport Mind Ltd income £4.3m
CARDIFF MIND LTD income £1.6m
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS income £28.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MATES IN MIND	£724k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) FY2024	£63.7m	—	—	unclear	—	noted
BATH MIND FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LANCASHIRE MIND LIMITED FY2025	£2.5m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
Tameside, Oldham, Glossop and Stockport Mind Ltd FY2025	£4.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARDIFF MIND LTD FY2025	£1.6m	—	0	unclear	—	material uncertainty

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