WE ARE FARMING MINDS

Registered charity 1191461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To preserve & protect good mental health for the public benefit within the farming community in Herefordshire by providing events, information, advice & support designed to raise awareness of mental health issues, remove the stigma of mental health & encourage those suffering with poor mental health to seek appropriate help and treatment.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN THE FARMING COMMUNITY IN HEREFORDSHIRE BY: A) PROVIDING EVENTS, INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT DESIGNED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND REMOVE THE STIGMA OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ENCOURAGE THOSE SUFFERING WITH POOR MENTAL HEALTH TO SEEK APPROPRIATE HELP AND TREATMENT.B) PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING TO VETS AND ANIMAL FEED AND HEALTH REPS IN HEREFORDSHIRE TO EQUIP THEM WITH THE SKILLS REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND OFFER INITIAL SUPPORT; C) SIGNPOSTING TO LOCAL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING SERVICES WHERE NECESSARY AND ASSISTING WITH THE COSTS OF TREATMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE; D) PROVIDING A CARERS’ SUPPORT GROUP FOR THOSE CARING FOR PARTNERS/RELATIVES WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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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Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net incoming resource of £260,148 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £547,578. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting a minimum of three months' operating costs, with current unrestricted reserves significantly exceeding the stated target of £77,000. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with trustees confirming adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 — We Are Farming Minds (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~21.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Suzanne Joneschair
• Caroline Louise Brewer
• David Harding
• Martha Rudge
• Samuel Stables

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• HEREFORDSHIRE MIND income £945k
• HAVERING MIND income £1.9m
• HILLINGDON MIND income £786k
• THE FARMING COMMUNITY NETWORK income £1.8m
• THE HEREFORDSHIRE BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND income £100k
• FEEDING FAMILIES income £913k

Side by side with its peers

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