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2025-03-31-accounts

Charity Registration No. 1107896

Company Registration No. 05305203 (England and Wales)

BASILDON MIND

ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

BASILDON MIND

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Trustees Ms S C A Chesney
Mr J Birkett
Mr J E Rowe
Miss K Duberry
Ms L Wyatt (Appointed 11 October 2024)
Ms S Piper (Appointed 13 October 2024)
Secretary Miss K Duberry
Charity number 1107896
Company number 05305203
Registered office 37 East Walk
Basildon
Essex
SS14 1HA
Independent examiner Maynard Heady LLP
Matrix House
12-16 Lionel Road
Canvey Island
Essex
SS8 9DE
Bankers HSBC
33 Town Square
Basildon
Essex
SS14 1BA
Solicitors Martin Nossel & Co
10-12 Southernhay
Basildon
Essex
SS14 1EL

BASILDON MIND

CONTENTS

Page
Trustees' report 1 - 6
Statement of trustees' responsibilities 7
Independent examiner's report 8
Statement of financial activities 9
Balance sheet 10
Notes to the accounts 11 - 22

BASILDON MIND

TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The Trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to the accounts and comply with the company's Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Companies Act 2006 and “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)” (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2016)

BASILDON MIND

TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Objectives and activities

Basildon Mind is a registered charity, championing those with mental health problems. It has been covering Basildon, Billericay and Wickford for over 50 years. It offers help, support, advice, and services to enable and empower those experiencing mental health problems in the community, regain control of their life, live independently and confidently.

It is affiliated with the charity National Mind and is required to follow its stringent quality standards, audited under Mind Quality Mark (MQM) program. Basildon Mind was last awarded MQM again in January 2025, for another three years.

The principal purpose of the charity is to provide residential and support services to persons within the community with mental health difficulties. The organisation achieves these objectives by offering a Helpline, a counselling service, wellbeing services (walking, yoga, allotment), supported accommodation and three Community Mental Health services in Partnership with another local Mind and charity shop that raises much needed funds to help find the counselling service.

Forensic Advocacy

The organisation continues to provide forensic advocacy at Brockfield House in Wickford. The service remains a valued activity. The Forensic mental health services are usually provided for those between 18 and 65 years old detained under the Mental Health Act or Court Order. This service was retendered by the authorities, and we were unsuccessful, with the contract terminating from 30 September 2024.

Helpline

The organisation operates a telephone Helpline which is manned for 10 hours a day Monday to Thursday, for 6 hours on Fridays and 4 hours on Saturdays. An answer-phone service operates when the Helpline is unmanned. In addition, the organisation operates an email Helpline. The number of calls received in the year was around 700 with 70 calls being supported through our counselling service.

Counselling

The organisation operates a sizeable and expanding counselling service. Youths aged 7-18 are seen free of charge and adults are seen for a small charge. A private counselling service is also operated, the income from which helps fund the Youth and Adult services. Counselling demand has increased in general and a number of actions have been made to increase capacity. The counselling service has supported 441 adults throughout the year either through private counselling or adult counselling (pro bono or £5 per session donation from the client). In relation to youths, utilising grants or income from the charity shop we have supported 81 youths. This is a key service that is provided to the community and is one of the key strategic focuses.

Wellbeing Services

Walking

Five walking groups currently meet weekly to 'walk and talk' around local parks in the Basildon Borough, followed by a debriefing and social catch up meeting. Our walks are led by a trained Walk Leader and are accompanied by a qualified counsellor. It is planned to keep expanding our wellbeing services.

Allotment

Our allotment provides wellbeing benefits to its volunteers in terms of social engagement, outdoor activity and the satisfaction of growing food.

Yoga

In June 2024 we launched a weekly 'Yoga for mental health' group here participants practice stretching followed by 30 minutes' of Yoga Nidra. This wellbeing activity is followed by refreshments and social interaction.

Supported Housing

The organisation operates four group homes and three apartments for the accommodation of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties who are looking to be more independent with support of Basildon Mind in the short to medium term. Occupancy levels were high during the year and repairs and renewals of the premises continued. Overall, the housing operation showed a positive contribution.

