THELMA MATILDA ALVES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1192780 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide training, workshops, events and resources designed to aid understanding of how mental health manifests in women of African/Caribbean descent and their experience of accessing mental healthcare services and to support the delivery of appropriate mental healthcare services for them. Also, we help women of African/Caribbean descent access mental health and wellbeing treatment.

Objects

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CIO ARE AS FOLLOWS:1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS AND WOMENOF AFRICAN/CARIBBEAN DESCENT WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN MENTAL HEALTH, BY:A) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, WORKSHOPS, EVENTS AND RESOURCES DESIGNED TO AID UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MENTAL HEALTH MANIFESTS IN WOMEN OF AFRICAN/CARIBBEAN DESCENT AND THEIR EXPERIENCE OF ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES, AND TO SUPPORT THE DELIVERY OF APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR THEM;B) THE PROVISION OF BURSARIES AND AWARDS TO SUPPORT WOMEN OF AFRICAN/CARIBBEAN DESCENT WHO ARE STUDYING FOR PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS.2) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF WOMEN OF AFRICAN/CARIBBEAN DESCENT BY PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, INCLUDING WHERE APPROPRIATE, ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING.

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: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £16,358 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward amounting to £23,431. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy targeting 3-6 months of expenditure, and the current unrestricted fund balance of £1,697 is below this stated target range. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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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Trustees · trustee networks

• Jennifer Brownchair
• Alanna Okunneye
• Donna Henry
• Dr Eno Ekaete Usoroh
• Ifeoma Orhiunu
• Vijaya Govindan

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ARTHUR ELLIS MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION.

• THE ARTHUR ELLIS MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION income £326k
• TENDRING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT income £1.0m
• MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS income £28.2m
• SANDWELL AFRICAN CARIBBEAN MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION income £623k
• TYNESIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH income £297k
• THE MAYA CENTRE income £708k

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