NORTH STAFFS MIND

Registered charity 700788 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

North Staffs Mind works to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress, primarily in North Staffordshire. The organisation has three main service areas providing support to individuals in various ways: counselling for adults, children and young people, and parents; supported housing; and training and development activity to raise awareness of mental health issues.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £49,291 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £1,433,871 to £1,384,580. The trustees confirm that funds held were adequate to fulfill existing obligations and that the majority of services remained within budget. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Deans. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £60,000 - £69,999 (FY2024) to £70,000 - £79,999 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — North Staffs and Cheshire Mind (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £98k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Mark Poulson
• James ABERLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jolene Weaver
• Kate Hogg
• Kishore Chandiramani
• Mark Roe
• NEIL JAMES DINGLEY
• Neil Rosiak
• Penny Johnson
• Supritha Rao
• Susan Moffat

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MIND income £2.2m
• Staffordshire Network for Mental Health income £172k
• BURTON & DISTRICT MIND income £1.4m
• BIRMINGHAM ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH income £10.2m
• HEADWAY NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE (HEAD INJURIES ASSOCIATION) LTD income £748k
• HEADWAY SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE income £165k

Side by side with its peers

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