BASILDON MIND

TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Community Mental Health in Partnership Services

Crisis Sanctuary

The Crisis Sanctuary, located in Thurrock, provides a timely and comprehensive response to people in crisis and prevent escalation of mental health problems and unnecessary referrals to secondary mental health services, A&E departments and other out of-hours services. It provides a safe place for individuals experiencing an emotional or mental health crisis and offers practical and emotional support in a warm, welcoming and friendly environment

Crisis Sanctuary House

The Crisis Sanctuary House is based in Basildon. It is part of the 24/7 Mental Health Crisis Response and Care Service covering the entire geography of the Mid and South Essex. The house offers intensive, short-term support to help service users manage a mental health crisis in a 4-bed residential setting, rather than in a hospital.

Positive Pathways

The Positive Pathways team works within the Integrated Mental Health Primary Care Service and it provides holistic short-term support, connecting people experiencing mental health problems to local initiatives and services for practical and emotional support. The aim is to increase people’s connection with others and their local community and empower them to take control of their own health and wellbeing. It helps strengthen personal and community resilience and reduce health inequalities, by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity. We operate a specific Young Peoples Service is Positive Pathways for 18-25-year-olds.

Charity Shop

Sales within the Charity Shop continue to grow, due to an increase of footfall, monitoring of selling prices to ensure maximum income and the layout of the shop to allow for items being sold to be presented to improve shopper experience. Sales are assisted by an eBay on-line presence, used to sell higher price donations. A further income stream is tickets for a local attraction, which we sell at a discount to the price charged at the attraction itself, in so doing generating revenue.

Volunteers

The charity is grateful to the volunteers who have given their time to the many services we offer and congratulates all those who organised and assisted in all fundraising efforts throughout the period. The largest group of volunteers is represented by qualified counsellors who offer free/low cost counselling to those in need. Without them, this service could not function. There is voluntary support in the Helpline service and wellbeing service, supplementing the mostly part-time paid staff. Most areas of operation have some volunteer support and 85% of the charity shop's roles are voluntary. The costs of fundraising are very low in relation to the income produced, which is mainly directed towards the young person's free counselling service, as it enjoys little in the way of statutory funding.

Public Benefit

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty of Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit.

In carrying out the activities above the trustees consider that Basildon Mind achieves significant benefits on behalf of service users and the community at large. There is ample evidence of this in feedback from service users in questionnaires, meetings and forums.

BASILDON MIND

TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Financial review

Overall, a good financial result achieved in another challenging year with increasing demand and rising costs whilst supporting staff through the cost-of-living crisis. The Trust Board worked with the management team to ensure the service levels were maintained to expected levels driven by increased client demand whilst maintaining a good financial position and not making a net loss for the year.

During this period the management team have been conscious of minimising administration costs and to secure more specialist volunteers to help Basildon Mind grow and improve the operations.

We have seen further improvements in the operations with the continued development of our Client Relationship Management software and more effective management of the counsellors’ time, which has helped to increase capacity through efficiency gains where processes are moved away from paper-based ones.

There has been a drive to increase the availability of counselling support through the further development of our student counselling program which includes allowing the Student counsellors to carry out supervised counselling hours of 100.

The organisation continues to improve its community links with the setting up of a dedicated hub in Billericay (drop-in centre and group walks), the result of which has helped Basildon secure the support of more volunteers and increase the fund-raising network.

Quality Assurance

A requirement of being affiliated to National Mind is compliance with the latter’s Mind Quality Management (MQM) quality framework. This stand-alone quality standard requires demonstration of compliance with a rigorous set of governance, operations, finance, people, service and quality standards. Basildon Mind was last awarded the prestigious MQM in January 2025 for another 3 years.

Risk factors

The trustees have overall responsibility for ensuring that the charity has appropriate systems of controls, financial and otherwise. Procedures are in place to assess business risks and to implement risk management strategies. This involves regular identification of the types of risk the charity faces, prioritising them in terms of potential impact and likelihood of occurrence, and identifying means of mitigating the risks.

