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YORK MIND (INCORPORATING OUR CELEBRATION) LTD

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2025

Company Registration Number 02659442 Charity Number 1006759

Thomas Coombs Limited Statutory Auditor Chartered Accountants 3365 The Pentagon Century Way Thorpe Park Leeds West Yorkshire LS15 8ZB

YORK MIND (INCORPORATING OUR CELEBRATION) LTD 31[ST] MARCH 2025 CONTENTS

Reference and Administrative 1
Details
Report of the trustees 2 to 12
Report of the independent 13 to 15
auditors
Statement of financial activities 16
Balance sheet 17
Cash flow statement 18
Notes to the financial 19 to 27
statements

YORK MIND (INCORPORATING OUR CELEBRATION) LTD 31[ST] MARCH 2025

Reference and administration details

TRUSTEES D Ellis -Chair P Yeomans -Vice chair (resigned November 24) Jennifer Potter Jacey Lamerton (resigned October 24) Joy Wong (appointed April 24) Collette Horn (appointed May 24) Andrew Salkeld David Geddes (appointed June 24) Ameer Asghar (appointed June 24) Beverley Peace (appointed July 24 – resigned) George Lee (appointed May 25) Natalia Belesova (appointed May 25) Helen Holdsworth (appointed July 25) Alex Cowman (appointed July 25) Vanessa Warn (appointed May 25)

CHIEF EXECUTIVE A Scott
REGISTERED OFFICE Highcliffe House
Highcliffe Court
York
YO30 6PB
REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER 02659442
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1006759
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS Thomas Coombs Limited
Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
3365 The Pentagon
Century Way
Thorpe Park
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS15 8ZB
BANKERS CAF Bank Limited
PO Box 289
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4TA
HSBC UK
13 Parliament Street
York
YO1 8XS

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OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Main activities

The purpose of the charity is 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. It is also 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.

York Mind deliver a range of community mental health services for children, young people and adults. In this financial year this has included Advocacy, Mentoring, Counselling, Training, Coaching, Peer Support, Social Prescribing, specific support for LGBTQIA young people and a range of activities for young people from aged eleven.

Public benefit statement

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit, ‘Charities and Public Benefit’. York Mind’s charitable purpose is enshrined in its objects ‘the relief of people who are suffering or who have suffered from mental illness and in particular but not so as to limit the generality of the foregoing, the provision of education, training and rehabilitation facilities to enable them to earn their living and develop their full potential as members of society’. The trustees ensure that this purpose is carried out for the public benefit by delivering services that are valued by our members at zero or low cost for clients living within York and the surrounding areas.

Contribution made by volunteers

We are very proud of the volunteering opportunities at York Mind. This might be volunteering at one of our events such as marshalling at the York 1ok or bucket collecting at the York Comedy festival or it might be a longer-term commitment such as providing regular counselling sessions.

We aim to provide effective support for our volunteers and have seen volunteers progress from volunteering with us to joining our staff team as paid employees.

Last year our regular volunteers contributed 1400 hours

Additionally, our Trustees attended monthly meetings each lasting two hours. This includes subgroups with a focus on People and Quality and Finance and Risk. They also give considerable time over and above meetings supporting the CEO and the wider organisation. We are grateful for the time they commit to York Mind.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

This year York was proud to be one of six areas in the country chosen to deliver the NHS 24/7 Mental Health pilots. We were chosen because of the work we had already undertaken to develop a partnership of statutory and voluntary sector organisations committed to transforming community mental health services. Our 24/7 Hub in the Acomb district of York sits alongside an already established hub in York City centre.

York Mind are central to the development of this transformed model, delivering Peer Support, Social Prescribing and running the night-time provision. However, it is a true partnership with huge amounts of resource and commitment given by our statutory partners, York City Council and Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) and by other voluntary sector partners including York Carers Centre and York CVS.

OUR SERVICES

121 Services

Young people’s counselling

We provide free at the point of access counselling to young people living within the city of York. Each young person is offered an initial assessment session followed by 6 counselling sessions with one of 3 fully qualified employed counsellors, including one who can also offer art therapy. The service is split into two separately funded streams, one for 12 – 15 year olds funded by a grant from CYC, another for 16 – 25 year olds funded by a contract with CYC. Feedback has been consistently positive across both streams with 100% young people who filled out an experience of service questionnaire stating that they rated the quality of service and the people who delivered it as either excellent or good and 99.25% of young people saying they would recommend the service to a friend. We delivered a total of 1,020 sessions of counselling to young people in York over the year.

