# Quaker Mental Health Fund ( UK )

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1115135
- **Other names:** THE RETREAT YORK BENEVOLENT FUND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 6, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1115135


## Contact

- **Address:** Wallingford Quaker Meeting House, 13 Castle Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire
- **Postcode:** OX10 8DL
- **Phone:** 00000
- **Email:** grants@quakermhfund.uk
- **Website:** www.quakermhfund.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY:(1)  TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROMOTE AND PROTECT MENTAL HEALTH BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO BENEFICIARIES WHO CANNOT AFFORD THE FEES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS CARE AT EITHER THE RETREAT YORK OR OTHER PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS IN THE UK; (2)  TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROMOTE AND PROTECT HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, OF THE BENEFICIARIES BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF HOSPITAL TREATMENTS OR HOME NURSING FOR MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS, INCLUDING FROM ACCIDENTS;(3)  TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT MENTAL HEALTH BY FUNDING PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES WHICH HAVE A DIRECT AND DEMONSTRABLE IMPACT ON BENEFICIARIES; AND  (4)  TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT MENTAL HEALTH BY FUNDING PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE LED BY QUAKERS AND INVOLVE ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE CONGRUENT WITH QUAKER VALUES AND/OR TESTIMONIES.

**Activities:** We provide grants to Quakers to enable them to access therapy, counselling, psychological assessments or other support for mental health problems that they cannot afford otherwise and for whatever reason are unable to gain the support through the NHS or Social Services Also to individuals or groups which are led by Quakers can be given grants for projects which will benefit mental health.

**Area of benefit:** YORK




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £74244 | £81087 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £72479 | £44776 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £66733 | £80115 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £70078 | £102843 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £76917 | £121194 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Alison Hay — appointed April 14, 2021
- Dr Alexander Damien Rhys — appointed March 7, 2023
- Kathryn Esther Parker — appointed Jan. 8, 2020
- Kevin Michael Peter Lawson-McNamara — appointed Aug. 7, 2025
- Penny Finch — appointed March 7, 2023
- Sue Clodd — appointed March 7, 2023