Reserves

The charity's reserves policy is to hold free reserves to meet contractual liabilities and to operate in a stable manner to provide a quality service to those that need them, specifically:

At year end free reserves were £199,492, which is equivalent to just under 6 months of unrestricted expenditure. In relation to closure costs free reserves exceeds by £54,000. The trustees will continue to monitor reserves against the policy to ensure they remain aligned with the charity's strategic objectives

BASILDON MIND

TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Structure, governance and management

Basildon Mind is a company limited by guarantee incorporated on 6 December 2004 and is governed by its Memorandum and Articles dated 24 November 2004.

Reserves

The organisations reserves (see note 19) continue to be monitored against its Reserves Policy in order to:

The reserves were assessed in their July 2024 EC meeting and were approved by the trustees in the context of the above.

The Trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:

Ms S C A Chesney Mr J Birkett Mr J E Rowe Miss K Duberry Mr D Spicer (Resigned 27 August 2025) Ms F Abdulsalami (Resigned 11 October 2024) Ms L Wyatt (Appointed 11 October 2024) Ms S Piper (Appointed 13 October 2024)

Members nominate trustees and elect office-bearers at the Annual General Meeting. The Board which acts as Executive Committee may co-opt individuals as necessary in the course of the year. Recruitment of trustees particularly for specialised skills may be undertaken through the offices of the Council for Voluntary Services.

The Board of Trustees can have up to 20 members to administer the charity. There are a number of ad-hoc subcommittees including Quality, Housing and Finance. To facilitate effective operations the Chief Executive has been delegated authority for overseeing the activities of the organisation and for employment matters.

No other bodies nominate trustees or Board members.

Basildon Mind is affiliated to National Mind, sharing its objectives and campaigning aims. The trustees at Basildon Mind are free to make their own decisions, while due regard is given to overall strategies. The quality standards introduced by National Mind have been implemented.

BASILDON MIND

TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.

John (Oct 28, 2025 15:13:14 EDT)

Mr J Birkett

Trustee Dated: 28 October 2025

BASILDON MIND

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

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

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 company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that year.

In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

BASILDON MIND

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF BASILDON MIND

I report to the Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Basildon Mind (the company) for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the Trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the company’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the company’s gross income exceeded £250,000, the independent examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.

Stephanie Caten

Stephanie Caten (Oct 28, 2025 15:59:23 CDT)

Stephanie Caten FCA CTA

Maynard Heady LLP

Matrix House 12-16 Lionel Road Canvey Island Essex SS8 9DE 28 October 2025

BASILDON MIND

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds funds
2025 2024
Notes £ £
Income from:
Donations and legacies 3 42,403 39,839
Charitable activities 4 370,250 452,206
Other trading activities 5 133,514 126,343
Investments 6 5,427 4,757
Total income 551,594 623,145
Expenditure on:
Raising funds 7 98,378 99,855
Charitable activities 8 456,934 522,273
Total expenditure 555,312 622,128
Net income/(expenditure) and movement in funds (3,718) 1,017
Reconciliation of funds:
Fund balances at 1 April 2024 203,210 202,193
Fund balances at 31 March 2025 199,492 203,210

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

BASILDON MIND

BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 MARCH 2025

Notes
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
14
Tangible assets
15
Current assets
Debtors
16
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
17
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
The funds of the company
Unrestricted funds
19		 2025
£
4,160
212,542
216,702
(31,052)		 £
11,203
2,639
13,842
185,650
199,492
199,492
199,492		 2024
£
4,848
231,001
235,849
(40,187)		 £
3,932
3,616
7,548
195,662
203,210
203,210
203,210

The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 28 October 2025

John (Oct 28, 2025 15:13:14 EDT)

Mr J Birkett

Trustee

Company registration number 05305203 (England and Wales)

BASILDON MIND

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 Accounting policies

Charity information

Basildon Mind is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 37 East Walk, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1HA.

1.1 Basis of preparation

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the company's Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Companies Act 2006 and “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)” (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2016). The company is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The company has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities applying FRS 102 Update Bulletin 1 not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2 Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3 Charitable funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.

