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

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Latest income
£105k
Latest spending
£108k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved its highest income year to date, with total income rising to £113,169 from £65,292 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £25,392, allowing the charity to fund most planned programmes and invest in staff infrastructure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £25k)
“our current policy is to keep reserves sufficient to meet three months’ operating costs, including staff salaries.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£105k£108k
31/10/2024£113k£98k
31/10/2023£65k£82k
31/10/2022£111k£80k
31/10/2021£76k£65k

Common questions

Is MINDFOOD CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved its highest income year to date, with total income rising to £113,169 from £65,292 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £25,392, allowing the charity to fund most planned programmes and invest in staff infrastructure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MINDFOOD CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MINDFOOD CIO as a grant recipient include LONDON CATALYST, THE BATCHWORTH TRUST, HOUSING PATHWAYS TRUST, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LONDON CATALYSTFY2025£9kHealth & well-being support for pregnant and new mothers.
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2025£5k
HOUSING PATHWAYS TRUSTFY2022£5kMindFood is an Ealing based charity supports people with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and stress to improve their wellbeing through food gr
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation31/01/2025£10kGrant to MindFood CIO
City Bridge Foundation12/01/2022£30kGrant to MindFood CIO
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2021£5kSustainable Wellbeing
The National Lottery Community Fund23/04/2021£10kPlot to Plate
UK government29/09/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
City Bridge Foundation04/10/2018£10kGrant to MindFood CIO

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 MIND IN CROYDON LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MINDFOOD CIO£105k—0unclear—no doubt
MIND IN CROYDON LTD FY2025£2.3m—1unclear—no doubt
Mind in Enfield and Barnet FY2025£2.0m——above2.6%no doubt
Tameside, Oldham, Glossop and Stockport Mind Ltd FY2025£4.3m——unclear—no doubt
MIND IN WEST ESSEX FY2025£3.2m——above—no doubt
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) FY2024£63.7m——unclear—noted

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