MID AND NORTH ESSEX MIND

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Colchester Mind provides support, advocacy, advice and information to children and young people with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties, and adults with with mental health issues, across Essex although predominantly in Colchester and Tendring.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£2,749,677
Donations and legacies | £129.19k | |
Charitable activities | £2.48m | |
Other trading activities | £22.25k | |
Investments | £114.41k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£2,714,010
Raising funds | £16.76k | |
Charitable activities | £2.70m | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £2,282,181 from 5 government contract(s) and £11,990 from 3 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £16.76k | |
Charitable expenditure | £2.70m | |
Retained for future use | £35.67k |
People

90 Employee(s)
8 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Disability
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Other Defined Groups
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Essex
Governance
- 10 September 1997: Standard registration
- 09 May 2016: Funds received from 1047965 MID ESSEX MIND
- COLCHESTER MIND (Previous name)
- 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
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- 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
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
8 Trustee(s)
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Dr Ian Raymond La Touche Beaumont | Chair | 23 September 2020 |
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Jill Purcell | Trustee | 28 May 2025 |
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Heather Connery | Trustee | 28 May 2025 |
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Tristan Easey | Trustee | 04 September 2024 |
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Jamie Hopkins | Trustee | 19 October 2022 |
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Peter Pushman | Trustee | 07 May 2018 |
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Louisa Brewster | Trustee | 12 August 2017 |
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Peter Cheng | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £1.73m | £2.01m | £2.90m | £2.76m | £2.75m | |
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Total expenditure | £1.27m | £1.68m | £1.61m | £2.66m | £2.71m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | £1.81m | £2.70m | £2.58m | £2.28m | |
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Income from government grants | £558.91k | £63.02k | £780 | N/A | £11.99k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £685.47k | £187.80k | £198.50k | £169.57k | £129.19k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £22.25k | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £1.04m | £1.82m | £2.70m | £2.58m | £2.48m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £3.34k | £1.59k | £3.00k | £8.51k | £114.41k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £797.74k | £1.68m | £1.61m | £2.49m | £2.70m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £0 | £0 | £0 | £172.00k | £16.76k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £7.14k | £17.94k | £0 | £33.93k | £23.79k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £476.91k | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £661.13k | £685.30k | £645.61k | £665.37k | £646.32k | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | £1.57m | £2.01m | £2.45m | £2.86m | £2.56m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | -£50.14k | £0 | -£44.40k | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £253.15k | £438.96k | £155.67k | £528.93k | £168.69k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 19 September 2024 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 19 September 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 03 November 2023 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 03 November 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 11 January 2023 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 11 January 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 04 October 2021 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 04 October 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 12 November 2020 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 12 November 2020 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 MAY 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 SEP 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 APR 2013 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 04 MAR 2017 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12 MAY 2017
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT BOTH WITHIN AND ACROSS MID AND NORTH ESSEX, AS WELL AS ESSEX ITSELF AND SOUTH SUFFOLK, AND PRIMARILY IN COLCHESTER, IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) (HEREINAFTER CALLED “MIND”) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF MIND.
Area of benefit
COLCHESTER
Contact information
- Address:
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Mid & North East Essex Mind
The Constantine Centre
272a Mersea Road
COLCHESTER
CO2 8QZ
- Phone:
- 07854901369
- Email:
- enquiries@mnessexmind.org
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