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

1.4 Income

Income is recognised when the company is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.

Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the company has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.

Legacies are recognised on receipt or otherwise if the company has been notified of an impending distribution, the amount is known, and receipt is expected. If the amount is not known, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset.

BASILDON MIND

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

Shop and ticket sale turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.

1.5 Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges are allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.

All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the Statement of Financial Activities on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly, others are apportioned on the appropriate basis of floor area, staff time and estimated usage.

Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. The expenditure includes attributable VAT if it cannot be recovered. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Grants offered, subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end date, are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.

1.6 Intangible fixed assets other than goodwill

Intangible assets acquired separately from a business are recognised at cost and are subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses.

Intangible assets acquired on business combinations are recognised separately from goodwill at the acquisition date where it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the entity and the fair value of the asset can be measured reliably; the intangible asset arises from contractual or other legal rights; and the intangible asset is separable from the entity.

Amortisation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Software 20% straight line

1.7 Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Leasehold improvements 25% straight line Fixtures and fittings (Housing) 25% straight line Computers 25% reducing balance

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.

BASILDON MIND

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

1.8 Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).

1.9 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.10 Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented 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.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.11 Employee benefits

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

BASILDON MIND

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

1.12 Retirement benefits

The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

3 Donations and legacies

Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
Donations and gifts
36,696
Government and other grants received
5,707
42,403
Donations and gifts
Counselling donations
36,697
36,696		 Total
2024
£
33,617
6,222
39,839
33,617
33,617

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BASILDON MIND

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

5 Other trading activities

Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
Fundraising events
488
Shop income
133,026
Other trading activities
133,514
6
Investments
Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
Interest receivable
5,427		 Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
Fundraising events
488
Shop income
133,026
Other trading activities
133,514
6
Investments
Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
Interest receivable
5,427		 Total
2024
£
605
125,738
126,343
Total
2024
£
4,757

7 Expenditure on raising funds

Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds funds
2025 2024
£ £
Trading costs
Operating charity shops 34,061 48,268
Staff costs 47,949 37,676
Support costs 16,368 13,911
98,378 99,855

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

BASILDON MIND

9 Description of charitable activities

Wellbeing centre

The Wellbeing centre operated until May 2016 until the funding necessary to continue its operation ceased.

Counselling

Basildon Mind is a registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. We have three Counselling Services based at our premises at Whitmore Way, Basildon as follows:-

Private Counselling Service (fee paying service - £45 per session) is a service for adults 18+, children and young people from the age of 7 –18 years are also offered therapy in this service. The number of sessions provided is determined by the client and is not limited.

Basildon Mind Adult Counselling Service (a voluntary donation is suggested per session) is a service for adults 18+.

Children and Young People’s Counselling Service is a free service for children and young people from the age of 7-18 years of age.

We have a team of 30+ counsellors working within the counselling services. They offer 12 sessions of one-toone confidential therapy to clients, although this can be extended if appropriate. The services offer an average of 70 sessions per week.

Our counsellors have a wide range of knowledge/training/experience – some are students studying for their qualifications, but at a stage where they are able to see clients, while the majority are qualified and several are qualified to degree level. We always encourage counsellors to undertake additional training as part of their Continued Professional Development. Several in-house courses have taken place i.e. Mental Health Awareness, Children’s Play Therapy, Transactional Analysis etc.

Adult Support Group

This group meets on a weekly basis for an hour and a half and is facilitated by a qualified counsellor. The purpose of the group is to offer ongoing therapeutic support to people discharged from hospital experiencing mental health difficulties.

Telephone Helpline

The telephone helpline operates during the times that the counselling service is open. It offers help and support to people experiencing mental health problems, their relatives, friends/carers or to professionals. The telephone helpline is used by regular callers who feel isolated/depressed. It is also used in a similar way to the Samaritans Helpline in as much as we receive calls from people who are feeling extremely distressed.

Housing project

Basildon Mind's Housing Project is made up of 4 Group Homes each housing between 2 and 4 residents. Along with 3 separate self contain flats. Basildon Mind manage and maintain all aspects of the houses and flats ensuring that all repairs are done by the Council and that all residents respect and keep all properties in a good condition and state of repair.