Adult counselling

Our adult counselling service provides up to 16 sessions of subsidised counselling (£20 per session until Dec 2024, £25 per session from Jan 2025) to adults who self refer to the service. It is delivered by 20 – 30 volunteer counsellors, a combination of trainee and fully qualified, who are supported by an employed Practice Lead, Assessor and Service Manager. We delivered 1,120 sessions over the year and feedback from the sessions has included:

"The ability to talk to someone who could listen in a productive way. I never understood the power of talking until I worked with [counsellor]. I honestly cant say how much your service has made a difference. The past few months have shifted my view of myself in the most positive way possible. Thank you."

"Very happy with the service, especially considering NHS waiting times!"

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"I’ve used the sessions to talk about my thoughts and feelings in a safe space which has helped me focus on what I need to keep myself well and developing coping strategies when I’m finding things difficult."

Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners

Our children’s wellbeing practitioners (CWPs) offer evidence based, low intensity interventions based on CBT and guided self-help to support young people aged 12-18. Specifically they target young people experiencing mild to moderate anxiety, low mood and behavioural problems and work towards individualised goals focused on developing strategies to manage symptoms. Our two CWPs are trainees who have delivered 231 sessions over the year. Aggregated data from all young people who accessed the service showed an overall decrease in occurrence of all symptoms measured on RCADS (Revised Children’s Anxiety and Depression Scale) questionnaires. The tangible impact of this included returning to school after long periods of mental health related absence, increased confidence to pursue hobbies and meet new people, and finding and maintaining employment.

Coaching

Our coaching service is delivered by volunteer coaches supported by our employed Practice Lead. They provide adults (18+) with subsidised coaching sessions (minimum £30 per session), offering a series of up to 6 sessions over 6 months. Sessions are delivered remotely and 41 sessions were delivered over the year. The service can be used as a move on option for adults ending their counselling journey or as an entirely separate intervention. The service focuses on setting and working towards individual goals and the development of strategies and tools to improve overall mental health.

Corporate Wellbeing Services

Fundraising Summary 2024–2025

Despite ending the year with a modest fundraising deficit, the Fundraising Department remains a strategically vital part of York Mind, responsible for generating unrestricted income and raising the charity’s profile. The team continued to deliver key activities during a year marked by staff turnover and changes within the team, alongside wider economic challenges.

Headline Figures

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Key Activities and Highlights

Challenges

Fundraising income declined significantly this year due to:

These factors contributed to an overall deficit in fundraising, reinforcing the need for a refreshed and more targeted approach.

Looking Ahead: 2025–2026

In the year ahead, we will undertake a strategic review of our fundraising model with a focus on diversifying and stabilising income streams. Key plans include:

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We have also begun embedding more client stories, quotes, and service feedback across our social media and newsletters, to provide a richer and more engaging picture of York Mind’s work and impact. These additions aim to improve supporter connection and demonstrate the real-life outcomes of our services.

York Advocacy Hub

York Mind successfully retained the York Advocacy Hub contract for a further three years, with the potential for a two-year extension. Through this contract, we will continue to support individuals to have their voices heard and to exercise their rights.

In the 2024–25 financial year, York Advocacy Hub supported 810 people. The impact of this support ranged from assisting individuals with care plan changes, to guiding them through NHS complaints processes — including seeking explanations, service improvements, or formal apologies — to supporting people in exercising their Article 5(4) rights through tribunal appeals and DoLS challenges

We often work with clients who are non-instructed or acutely unwell, which presents challenges in collecting formal feedback. However, we continue to gather qualitative feedback throughout the advocacy relationship, which is overwhelmingly positive.

