West Wales Action for Mental Health
What it does
Working together with service users, carers, voluntary organisations, statutory providers and commissioners to improve the standards of mental health throughout West Wales. Has helped to develop projects for self help groups, drop in services, befriending schemes, housing, employment, carer and user groups, advocacy and patient's councils
Its charitable purposes
TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT MENTAL HEALTH AND ASSIST THOSE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS OR OTHERWISE REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT IN DYFED BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO)PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, TREATMENT, ADVICE, TRAINING AND SUCH OTHER SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Amateur sport
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it works
- In Wales
- Ceredigion
- Carmarthenshire
- Pembrokeshire
Area of benefit in its governing document: County of Dyfed
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £238,699 and spent £217,004.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £238,699 | £217,004 | Not reported | 25 |
| 31 March 2025 | £233,682 | £214,077 | Not reported | 20 |
| 31 March 2024 | £221,319 | £206,486 | Not reported | 25 |
| 31 March 2023 | £240,768 | £230,881 | Not reported | 25 |
| 31 March 2022 | £242,246 | £231,530 | Not reported | 10 |
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
- About the same: £238,699 in the year to 31 March 2026, against £242,246 in the year to 31 March 2022.
- Spending against income
- It spent 91% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.
- Money from government
- 93% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026 came from government grants and contracts (£221,162).
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2026: £14,310 from 1 grant. Government contracts: £206,852 from 2 contracts.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £14,310 from 1 grant | £206,852 from 2 contracts |
| 31 March 2025 | £14,310 from 1 grant | £202,795 from 2 contracts |
| 31 March 2024 | £217,519 from 5 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £238,042 from 4 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £237,196 from 4 grants | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 10 grants to this charity since 2011, worth at least £125,105.
By funder
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund£55,500, 1 grant
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales£36,800, 2 grants
- The National Lottery Community Fund£21,455, 4 grants
- Community Foundation in Wales£5,750, 1 grant
- SHAREGIFT£5,000, 1 grant
- Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation£600, 1 grant
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept 2024 | SHAREGIFT | £5,000 |
| 2 May 2023 | Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation | £600 |
| 15 Mar 2023 | Community Foundation in Wales | £5,750 |
| 6 Mar 2018 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £9,995 |
| 22 Oct 2016 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £1,670 |
| 25 Feb 2016 | The National Lottery Heritage Fund | £55,500 |
| 4 Dec 2015 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £5,000 |
| 11 Nov 2015 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £15,000 |
| 13 Jul 2014 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £4,790 |
| 19 Sept 2011 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £21,800 |
In council meetings
Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.
24 April 2023, Pembrokeshire
Named in a decision of Cabinet
Financial Assistance to Voluntary/ Community Sector Organisations
Trustees
8 trustees run the charity.
- Robert Brian BamforthChair
- Cara Jane Young
- Elizabeth Wilkinson
- Eric Michael Daymond
- Karen Alison Cuin
- Katie Bowen
- Margaret Ann Robinson
- Michael Andrew Howard
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | 31 January 2027 | Received 30 September 2026, 123 days early | Received 30 September 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 22 October 2025, 101 days early | Received 22 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 17 October 2024, 106 days early | Received 17 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 28 February 2024, 28 days late | Received 28 February 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 23 November 2022, 69 days early | Received 23 November 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1045123
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 21 March 1995
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 MARCH 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/08/2015
- Company number
- 03030938This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.wwamh.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Carmarthenshire
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.
- 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.