BLACK MINDS MATTER UK

Registered charity 1193036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLACK MINDS MATTER

We have put together Black Minds Matter U.K, to enable as many Black people to get specialised mental health support. Our mission is to support in making mental health topics relevant and accessible for all Black people in the U.K. BMMUK is a charity that mainly connects Black individuals with certified therapists for fully funded 12 week sessions of therapy.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING AMONGST, IN PARTICULAR, PERSONS OF MIXED-HERITAGE AND THOSE OF THE BLACK CARIBBEAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORA IN THE U.K. BY OFFERING ACCESS TO FULLY FUNDED THERAPY SESSIONS, SUPPORT SERVICES AND INFORMATION SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH IN WHATEVER FORM IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE AT THE TIME TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY THROUGH BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS.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.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £196,880 for the period, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £598,641 to £402,037. The trustees maintain that the charity has sufficient resources to continue in operation for at least twelve months, with free reserves of £332,210 exceeding the stated policy target of £300,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity is actively diversifying income streams to address financial sustainability risks in a challenging economic environment.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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

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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Little Mix announce Confetti Tour team up with Black Minds Matter UK metro.co.uk · 17/09/2020

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Black Minds Matter UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~13.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Feyishola Apena Rogerschair
• Alethea Balbuena Pitt
• Camille St-Omer
• Gemma Evadne Senior
• Johnice Moore

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLACK COUNTRY MENTAL HEALTH.

• BLACK COUNTRY MENTAL HEALTH income £106k
• MIND BLMK income £2.3m
• MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH UK income £280k
• BIRMINGHAM ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH income £10.2m
• MENTAL HEALTH UK income £3.0m
• WYCOMBE MIND LIMITED income £124k

Side by side with its peers

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