Brecon and District Mind
What it does
To meet the needs and ambitions of people who live in Brecon and district and who experience mental distress by providing a wide range of services and activities, empowering choices that will improve mental health and emotional well-being,supporting personal journeys of recovery, increasing understanding and challenging stigma and discrimination
Its charitable purposes
Objects2.1 The Objects of the Association are, for the public benefit:2.1.1 to promote the preservation of good mental health in particular by enabling and empowering everyone experiencing mental health problems to live with, manage and recover from their condition. 2.1.2 to relieve the needs of people with mental health problems by working to increase the understanding of mental health and mental health problems by gathering and disseminating information and working to raise awareness, promote understanding and challenge stigma and discrimination.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Who it helps
- Older people
- Disabled people
- Other defined groups
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- In Wales
- Powys
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £424,393 and spent £424,919.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £424,393 | £424,919 | Not reported | 36 |
| 31 March 2024 | £456,612 | £516,569 | Not reported | 15 |
| 31 March 2023 | £477,906 | £641,290 | Not reported | 15 |
| 31 March 2022 | £580,719 | £529,733 | 27 | 13 |
| 31 March 2021 | £539,540 | £399,193 | 24 | 2 |
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
- Down 21%, from £539,540 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £424,393 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 100% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
- Money from government
- 43% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025 came from government grants and contracts (£180,487).
- Largest funder
- Powys Local Health Board gave £134,302 in the year to 31 March 2024, 29% of that year's income.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £8,981 from 1 grant. Government contracts: £171,506 from 2 contracts.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £8,981 from 1 grant | £171,506 from 2 contracts |
| 31 March 2024 | £62,981 from 2 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £18,062 from 2 grants | £214,191 from 3 contracts |
| 31 March 2022 | £8,981 from 1 grant | £63,826 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2021 | £8,981 from 1 grant | £65,841 from 1 contract |
Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2022
- Donations and legacies£57,574
- Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£523,108
- Investments£37
Who funds it, according to its accounts
In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024, the charity named 17 funders who gave £398,056 between them. £261,206 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 2024 | Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powys Local Health Board | NHS | £134,302 | £164,191 |
| Powys County Council | Council | £62,981 | £68,062 |
| Mind Cymru | Trust, company or other | £48,978 | £82,100 |
| National Lottery | National Lottery | £48,673 | |
| Mid Powys Mind | Trust, company or other | £26,146 | £11,809 |
| Di Walker Foundation | Trust, company or other | £21,000 | |
| Redkite Health Solutions | Trust, company or other | £20,131 | £60,392 |
| Wales Council for Voluntary Action | Other public body | £11,250 | |
| Ponthafren | Trust, company or other | £5,617 | |
| National Grid | Trust, company or other | £5,155 | |
| Brecon Town Council | Council | £4,000 | |
| CLA Charitable Trust | Trust, company or other | £3,500 | |
| Rank Foundation | Trust, company or other | £2,500 | |
| BBNP | Trust, company or other | £1,323 | |
| Morel Trust | Trust, company or other | £1,000 | |
| Oakdale Trust | Trust, company or other | £1,000 | |
| Magic Little Grant | Trust, company or other | £500 | |
| Lloyds Foundation | Trust, company or other | £35,584 | |
| PAVO | Trust, company or other | £19,987 | |
| Garfield Weston | Trust, company or other | £15,000 | |
| Brecknock Art Trust | Trust, company or other | £2,500 | |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | National Lottery | £1,891 |
Charities whose accounts say they funded it
| Funder | Year ending | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations Cymdeithas Mudiadau Gwirfoddol Powys | 31 March 2023 | £19,987 |
| Green Man Trust Ltd | 31 December 2025 | £1,000 |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 22 grants to this charity since 2012, worth at least £678,834.
By funder
- The National Lottery Community Fund£394,832, 10 grants
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales£123,351, 4 grants
- Garfield Weston Foundation£62,500, 4 grants
- People's Health Trust£48,151, 1 grant
- The Tudor Trust£30,000, 1 grant
- Postcode Community Trust£15,000, 1 grant
- Community Foundation in Wales£5,000, 1 grant
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2026 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £98,853 |
| 8 Jan 2025 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £20,000 |
| 31 Jul 2024 | Community Foundation in Wales | £5,000 |
| 13 Nov 2023 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £10,000 |
| 29 Sept 2023 | Postcode Community Trust | £15,000 |
| 9 Aug 2023 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £98,927 |
| 21 Jun 2023 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £9,930 |
| 14 Dec 2022 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £2,250 |
| 16 Sept 2022 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £15,000 |
| 19 Feb 2021 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £7,500 |
All 22 grants
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Dec 2020 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £10,000 |
| 28 Jul 2020 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £6,101 |
| 4 Jun 2020 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £48,503 |
| 18 Dec 2019 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £99,998 |
| 26 Mar 2019 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £100,000 |
| 11 Oct 2018 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £20,000 |
| 12 Jul 2018 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £9,475 |
| 7 Oct 2016 | The Tudor Trust | £30,000 |
| 7 Oct 2015 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £15,000 |
| 28 Sept 2015 | People's Health Trust | £48,151 |
| 25 Jan 2015 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £4,196 |
| 20 Sept 2012 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £4,950 |
Trustees
7 trustees run the charity.
- Amie Louise Evans
- Caradoc Fitzgerald Lowe
- Claire Moore
- David Canning
- Eva Melissa Roshan
- Stephanie Davies
- Willow Amanda Hearne
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 20 January 2026, 11 days early | Received 20 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 9 January 2025, 22 days early | Received 9 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 1 November 2023, 91 days early | Received 1 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 18 November 2022, 74 days early | Received 18 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 30 November 2021, 62 days early | Received 30 November 2021 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1145211
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 22 December 2011
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/10/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 28/01/2014 as amended on 14 Jan 2022 as amended on 10 Oct 2024 as amended on 10 Oct 2024 as amended on 10 Oct 2024
- Company number
- 07814000This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.breconmind.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Powys
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 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.