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.

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Latest income
£67k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
Income this year was £67,249 (2024: £40,073) with an expenditure of £50,891 (2024: £45,583) giving a surplus of £16,358 (2024: £5,510 deficit). — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £2k; policy: 3- 6 months of our expenditure)
The target range is set at 3- 6 months of our expenditure. — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£67k£51k
31/03/2024£40k£45k
31/03/2023£25k£15k
31/03/2022£14k£11k

Common questions

Is THELMA MATILDA ALVES FOUNDATION financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/01/2024£191kBlack Women Counselling Sponsorship Scheme
The National Lottery Community Fund06/04/2023£7kBlack Women well-being activities
Postcode Lottery27/05/2022£24kCore funding – overheads, salaries, projects and programmes