Key Outcomes in 2024–25:

A snapshot of feedback from our stakeholders:

A snapshot of feedback from our clients:

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Young Peoples Services

The Yorchoice project commenced 1[st] March 2024. This is a three-year project with the overarching aim of ensuring that young people (14-21yrs or 25 SEND) will have access to the appropriate support at the appropriate time and are not reliant on statutory mental health services. It will provide them with the awareness of who can support them and the autonomy to help themselves. Young People will have an increased understanding of the support that is available to them at a time that they need it. This will be achieved by a twice weekly drop-in service, the Yormind website and ChatChit podcasts. The drop-in provision has been held for 50 weeks of each calendar year, and we have had a total of 263 visits from young people at the drop-in since the start of the project. The number of organisations featured on the Yormind website has stayed constant at between 50-75 with 6 weekly updates and there has been an average of 603 users of the website per month. 11 podcasts have been produced to date, all involving co-production with young people, with over 2048 watches since the beginning of the project.

The Surviving in the Wild project for the ICB has now concluded and 5 videos exploring mental health themes and positive ways of coping have been created involving young people which will now be independently approved by an NHS practitioner before being uploaded to social media platforms including TikTok.

The Expressive Minds project began in September 2024 and is at the end of its first year. This is an early intervention project providing mental health support to 11-18yrs who are experiencing mental health challenges and who are at risk of, or who are engaging in harmful behaviour. Using mixed art media, we support them to engage in conversations around mental health and help them discover positive coping strategies. Each group consists of 6 weekly sessions, delivered in groups outside of school hours and involve components of peer support, psychoeducation, and creativity. We have now delivered 5 groups providing support for 23 young people.

The Pride in Mind project began in November 2024 and this is a 2-year project providing mental health support for York residents aged between 12-18 years who identify as having a sexuality which is not heterosexual, who are experiencing gender dysphoria/distress, or identify as transgender. The overall aim of the project is to prevent poor mental health and support the wellbeing of young people, reducing health inequalities of young people in this population group. The project involves 121 support, group support, outreach sessions and school awareness sessions. To date we have held two groups, each group ran over 6 weeks, with 4 young people at each and we have delivered 39 one-to-one sessions and 9 school awareness sessions.

Future Plan

We are hoping to be successful in an application for funding to further develop the Expressive Minds project to tailor support in alignment with the Serious Violence Duty priorities of prevention and early intervention focused on Children and Young People (11-16yrs) The project will aim to address the rise in misogynistic views and related crimes and will provide young people with a space to creatively and safely explore themes relating to mental health, self-esteem and healthy relationships. The format will replicate the initial project but will also offer 121 sessions and outreach work.

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Mental Health Hub

Peer Support and Social Prescribing Projects

This year, we continued to deliver peer support and social prescribing through the Pathway to Recovery (P2R) project at Foss Park Hospital and the Community Mental Health (MH) Hub at 30 Clarence Street. The team currently includes a service manager, senior peer support worker (PSW), three part-time PSWs, a group facilitator, and three new volunteers.

Pathway to Recovery (P2R)

The project experienced notable staffing changes among partner organisations, particularly Adult Social Care. In response, our team has taken the lead on managing referrals and building relationships at Foss Park. While this falls outside the original project model, it has been effective, and we now have strong connections with key partners. A review and relaunch of the partnership project is underway, drawing on insights from four years of delivery.

Community MH Hub

The Hub at 30 Clarence Street has undergone significant transformation. Initially, the building hosted multiple services, creating a 'day service' environment for people with longterm MH needs. Between April and September 2024, we transitioned the space into a dedicated MH Hub, formally launching the new service model in September.

Although not yet widely promoted, the Hub is seeing a steady increase in service users. We have built partnerships with specialist providers offering support in areas such as housing, benefits, bereavement, and employment, with regular drop-in sessions now taking place. Referral pathways with TEWV’s Access Team were established in June 2024, with further links to social care and external providers developing well. A key challenge remains the absence of a central recording system, which we aim to resolve shortly.

Annual Statistics

ACHIEVEMENTS AGAINST OBJECTIVES

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This has been a major achievement for York Mind. The strength of our partnership led to a successful bid to NHS England to be one of only six national pilots for the 24/7 Mental Health hub. This is the beginning of the transformation of community mental health services to make them more responsive to the needs of people using the services. The increase in our finances has meant we can increase our infrastructure to support the new staff who will be delivering this work.

