TURNING CORNERS

Registered charity 1187417 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Turning Corners builds trust and helps individuals and families navigate the long, confusing, and often painful path through mental health and crisis systems. We are the shoulder people can lean on, ensuring they know where to go, how to get there, and how to hold on until recovery.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE SUFFERING OR AT RISK OF SUFFERING FROM EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS BY:THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE OR PREVENT SUCH SUFFERING OR STIGMA AND;RAISING AWARENESS THEREOF IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£83k
Latest spending
£121k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £38,136 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling from £55,379 to £17,243. This level of reserves is below the stated policy target of maintaining at least three months of core running costs. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 3 months of core running costs (held: £17k)
“The charity's policy is to maintain reserves equivalent to at least 3 months of core running costs.” — page 4
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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Government income: £16,265 — grants £16,265 (1); 20% of the £83,324 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Government income: £62,449 — grants £62,449 (6); 35% of the £179,807 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £41,382 — grants £41,382 (2); 26% of the £161,387 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey · Salford City · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£83k£121k
31/12/2024£180k£162k
31/12/2023£161k£160k
31/12/2022£164k£158k
31/12/2021£110k£83k

Common questions

Is TURNING CORNERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £38,136 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling from £55,379 to £17,243. This level of reserves is below the stated policy target of maintaining at least three months of core running costs. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TURNING CORNERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TURNING CORNERS as a grant recipient include JEWISH CHILD'S DAY, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIES, THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST, The Caring Family Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Caring Family FoundationFY2024Unverified read£250kGeneral
HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIESFY2022Unverified read£76k
JEWISH CHILD'S DAYFY2022£15k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2026£10kSmaller Grants
HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIESFY2023£6k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2023£5kMount Fund - Mental Health
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2024£5kMount Fund
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2022£5kSMALLER GRANTS
The Caring Family FoundationFY2023£4kChild poverty
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£4k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2025£3kMount Fund - Mental Health
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2022£3kThe Mount Fund - Mental Health
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2022£2kfunding towards the 'No More Tears' project - supporting teenage parents and young families with serious mental health concerns
MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUSTFY2026£2k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2021£2kFunding towards supporting teenage parents and young families with serious mental health concerns.
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
LONDON CATALYSTFY2023Unverified read£2kLighthouse
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2023£1kfunding towards the support of young people and families
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BASKETMAKERS 2011 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kTurning Corners
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£830Mental Health
THE KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£250

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2026£20kVitamin Sea Leaders
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2024£20kHush the Silence
The National Lottery Community Fund21/07/2023£10kMH- Let`s Rebel
Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£23kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund02/06/2023£10kSafe Places; Breathing Spaces
The National Lottery Community Fund04/03/2022£10kRed Phone and Afternoon Tea
The National Lottery Community Fund04/03/2022£10kThe Heart behind the Hurt
London Borough of Hackney08/12/2021£3kGrant to Turning Corners
Hackney Council08/12/2021£3kGrant to Turning Corners
The National Lottery Community Fund27/08/2021£2kTalking Tea Tuesday
The National Lottery Community Fund12/01/2021£10kCaress 4 Carers
UK government03/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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 TURNING POINT CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TURNING CORNERS£83k—0unclear—no doubt
TURNING POINT CHURCH FY2026£51k——unclear—no doubt
TURNER HOME FY2025£4.8m—0unclear—no doubt
TURN AROUND FY2025£26k—0below—no doubt
TURNING LIVES AROUND LTD FY2025£8.4m——above—no doubt
MAKING MIRACLES FY2025£301k—0unclear—no doubt

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