MAKING ME

Registered charity 1176751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 'the mind map charity', THE MIND MAP

This Charity is currently non-operational.

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 18 YEARS OF AGE LIVING IN ENGLAND BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND AWARENESS ON MATTERS CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTH AND TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) PROVIDING SCHOOL COUNSELLING (C) PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION SERVICES

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£40k
Latest spending
£38k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £52,686 at the end of the period, which the Trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for a limited period (one school term) in the event of funding decreases. The charity is currently pausing operational activities to conduct a strategic review, with the intention to restart operations in due course.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one school term (reserves figure: £53k)
“The Charity’s reserves are set up in such a way that it is able to pursue its current operational objectives whilst at the same time providing a sufficient financial cushion to enable maintenance of these objectives for a limited period (one school term) in the event of operational difficulties or a significant decrease in external funding.” — 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.

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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 18/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 1

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Making Me (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£40k£38k
18/06/2024£65k£54k
18/06/2023£43k£70k
18/06/2022£84k£52k
18/06/2021£36k£34k

Common questions

Is MAKING ME financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £52,686 at the end of the period, which the Trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for a limited period (one school term) in the event of funding decreases. The charity is currently pausing operational activities to conduct a strategic review, with the intention to restart operations in due course. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MAKING ME?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MAKING ME as a grant recipient include THE HARPUR TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HARPUR TRUSTFY2022£21kAccelerator Programme - Intervention teacher

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation21/06/2023£5kPrimary School Emotional Wellbeing Programme.

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 M O CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MAKING ME£40k—0unclear—no doubt
M O CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£146k—0within—no doubt
SIGNIFICANCE FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt
COMBATING POVERTY THROUGH EDUCATION FY2024£5k—0above—no doubt
THE M Y A CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£88k—0unclear—no doubt
MAKE A MOVE FY2025£55k—0unclear—no doubt

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