We have established a memorandum of understanding for the six local Minds in our Integrated Board area (ICB). This has been signed off by all sets of Trustees. We have formally agreed trading names with national Mind including Mind in York and North Yorkshire. We have launched the partnership at a successful initial meeting with over 40 stakeholders from across the region and are currently working on a brochure detailing our range of services as requested by commissioners

Our plans for building redesign remain on hold

PLANS FOR 24-25

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The financial results of the Charity are shown in the annexed financial statements. The total deficit for the financial year ending 31[st] March 2025 was £155,532. With this deficit subtracted from our opening balance of £531,438, the total funds held are £375,906.

Overall income in the year was £1,011,813 (2024: £1,195,819).

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Overall expenditure for the year was £1,167,345 (2024: £1,308,459). £102,275 of this was spent on raising funds and £1,065,070 on providing charitable activities.

RESERVES POLICY

We review our reserves policy on a regular basis taking into account future activities, the opportunities available to the Charity and the potential risks to which it might be exposed.

Unrestricted free reserves at the end of the financial year were £227,772.

York Mind aims to hold a free reserve that will enable an orderly closure of the charitable company in such an eventuality.

The Trustees have agreed that that the funds should still be able to meet the costs of making all staff redundant, if necessary, and be able to pay notice periods for staff whose notice period is greater than one month. The Trustees consider that any winding down of a service would be identified at least a month in advance, which would allow most staff to work their notice period and so not to have a sudden and adverse impact upon services.

The trustees have agreed a target minimum level of £110,000. Our level is within this range.

INVESTMENT POLICY

In accordance with the Memorandum of Association, the trustees have the power to make such investments as they see fit. With short term fluctuations in cash flow due to timing of grant income and the uncertainties of the stock market, we have maintained our existing policy of investing the money in an easy deposit account that offers a consistent and competitive rate of return during the year. Our Finance and Risk sub-committee will be reviewing our investment strategy in 24-25

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Trustees, on a regular basis, review the principal risks and uncertainties faced by the charity in its day to day operations. The Trustees have established policies, systems and procedures to mitigate those risks involved. This includes a strategic risk register and individual risk assessments for each project.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Legal and Administrative details

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 31 October 1991 with registered company number 02659442 and registered as a charity on 6 December 1991, registration number 1006759. The principal and registered office is Highcliffe House, Highcliffe Court, York, YO30 6BP.

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The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. In the event of the company being wound up members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1.

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

Members of the Board are trustees for the purpose of Charity Law and Directors for the purposes of Company Law. Members are elected annually and meet a minimum of 6 times per year. The Board aims to be reflective of both the needs of the service users and the needs of managing a charity. We aim, wherever possible, to attract Board members who have either personal experience of mental-ill health or who have relatives and/or friends with these experiences.

The Board have begun a thorough review and overhaul of the recruitment and induction process. This followed feedback from new Trustees and will ensure that everyone understands their role and responsibilities.

Trustee induction and training

Each new trustee is welcomed by the Chair and, following an informal interview, given a formal induction which includes details of relevant training. Each trustee meets with the Chief Executive Officer and is encouraged to tour the office and meet all staff members, who provide useful information regarding the services we are currently delivering. Prospective trustees are also given a brief information pack and are invited to attend two trustee meetings after which time a decision is made from both sides as to whether they wish to proceed. Our information pack currently consists of the following information:

Organisational structure

The Trustee Board is responsible for governance, policy and strategic direction.

Day-to-day responsibility for running York Mind is delegated to the Chief Executive Officer.

Key management personnel remuneration

Remuneration for the CEO and Senior Management Team is decided by Trustees. A benchmarking exercise is undertaken using information regarding average salaries for similar sized charities, vacancies in other Local Mind associations and in charities within the same geographical region.

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

The trustees (who are also the directors of York Mind for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

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Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. In so far as the trustees are aware:

The auditors, Thomas Coombs Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

Report of the trustees, incorporating a strategic report, approved by order of the board of trustees, as the company directors, on 26th November 2025 and signed on the board's behalf by:

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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of York Mind (Incorporating Our Celebration) Ltd (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31st March 2025 which comprise Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statementand notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the trustees annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report.

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We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

We assessed the susceptibility of the charity’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

Performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships.

Identified and tested journal entries and identified any significant transactions that were unusual or outside the normal course of business.

Investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

Challenged assumptions and judgements made by management in determining significant accounting estimates.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed audit procedures which included, but were not limited to:

Agreeing financial statements disclosures to underlying supporting documentation.

