BEARDED FISHERMEN

Registered charity 1188510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a mental health awareness and suicide prevention charity, we also support and help with the wellbeing of vulnerable people and families. We offer support via telephone, face to face, video meeting and we can also support you through counselling. We offer support from age 4 up-to 90. We run several local community groups offering support and we also have suicide prevention crisis response.

Objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY DOING MENTAL WELFARE LEARNING TO STUDENTS IN FULL-TIME EDUCATION.ADVANCING HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT [WHAT] BY EDUCATING [WHO] THE PUBLIC [HOW] ABOUT THE RISKS OF MENTAL WELLBEING OF AND SUICIDE TO FAMILY WELFARETHE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF ISOLATION OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS AND/OR POVERTY, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTEGRATE MORE INTO SOCIETY.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £9,991 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £44,084. The trustees report that the charity carries adequate reserves to enable it to continue operations for the foreseeable future and has assessed major risks to which it is exposed.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bearded Fishermen Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rick Robertschair
• Amelia Roberts
• Michael Leyland
• Theresa Jervis

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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