United for Global Mental Health

Registered charity 1180516 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR MENTAL HEALTH

United for Global Mental Health, seeks to raise awareness of mental health issues through campaigning and advocacy and to promote the de-stigmatisation of mental health issues by campaigning for the implementation of effective interventions. We campaign for financing to support mental health initiatives so that additional funding can be made available to programmes that develop national capacity.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a £130,524 deficit, an improvement on the previous year's loss, with projections for a break-even position in 2026. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £1,183,000 are held above the stated policy target of £825,000, representing six months of operating costs. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11139817

What the charity says about itself (2026)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — United for Global Mental Health (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Grand Challenges Canada — “innovations funded by Being can thrive and scale” (source page)
• lululemon — “lululemon’s support will drive transformative growth and engagement within the Global Mental Health Action Network” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LI, Enoch — director, appointed 13/12/2021on trustee list
• SHARMA, Babita — director, appointed 19/04/2021on trustee list
• HEREDIA, Neelesh Christopher — director, appointed 03/02/2020on trustee list
• COURT, Alan — director, appointed 21/01/2019on trustee list
• BROWN, Samantha Elizabeth — director, appointed 09/01/2018on trustee list
• THORNICROFT, Graham — director, appointed 09/01/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROFESSOR GRAHAM THORNICROFTchair
• Alan Court
• Babita Sharma
• Enoch Li
• Neelesh Christopher Heredia
• Peter Badimak Yaro
• SAMANTHA BROWN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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 CAMPAIGN AGAINST LIVING MISERABLY.

• CAMPAIGN AGAINST LIVING MISERABLY income £8.7m
• SANE income £1.2m
• MENTAL HEALTH UK income £3.0m
• CHASING THE STIGMA income £533k
• THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION income £6.7m
• LEICESTERSHIRE ACTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT income £332k

Side by side with its peers

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