THE WILLIAM TEMPLETON FOUNDATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH

Registered charity 1182312 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOUNDATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH, THE WILLIAM TEMPLETON FOUNDATION, WTF, YOUNG PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH, YOUNG PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION, YPMH

The charity's purpose is to protect and promote the health of young people through the reduction of the incidence and severity of mental health illness, and to reduce the number of young people taking their own lives. The purpose is to be achieved by activities to improve the translation of research into innovations that are used in practice and by raising the understanding of such developments .

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE REDUCTION OF THE INCIDENCE AND SEVERITY OF MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS WITH THE AIM OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING THEIR OWN LIVES ('THE PRIMARY OBJECT'; AND 1 IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PRIMARY OBJECT TO CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS AND IN PARTICULAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH FINDINGS INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION, IDENTIFICATION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF MENTAL ILLNESS; AND 2 IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PRIMARY OBJECT, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND IN PARTICULAR PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SUCH MATTERS; AND3 IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PRIMARY OBJECT, TO ENCOURAGE THE COLLABORATION OF RESEARCH AND THE SHARING OF INFORMATION AMONGST RESEARCHERS, INNOVATORS, PRACTITIONERS, REGULATORS, GOVERNMENTS, INDUSTRY, AND PARENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE BOTH WITHIN THE UK AND WORLDWIDE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds at year-end were £64,556, which the trustees consider broadly in line with their policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to at least six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £34,463 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £142,498 to £108,035.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2025) to "below" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11757792

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Young People's Mental Health (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• HICKINSON, Neil Trevor — director, appointed 21/01/2020on trustee list
• BEARCROFT, Philip William Peter, Dr — director, appointed 09/01/2019on trustee list
• DAVIES, Lindsay Jane — director, appointed 09/01/2019on trustee list
• MINSHALL, Tim, Professor — director, appointed 09/01/2019on trustee list
• TEMPLETON, Anne Elizabeth Altherr — director, appointed 09/01/2019on trustee list
• TEMPLETON, Anne Elizabeth Altherr — secretary, appointed 31/01/2019

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Tim Minshallchair
• Anne Elizabeth Templeton
• Dr Philip William Peter Bearcroft · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lindsay Davies
• Neil Trevor Hickinson

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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