Discussions with management of know or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations Reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.

At the completion stage of the audit, the engagement partner’s review included ensuring the team had approached their work with appropriate professional scepticism and thus the capacity to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance of laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement relating to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/Our-Work/Audit/Audit-and-assurance/Standards-and-guidance/Standards-and-guidance-forauditors/Auditors-responsibilities-for-audit/Description-of-auditors-responsibilities-for-audit.aspx. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Shaun Pullan ACCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Thomas Coombs Limited Statutory Auditor Chartered Accountants 3365 The Pentagon Century Way Thorpe Park Leeds West Yorkshire LS15 8ZB

26th November 2025

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)

YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Note
Income and endowments from:
Donations, grants and legacies
3
Charitable activities
5
Investments
4
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
6
Net income/(expenditure)
Transfers between funds
13
Net movement in funds
13
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
86,639
60,868
3,471
150,978
102,275
16,346
118,621
32,357
4,363
36,720
270,338
307,058		 Designated
Funds
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
860,835
-
860,835
-
1,048,724
1,048,724
(187,889)
(4,363)
(192,252)
261,100
68,848		 Total
31 March
2025
£
86,639
921,703
3,471
1,011,813
102,275
1,065,070
1,167,345
(155,532)
-
(155,532)
531,438
375,906		 Total
31 March
2024
£
127,130
1,065,964
2,725
1,195,819
71,087
1,237,372
1,308,459
(112,640)
-
(112,640)
644,078
531,438

The notes on pages �� to 2 � form part of these financial statements.

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BALANCE SHEET AT 31 MARCH 2025

Company Registration Number: 02659442

2025 2024
Note £ £ £ £
Fixed assets:
Tangible assets 9 79,287 87,686
Current assets:
Debtors 10 164,717 367,548
Cash at bank and in hand 314,401 361,244
Total current assets 479,118 728,792
Liabilities:
Creditors: Amounts falling due
within one year 11 (182,499) (285,040)
Net current assets 296,619 443,752
Total net assets 375,906 531,438
The funds of the charity:
Restricted 13 68,848 261,100
Unrestricted 13
Tangible Fixed Assets 79,286 87,686
Free Reserves 227,772 182,652
Designated funds - -
307,058		 - 270,338
Total charity funds 14 375,906 531,438

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board on 26th November 2025 Signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

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D A Ellis-Chairperson

The notes on pages 19 to 2 7 form part of these financial statements.

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YORK MIND (INCORPORATING OUR CELEBRATION) LTD STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

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Note 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
Net cash provided by / (used in)
operating activities 16 (44,49 4 ) (81,911)
Cash flow from investing activities:
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (2,349) (945)
Change in cash and cash
equivalents in the year (46,84 3 ) (82,856)
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of the year 361,244 444,100
Cash and cash equivalents at end
of the year 16 314,40 1 361,244
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The notes on pages �� to 2 � form part of these financial statements.

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YORK MIND (INCORPORATING OUR CELEBRATION) LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

b) Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Like many other voluntary and not for profit organisations the annual income of the charity is dependent on the renewal, recurrence or identification of new sources of short term income. Within the 12 months period following the approval of the financial statements a number of significant grants will reach the end of their contract term. Importantly if a contract is not renewed it would be expected that associated staff would transfer to a third party providing those services going forward.

The trustees have considered the expected level of income and associated costs together with the level of reserves over the 12 months from approval of the financial statements and concluded that the charity will be able to continue in operation and as such the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate.

c) Fixed assets

Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an asset, less its estimated residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:

Freehold land - Nil
Freehold building - 4% straight line
Building Maintenance - 10% straight line
General and computer equipment - 20% to 33.33% straight line
Furniture and fittings - 20% straight line
Kitchen equipment - 20% straight line
Production equipment - 20% straight line

d) Income recognition

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

e) Donations and grants

Income from donations and grants, including capital grants, is included in incoming resources when these are receivable, except as follows:

When donors specify that donations and grants given to the charity must be used in the future accounting periods, the income is deferred until those periods.

When donors impose conditions which have to be fulfilled before the charity becomes entitled to use such income, the income is deferred and not included in incoming resources until the pre-conditions for use have been met.

