Mind in Gwent
What it does
Provide a range of services to people experiencing, or recovering from, mental health issues in Wales.
Its charitable purposes
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED ARE, WITHIN THE AREA OF WALES:(A) 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; AND(B) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER AND EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS AND TO OBTAIN AND MAKE RECORDS OF AND DISSEMINATE TO THE PUBLIC THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Accommodation and housing
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Sponsors or carries out research
Where it works
- In Wales
- Newport City
Area of benefit in its governing document: Wales
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £3,729,357 and spent £3,815,591.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £3,729,357 | £3,815,591 | 98 | 82 |
| 31 March 2024 | £3,405,882 | £3,559,670 | 110 | 25 |
| 31 March 2023 | £2,083,245 | £1,912,401 | 49 | 26 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,279,127 | £1,821,504 | 61 | 61 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,677,208 | £1,622,675 | 42 | 46 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 122%, from £1,677,208 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £3,729,357 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 102% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.
- Largest funder
- Wales Council for Voluntary Action gave £54,952 in the year to 31 March 2025, 1% of that year's income.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £1,556,683 from 12 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,556,683 from 12 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,209,647 from 10 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £993,973 from 7 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,154,609 from 8 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £717,556 from 4 grants | Not reported |
Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2025
- Donations and legacies£188,464
- Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£2,821,979
- Trading and fundraising£710,227
- Investments£8,687
Who funds it, according to its accounts
In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025, the charity named 8 funders who gave £178,114 between them. £112,700 of that came from public bodies.
These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.
| Funder | Type | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wales Council for Voluntary Action | Other public body | £54,952 | £118,793 | |
| Welsh Government | Welsh Government | £40,748 | £39,931 | £50,000 |
| BGCBC Day Services | Trust, company or other | £37,140 | ||
| Ted Senior Foundation | Trust, company or other | £16,316 | £5,439 | |
| Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Active Monitoring Torfaen | NHS | £16,000 | ||
| TCBC Communities for work | Trust, company or other | £11,958 | ||
| Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | Council | £1,000 | £22,556 | |
| Newport City Council | Council | £844,445 | £839,895 | |
| Comic Relief | Trust, company or other | £76,980 | £152,392 | |
| Monmouthshire County Council | Council | £228,417 | ||
| Whole School Approach | Trust, company or other | £143,668 | ||
| Home Office EU Settlement Scheme Grant | UK Government | £103,981 | ||
| Mind Wellbeing Advisors | Trust, company or other | £85,246 | ||
| Mind Active Monitoring | Trust, company or other | £70,737 | ||
| Promo- Cymru /National Lottery | National Lottery | £59,599 | ||
| Children in Need | Trust, company or other | £21,801 | £26,646 | |
| Monmouth City Council Rural Project Funding | Council | £46,036 | ||
| Mind Co-op Resilience Fund 'Systems Change' | Trust, company or other | £35,750 | ||
| Promo-Cymru /National Lottery | National Lottery | £30,402 | ||
| CYP Wellbeing Ambassadors Project | Trust, company or other | £30,159 | ||
| Mind supported self help Wales consortium | Trust, company or other | £23,579 | ||
| GAVO | Trust, company or other | £17,463 | £4,200 | |
| Mind Money and Me | Trust, company or other | £20,500 | ||
| BGCBC Communities for Work | Trust, company or other | £18,172 | ||
| Moondance | Trust, company or other | £17,953 | ||
| DWP Kickstart | Trust, company or other | £11,972 | ||
| Abergavenny Town Council | Council | £10,000 | ||
| Natural resource Wales | Trust, company or other | £8,875 | ||
| National Grid Warm Community Matters | Trust, company or other | £7,500 | ||
| Mind | Trust, company or other | £7,109 | ||
| Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | Council | £4,342 | ||
| Garfield Western | Trust, company or other | £4,167 | ||
| Mind Expert Advisory panel | Trust, company or other | £2,400 | ||
| Mind small grants | Trust, company or other | £1,000 | ||
| Minds in Gwent Connector grant | Trust, company or other | £1,000 | ||
| Co | Trust, company or other | £882 | ||
| Gwent Dementia Grant | Trust, company or other | £788 | ||
| Torfaen Voluntary Alliance | Trust, company or other | £750 |
Charities whose accounts say they funded it
| Funder | Year ending | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wales Council for Voluntary Action | 31 March 2024 | £118,793 |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 11 grants to this charity since 2004, worth at least £1,765,483.
By funder
- The National Lottery Community Fund£1,111,941, 5 grants
- Comic Relief£501,095, 1 grant
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation£102,500, 3 grants
- BBC Children in Need£48,447, 1 grant
- Community Foundation in Wales£1,500, 1 grant
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Jun 2023 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £6,500 |
| 3 May 2023 | Community Foundation in Wales | £1,500 |
| 2 Sept 2022 | BBC Children in Need | £48,447 |
| 24 Jan 2022 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £2,900 |
| 18 Jan 2021 | Paul Hamlyn Foundation | £19,500 |
| 16 Mar 2020 | Paul Hamlyn Foundation | £5,000 |
| 21 Jan 2020 | Comic Relief | £501,095 |
| 3 Sept 2019 | Paul Hamlyn Foundation | £78,000 |
| 16 Apr 2013 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £990,814 |
| 1 May 2009 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £4,935 |
All 11 grants
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2004 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £106,792 |
In council meetings
Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.
7 July 2025, Monmouthshire
Named in an agenda item or minute of Public Services Scrutiny Committee
Adult Mental Health Services with a specific focus on adult suicide - To scrutinise mental health services for adults, particularly for those at risk of suicide
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Neil Anthony ThorneycroftChair
- Andrew Sutton
- Lee Parfitt
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 7 January 2026, 24 days early | Received 7 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 20 January 2025, 11 days early | Received 20 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 15 January 2024, 16 days early | Received 15 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 24 January 2023, 7 days early | Received 24 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 2 February 2022, 2 days late | Received 2 February 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1036964
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 27 April 1994
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/04/1994AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 26/11/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/06/2013 as amended on 01 Jul 2013 as amended on 28 Jan 2019 as amended on 01 Oct 2023
- Company number
- 02916027This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.mindingwent.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Newport
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.