BASILDON MIND

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

9 Description of charitable activities

(Continued)

Advocacy

Forensic Advocacy (Secure Services)

Our independent forensic advocate is based in Brockfield House, Wickford and offers a confidential formal advocacy service to the inpatients who originate from North and South Essex. The advocate ensures that patients are informed of their rights and helps them to understand them. In addition, the advocate will support/ represent patients at various meetings e.g. Ward rounds/Care planning meetings/Solicitors/Police interviews. Patients can contact the advocate and request that they visit them on the ward to help with a variety of issues e.g. Complaints/Welfare/Housing.

Forensic Advocacy (Secure Services) Out of Essex

We provide Independent Mental Health Act advocacy (IMHA) to patients who are originally from outside the Essex area e.g. The Channel Isles etc. This is a formal service offering patients support at Mental Health Review Tribunals, and representation at ward rounds, care planning meetings etc.

10 Support costs

Support costs
Support
Governance		 2025 Support
Governance		 2024
costs costs costs costs
£ £ £ £ £ £
Staff costs - 35,089 35,089 - 34,884 34,884
Depreciation - 2,734 2,734 - 2,899 2,899
Communication 12,171 - 12,171 11,350 - 11,350
Premises 2,902 - 2,902 2,322 - 2,322
Other costs 11,839 - 11,839 19,029 - 19,029
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Accountancy - 5,561 5,561 - 7,604 7,604
Other costs - 36,881 36,881 - 38,551 38,551
Charged to activities
including staff costs - (50,450) (50,450) - (50,450) (50,450)
26,912 29,815 56,727 32,701 33,488 66,189
Analysed between
Trading 9,277 7,091 16,368 5,944 7,967 13,911
Charitable activities 17,635 22,724 40,359 26,757 25,521 52,278
26,912 29,815 56,727 32,701 33,488 66,189

Governance costs includes payments to the examiner of £5,000 (2024 - £6,000) for examination fees.

In addition to examiner's remuneration are charges paid to the examiner in relation to other services totaling £561 (2024 - £1,604).

11 Trustees

None of the Trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration during the year.

During the year, expenses totaling £572.61 (2024: £785.20) were paid to Mr J Birkett, £1,071.62 (2024: £618.40) were paid to Mr D Spicer and £34.00 (2024: £13.00) were paid to Mrs K Duberry.

BASILDON MIND

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

12 Employees

The average monthly number of employees during the year was:

Direct charitable
Administration
Total
Employment costs
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs		 2025
Number
33
2
35
2025
£
353,723
20,827
6,001
380,551		 2024
Number
32
3
35
2024
£
395,670
22,600
6,834
425,104

There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.

13 Taxation

The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.

14 Intangible fixed assets

Cost
At 1 April 2024
Additions - separately acquired
At 31 March 2025
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 April 2024
Amortisation charged for the year
At 31 March 2025
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
At 31 March 2024		 Software
£
8,784
9,028
17,812
4,852
1,757
6,609
11,203
3,932

BASILDON MIND

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

15
Tangible fixed assets
Leasehold
improvements
Fixtures and
fittings
(Housing)
Computers
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2024
8,163
6,476
8,294
At 31 March 2025
8,163
6,476
8,294
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2024
8,163
5,881
5,273
Depreciation charged in the year
-
245
732
At 31 March 2025
8,163
6,126
6,005
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
-
350
2,289
At 31 March 2024
-
595
3,021
16
Debtors
2025
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
Other debtors
1,951
Prepayments and accrued income
2,209
4,160
17
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
£
Other creditors
-
Accruals and deferred income
31,052
31,052		 Total
£
22,933
22,933
19,317
977
20,294
2,639
3,616
2024
£
2,805
2,043
4,848
2024
£
81
40,106
40,187

18 Retirement benefit schemes

Defined contribution schemes

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.

The contributions payable by the company for the year were £6,001 (2024 - £6,894).

BASILDON MIND

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

19 Unrestricted funds

The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.