When donors specify that donations and grants, including capital grants are for a particular restricted purposes, which do not amount to pre-conditions regarding entitlement, this income is included in incoming resources of restricted funds when received.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

f) Expenditure

Expenditure is included in the Statement of Financial Activities on an accruals basis once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:

Costs of raising funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income.

Expenditure on Charitable Activities includes the costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of the activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes costs that are directly attributable to specific activities and the indirect costs necessary to support them. Management, Finance and Admin Support costs are apportioned to activities on the basis of time spent by staff on those activities. Premises and Office Costs are apportioned to activities based on the premises they occupy and the activities they supported.

g) Fund accounting

Funds held by the charity are either:

Unrestricted general funds - these are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds - these are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purpose.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

h) Pensions

Employees of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution 'money purchase' scheme. The charity contribution is restricted to the contributions disclosed in note 7. The costs of contributions are recognised in the year that they are payable.

i) Financial instruments

The company only enters into transactions in ‘basic’ financial instruments which result in the recognition of assets and liabilities; these include trade and other debtors and creditors, bank balances, loans from banks and other third parties, and loans to related parties. These are recognised in the company’s balance sheet when it becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial assets (other than those classified as payable within one year) are initially measured at cost and are subsequently carried at cost or amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses. Basic financial assets classed as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities (other than those classified as payable within one year) are initially measured at present value of future cash flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Basic financial liabilities classed as payable within one year are not amortised.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amount reported in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

j) Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

k) Leases

Rentals payable under operating leases are charged to the SOFA on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

2 LEGAL STATUS OF THE CHARITY

York Mind (incorporating Our Celebration) Ltd is regulated by the Charities Commission (1006759), limited by guarantee and is registered in England & Wales. The address of the registered office and principle place of business is York Mind (incorporating Our Celebration) Ltd, Highcliffe House, Highcliffe Court, York, YO30 6BP. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

3
DONATIONS, GRANTS AND LEGACIES
Donations and Fund Raising
BW Memorial Fund
Other income
2025
2024
4
INVESTMENT INCOME
Bank interest receivable
5
INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Charitable Activities Income
Archbishop Holgate's YP Project
City of York Council - 1-2-1 Service
City of York Council - Activities
City of York Council - Advocacy Hub
City of York Council - MH VCSE Alliance
City of York Council Social Prescribing
City of York Council - Young People 12-15
City of York Council - Young People Counselling
Counselling
HEE Children's Wellbeing Practitioners
Mid & North Yorkshire Citizens Advice
National Mind - Schools and Colleges Early Support Service
NHS Humber Children's Digital
NYPFCC Bruce
Better Connect RISE
Training
The National Lottery Community Fund - YorChoice Project
York CVS-Adult Peer Support
City of York Council - Young People LGBT Mentoring
City of York Council - Pride in Mind
Your Consortium - Action towards Inclusion
Your Consortium - Thriving at Work
2025
2024		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
86,279
-
360
86,639
127,130
Unrestricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
160
-
-
-
-
29,888
-
-
-
-
-
-
30,820
-
-
-
-
-
-
60,868
81,724		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
397,546
-
-
52,500
81,629
-
103,844
6,077
-
9,992
16,866
25,471
-
93,911
54,666
6,667
11,667
-
-
860,835
984,240		 Total Funds
2025
£
86,279
-
360
86,639
127,130
2025
£
3,471
Total Funds
2025
£
-
-
-
397,706
-
-
52,500
81,629
29,888
103,844
6,077
-
9,992
16,866
25,471
30,820
93,911
54,666
6,667
11,667
-
-
921,703
1,065,964		 Total Funds
2024
£
126,653
425
52
127,130
2024
£
2,725
Total Funds
2024
£
3,334
60
80,775
365,405
40,000
106,920
70,000
80,407
36,003
-
5,900
40,558
-
-
19,986
59,790
49,650
85,000
15,000
-
2,836
4,340
1,065,964

