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FIG BRANCH

Registered charity 1189312 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN NORWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY (CBT) AND OTHER HOLISITIC THERAPIES,SUCH AS GARDENING.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN NORWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY (CBT) AND OTHER HOLISITIC THERAPIES,SUCH AS GARDENING.

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

Latest income
£468k
Latest spending
£445k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £23,591 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with unrestricted funds held at year-end totalling £554,408. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources and no material uncertainties identified. The charity relies on charitable grants, with a further grant for 2025-26 already approved to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £554k; policy: adequate level to ensure they are able to continue in the charity's activities for the coming year)
“No reserves are held from the initial grant. Trustees consider holding reserves unnecessary with the current funding situation.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Rhena Branch, mother of Felix Branch (Trustee), received remuneration of £163,181 and reimbursement of expenses amounting £672 from the charity.
“During the year Rhena Branch, mother of Felix Branch (Trustee), received remuneration of £163,181 (2024: £150,000) and reimbursement of expenses amounting £672 (2024: £1,911) from the charity.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Gordon and Jennifer Singer are trustees of the charity and paid grants during the year from the Gordon and Jenny Singer Foundation (US foundation), amounting to £930,000 (2024: £Nil).
“Gordon and Jennifer Singer are trustees of the charity and paid grants during the year from the Gordon and Jenny Singer Foundation (US foundation), amounting to £930,000 (2024: £Nil). During the year Rhena Branch, mother of Felix Branch (Trustee), received remuneration of £163,181 (2024: £150,000) and reimbursement of expenses amounting £672 (2024: £1,911) from the charity.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£468k£445k
30/06/2024£490k£428k
30/06/2023£435k£411k
30/06/2022£434k£383k
30/06/2021£421k£393k

Common questions

Is FIG BRANCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £23,591 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with unrestricted funds held at year-end totalling £554,408. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources and no material uncertainties identified. The charity relies on charitable grants, with a further grant for 2025-26 already approved to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)6£12.2m
OXFORD ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST1—
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION1£707k
THE PRUDENCE TRUST1£70k
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£50k
BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£30k
THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£20k
CRH CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OXFORDSHIRE MIND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FIG BRANCH£468k——below—no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE MIND FY2025£7.0m——above—no doubt
Tameside, Oldham, Glossop and Stockport Mind Ltd FY2025£4.3m——unclear—no doubt
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS FY2025£28.2m£110,001 - £120,000—above—no doubt
Coventry, Warwickshire & Worcestershire Mind FY2025£11.6m——unclear—no doubt
LANCASHIRE MIND LIMITED FY2025£2.5m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt

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