MINDFOOD CIO

Registered charity 1185639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

MindFood is a charity based in Ealing that supports individuals with mental health issues. It aims to enhance wellbeing through various activities conducted in nature including food growing, garden DIY, art, and other mindfulness-based activities

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY OR EMOTIONAL DISORDER OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR WHO ARE IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS OR WHO WANT TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OR RECURRENCE OF THE SAME IN EACH CASE BY THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC GARDENING AND HORTICULTURE AND RELATED NATURE BASED ACTIVITIES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ealing, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports a strong financial position with total funds increasing to £51,775 from £54,480 in the prior year, driven by a net income of £7,258 against expenditure of £108,164 and income of £105,459. Unrestricted reserves stood at £32,650, while designated and restricted funds were £17,875 and £1,250 respectively. The accounts were subject to an independent examination which reported no material concerns regarding compliance or accuracy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Investing charity funds 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MindFood (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).

• The Media Trust — “The Media Trust organisation paired us with BAFTA Award-winning Director and Filmmaker Claire Norowzian, and a team of professionals who wro…” (source page)
• Chapman Trust — “We would especially like to thank those supporters, listed below, for their exceptional support – including all of our donors who wish to re…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ana Pongrac
• Katarzyna Rzepnikowska
• Marianne Holmes
• Steve Macallister
• Thomas Corbett
• Waveney Patel

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Mind in Enfield and Barnet.

• Mind in Enfield and Barnet income £2.0m
• HILLINGDON MIND income £786k
• THE MINDFUL FOUNDATION income £29k
• WASHINGTON MIND CIO income £985k
• MIND IN BRADFORD income £5.2m
• MUSIC IN MIND CIO income £67k

Side by side with its peers

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