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

6 TOTAL EXPENDITURE

Costs charged directly
to activities
Staff costs (incl training & recruitment)
Beneficiary & volunteer expenses
Activities & Course costs
Auditor's fees (see Note 8)
Legal fees
Depreciation
Bad debt written off
Recharged costs to activities
2025
2024		 Basis of
Allocation
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Activity		 Costs of Raising
Fundraising
Restricted
Projects
Unrestricted
Projects
Governance
Total
Total
2025
2024
59,239
739,121
241,122
-
1,039,482
1,104,493
45
1,365
4,249
130
5,789
6,427
20,974
21,166
65,097
-
107,236
171,273
-
-
-
7,704
7,704
17,789
2,485
-
-
-
2,485
600
-
-
4,874
-
4,874
8,341
-
-
(225)
-
(225)
(465)
19,532
287,073
(306,605)
-
-
-
102,275
1,048,724
8,512
7,834
1,167,345
1,308,459
71,088
926,062
292,920
18,389
1,308,459
Charitable Activities

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

7 EMPLOYEE INFORMATION

The aggregate payroll costs of the Charitable Company for the period are as follows:

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|||| |---|---|---| |2025|2024| |£|£| |Gross salaries|893,495|946,405| |Social security costs|67,972|69,269| |Pension|51,638|54,905| |Total staff salaries|1,013,105|1,070,579| |The trustees received no remuneration.| |The trustees received expenses of £130.49 during the year (2024: £nil).| |Average number of employees for the period|No|No| |Number of management staff|4|4| |Number of other staff|44|45| |48|49|

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One employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 but less than £70,000.

The total cost in 2024-25 of key management personnel (here meaning the Senior Leadership Team) was £166,493 (2024 £214,761)

8 NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

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|||| |---|---|---| |2025|2024| |Net income/(expenditure) for the year are stated after charging:|£|£| |Depreciation|4,874|8,341| |Auditor remuneration audit fees|7,704|6,480| |Auditor remuneration non-audit fees|-|11,309|

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9 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

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||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |General &|Furniture| |Freehold|Building|computer|fittings &| |property|maintenance|equipment|production|Total| |£|£|£|£|£| |COST| |At 1 April 2024|319,624|32,995|34,947|12,699|400,265| |Additions|-|-|2,349|-|2,349| |Disposals|-|(32,995)|-|-|(32,995)| |At 31 March 2025|319,624|-|37,296|12,699|369,619| |DEPRECIATION| |At 1 April 2024|241,844|24,823|33,293|12,619|312,579| |Charge for the year|923|2,298|1,573|80|4,874| |On Disposals|-|(27,121)|-|-|(27,121)| |At 31 March 2025|242,767|-|34,866|12,699|290,332| |NET BOOK VALUE| |At 31 March 2025|76,857|-|2,430|-|79,287| |At 31 March 2024|77,780|8,172|1,654|80|87,686|

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Included in Freehold property is land amounting to £75,000 (2024 £75,000).

All fixed assets are used for charitable purposes.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

10 DEBTORS

DEBTORS
Debtors in the ordinary course of activities
Prepayments and accrued income
CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year
Creditors in the ordinary course of activities
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
LEASE AGREEMENTS
Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
Within one year
Between one and five years		 2025
£
149,866
14,851
164,717
2025
£
32,693
696
149,110
182,499
2025
£
-
-
-		 2024
£
355,785
11,763
367,548
2024
£
13,961
25,057
246,022
285,040
2024
£
538
-
538