At 1 April Incoming Resources At 31 March
2024 resources expended 2025
£ £ £ £
General funds 203,210 551,594 (555,312) 199,492
Previous year: At 1 April Incoming Resources At 31 March
2023 resources expended 2024
£ £ £ £
General funds 202,193 623,145 (622,128) 203,210

20 Operating lease commitments

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:

Within one year
Between two and five years		 2025
£
18,000
54,000
72,000		 2024
£
18,000
72,000
90,000

MAYNARD HEADY LLP

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

Matrix House 12 – 16 Lionel Road Canvey Island Essex SS8 9DE Tel: (01268) 686479 Email: info@maynard-heady.co.uk Website: www.maynard-heady.co.uk

Our ref: SJC/JM/88010

Basildon Mind 37 East Walk Basildon Essex SS14 1HA

Also at: Maldon Tel: (01621) 851592 Email: enquiries@maynard-heady.co.uk

28[th] October 2025

Dear Sir,

RE: ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

During the course of the independent examination of your accounts for the year ending 31[st] March 2025, the following representations were made to us by the trustees. Please read these representations carefully and if you agree with our understanding, please sign, and return a copy of this letter to us as confirmation of this.

Representations

  1. We acknowledge as trustees our responsibility for making accurate representations to yourselves and for the accounts which we have prepared for the Charity.

  2. We confirm that accounting records had been made available to you for the purpose of your independent examination and that all the transactions undertaken by the Charity had been properly reflected and recorded in the accounting records. All other records and related information, including minutes of all trustee and members’ meetings, have been made available to us.

  3. We confirm that, at the balance sheet date, the Charity had no liabilities or contingent liabilities other than those included or disclosed in the accounts.

  4. We confirm that there had been no events since the balance sheet date which required disclosing or which would materially affect the amounts in the accounts, other than those already disclosed or included in the accounts.

  5. We confirm that the Charity has not contracted for nor authorised any capital expenditure other than as disclosed in the accounts.

  6. We confirm that there are no laws or regulations that are central to the Charity’s ability to conduct its business other than those already notified to you.

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R E G I S T E R E D A U D I T O R S C H A R T E R E D T A X A D V I S E R S C O M P A N Y S E C R E T A R I A L

Maynard Heady LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC341128. Its registered office and principal place of business is as above. Registered to carry on audit work in the UK, regulated for a range of investment business activities, and licensed to carry out the reserved legal activity of non-contentious probate in England and Wales by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. A list of principals can be found at the above address.

  1. We confirm that, in our opinion, the Charity’s financial statements should be prepared on the grounds that current and future sources of funding or support will be more than adequate for the Charity’s needs.

  2. We confirm that we are not aware of any transactions with related parties requiring disclosure in the financial statements.

  3. We confirm that all grants, donations and other income, including those subject to special terms or conditions, have been notified to us. There have been no breaches of terms or conditions during the year in the applications of such income.

  4. We acknowledge our responsibility for the design and implementation of internal controls to prevent and detect fraud. We confirm that we have disclosed to you the results of our own assessment of the risk of fraud in the Charity.

  5. We confirm that there have been no actual or suspected instances of fraud involving trustees, managements or employees who have a significant role in internal control or that could have material effect on the financial statements. We also confirm that we are not aware of any allegations of fraud by former trustees, employees, regulators or others.

  6. We confirmed that we are not aware of any matters of material significance which should be reported to the Charity Commission.

Yours faithfully,

Stephanie Caten (Oct 28, 2025 15:59:23 CDT)Stephanie Caten

MAYNARD HEADY LLP CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

DECLARATION

I confirm that we have read and understood the contents of this letter and agree that it accurately reflects the representations made to you by the trustees during the course of the independent examination.

I confirm that the above representations are made on the basis of enquiries of management and staff with relevant knowledge and experience (and, where appropriate, of inspection of supporting documentation) sufficient to satisfy us that we can properly make each of the above representations to you.

John (Oct 28, 2025 15:13:14 EDT)

……………………………….. J Birkett Trustee

Date: 28[th] October 2025 Signed on behalf of the trustees

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