11 CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year

12 LEASE AGREEMENTS

13 RESTRICTED FUNDS

York CVS-Adult Peer Support
CYC Counselling Service/Mind Cost of Living
City of York Council - Advocacy Hub
Better Connect RISE
The National Lottery Community Fund - YorChoice Project
NYPFCC Bruce
NHS Humber Children's Digital
Mid & North Yorkshire Citizens Advice
City of York Council Social Prescribing
VCSE Alliance
City of York Council - Young People 12-15
City of York Council - Young People 16-25 Counselling
City of York Council - Young People LGBT Mentoring
YP Mentoring (AHS Grant)
HEE Children's Wellbeing Practitioners
City of York Council - Pride in Mind
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
General fund
Tangible fixed asset		 Mo
Balance at
31 March 2024
£
52,880
1,639
(20,387)
(2,889)
39,565
-
-
-
106,920
60,416
24,546
3,412
5,130
1,783
(11,915)
-
261,100
Mo
Balance at
1 April 2024
£
182,652
87,686
270,338		 vement in resource
Incoming
£		 s
Outgoing
£
(107,546)
-
(377,159)
(22,581)
(95,877)
(10,936)
(7,326)
(3,849)
(106,920)
(40,416)
(77,046)
(85,041)
(11,797)
(1,287)
(91,929)
(9,014)
(1,048,724)
s
Outgoing
£		 Transfers
£
-
(1,639)
-
-
-
-
-
(2,228)
-
-
-
-
-
(496)
-
-
(4,363)
Transfers
£
2,014
2,349
4,363		 Balance at
31 March 2025
£
-
-
-
-
37,599.49
5,929.86
2,666.48
-
-
19,999.75
-
-
-
-
-
2,652.77
68,848
Balance at
31 March 2025
£
227,772
79,286
307,058
54,666
-
397,546
25,471
93,911
16,866
9,992
6,077
-
-
52,500
81,629
6,667
-
103,844
11,667
860,835
vement in resource
Incoming
£
150,978
-		 (107,873)
(10,749)
150,978 (118,622)

YORK MIND (INCORPORATING OUR CELEBRATION) LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Purposes of restricted funds

During the year, the charity received specific grants restricted to the funding of the following projects:

Counselling funding is provided through the receipt of regular gifts, charges for the service and funding from City of York Council for the Young People's Counselling. City of York Council provide funding for statutory advocacy provision.

The National Lottery Fund YorChoice is a three-year initiative that aims to support young people's mental health in York by providing timely access to appropriate services. The Better Connect RISE project is designed for adults in York and North Yorkshire who are economically inactive and facing barriers to engaging with employment. The Bruce project aims to raise awareness of mental health and risk-taking behaviour amongst young people.

The NHS Children's Digital project works to improve digital accessibility to health care for young people and their families. Adult Peer Support is a project to provide early input to support timely and supported discharge, linking with community support. Citizen's Advice is to provide coaching and 121 sessions for people struggling with debt and referred to us by Citizens Advice. City of York Social prescribing links people to sources of support to improve their health and wellbeing. HEE Children's Wellbeing Practitioners project works towards raising awaerness in practitioners of children and young people's mental health. VCSE Alliance is funding for a post to support the development of a mental health alliance and enable system transformation. Young People Counselling (12-15 Grant) is to provide counselling for young people aged 12-15 in York. Young People Counselling (16-25 Contract) is to provide Counselling for young people aged 16-25 in York. Young People Mentoring is for the provision of 121 mentoring for young people in York. Young People Mentoring (AHS Grant) is for the provision on 121 mentoring solely for pupils of Archbishops Holgate School. City of York Council Pride in Mind offers mental health support to young people and provide support for managing the unique challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community.

Fund balances represent balances carried forward on multi-year projects and projects.

Purposes of unrestricted funds

The general fund represents the free funds of the charity which are not designated for a particular purpose.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS (between restricted and unrestricted funds)

Restricted Funds
Tangible fixed asset fund
General Fund		 Tangible
fixed assets
-
79,286
-
79,286		 Other net
assets
68,848
-
227,772
296,620		 Total
68,848
79,286
227,772
375,906

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

No transactions with related parties were undertaken such as are required to be disclosed under Financial Reporting Standards.

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RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW

FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net Income for the reporting period
Depreciation charges
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Loss on disposal
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash in hand
Total cash and cash equivalents		 2025
£
314,402
314,402		 2025
£
(155,532)
4,874
202,831
(102,541)
5,874
(44,494)
Movement
£
(46,842)
(46,842)		 2024
£
(112,640)
8,341
(198,906)
218,917
2,377
(81,911)
2024
£
361,244
361,244

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

17

COMPARATIVE SOFA

Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Investments
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Net Income
Transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
127,130
81,724
2,725
211,579
71,087
277,720
348,807
(137,228)
(2,555)
(139,783)
410,121
270,338		 Designated
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
33,590
33,590
(33,590)
2,578
(31,012)
31,012
-		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
984,240
-
984,240
-
926,062
926,062
58,178
(23)
58,155
202,945
261,100		 Total
31 March
2024
£
127,130
1,065,964
2,725
1,195,819
71,087
1,237,372
1,308,459
(112,640)
-
(112,640)
644,078
531,438

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