## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
## **From: 01 November 2023**
## **To: 31 October 2024**
## **Charity name: The Mental Health Community (TMHC) Charity registration number: 1184442 Company number: N/A**
SORP is Statement of Recommended Practice – this provides recommendations and requirements for preparing ‘true and fair’ accounts in accordance with UK accounting standards. - The Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
## **Objectives and activities**
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SOR
P ref
Para Summary of the purposes For the public benefit , the relief of those in need by reason of
1.17 of the charity as set out in mental or physical ill-health by providing, via information
its governing document technology or other means, access to community services as a
source of support.
Para Summary of the main ● Delivery of Community Headspace programme
1.17 and activities in relation to ● Further development of Community Headspace offer
1.19 those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts
Para Statement confirming Yes
1.18 whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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Para Policy on grant making N/A
1.38
Para 1.38 [Policy on social investment ] including program related N/A
investment
Para Contribution made by ● Marketing support
1.38 volunteers ● Social media creation and posting
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## **Achievements and performance**
## **Para 1.20: Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole**
- Recruitment of remaining 4 businesses for cohort 1 of new Community Headspace Programme
- Delivery of Community Headspace Programme across the cohort of 10 businesses
- Evaluation of cohort 1, creation of impact report and learning embedded for cohort 2
- Successful application to The National Lottery Community fund for £20,000 to run Community Headspace programme for a second cohort
- Recruitment of delivery and support team for cohort 2 ahead of participant recruitment during next financial period
- Ongoing work on a strategic plan for the charity including objectives, goals and potential measures
- Updated vision and mission statements to better reflect the work we’re now doing
- Recruitment of a new trustee
Summary of impact from cohort 1:
- 86% told us the consultancy sessions gave them more tools to help create a safe, supportive culture for people with a mental health condition
- 89% told us the consultancy sessions made them feel significantly more confident in supporting colleagues with a mental health condition
- 83% told us the training sessions helped them feel more confident supporting colleagues with their mental health
- 100% told us the workshops were informative and supported their learning
- 94% told us the training sessions gave them more tools to help create a safe, supportive culture for people with a mental health condition
## **Para 1.40 Additional information (optional):**
|Para
1.41|**Achievements against**
**objectives set**|N/A|
|---|---|---|
|Para
1.41|**Performance of fundraising**
**activities against objectives**
**set**|N/A|
|Para
1.41|**Investment performance**
**against objectives**|N/A|
## **Financial review**
|Para
1.21|**Review of the charity’s**
**financial position at the end**
**of the period**|A full financial statement is attached to this report.
Starting balance: £8,607
Money in: £20,000
Money out: £8,332
End of year balance: £20,275|
|---|---|---|
|Para
1.22|**Statement explaining the**
**policy for holding reserves**
**stating why they are held**|
N/A during this period|
|Para
1.22|**Amount of reserves held**|None|
|Para
1.22|**Reasons for holding zero**
**reserves**|Insufficient funds as yet.|
|Para
1.24|**Details of fund materially in**
**deficit**|N/A|
|Para
1.23|**Explanation of any**
**uncertainties about the**
**charity continuing as a**
**going concern**|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
> Para **The charity’s principal** Grants from The National Lottery Awards for All.
> 1.47 **sources of funds (including any fundraising)**
|Para
1.46|**Investment policy and**
**objectives including any**
**social investment policy**
**adopted**|N/A during this period|
|---|---|---|
|Para
1.46|**A description of the principal**
**risks facing the charity**|
Due to the small size of the team and limited time available there
is a risk that we don’t have capacity to promote the programme,
recruit sufficient businesses to participate and deliver
Community Headspace.
Due to ongoing funding inconsistency there is a risk that we are
unable to retain the contractors who are delivering the
programme.|
## **Structure, governance and management**
|Para
1.25|**Type of governing document**|TMHC is governed by a Foundation Model Constitution|
|---|---|---|
|Para
1.25|**How is the charity**
**constituted?**|TMHC is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Para
1.25|**Trustee selection methods**
**including details of any**
**constitutional provisions**|
The first trustees are still in post, with an additional trustee
recruited during this financial period.
When trustee recruitment is required every trustee will be
appointed for a period of three years by a resolution passed at a
properly convened meeting of the existing trustees. Regard will
be given to the skills, knowledge and experience required for
effective administration of TMHC when appointing new trustees.|
|**Additional information (optional)**|||
|Para
1.51|**Policies and procedures**
**adopted for the induction**
**and training of trustees**|Policies and procedures are in place and reviewed regularly.
Induction programme has been developed.|
|Para
1.51|**The charity’s organisational**
**structure and any wider**
**network with which the**
**charity works**|TMHC is managed by its board of trustees with the Chair
primarily responsible for activity.|
|Para
1.51|
**Relationship with any related**
**parties**|N/A|
## **Reference and administrative details**
|**Charity name**|**Charity name**|**Charity name**|The Mental Health Community|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Other name the charity**
**uses**|||Previously known as Connected Health|
|**Registered charity number**|||1184442|
|
**Charity’s principal address**|||1 Springfield Drive, Tiverton, Devon EX16 5PN|
||
**Office locations**||
TMHC has no office locations|
|1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**
**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**
Hannah Sturland
Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation
Sheon Sturland
Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation
Dermot Parkinson
Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation
Paul Smith
Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation|||
||**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**||
||Hannah Sturland|Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation||
||Sheon Sturland|Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation||
||Dermot Parkinson|Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation||
||Paul Smith|Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation||
5 Fiona Cole
Sept 2024-present
Board of Trustees
|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|
|---|---|
|
**Director name**|
**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
|N/A|
N/A|
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
|---|---|
|N/A|N/A–TMHC holds no property|
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|**Description of the assets**
**held in this capacity**|N/A|
|---|---|
|**Name and objects of the**
**charity on whose behalf**
**the assets are held and**
**how this falls within the**
**custodian charity’s objects**|N/A|
|**Details of arrangements for**
**safe custody and**
**segregation of such assets**
**from the charity’s own**
**assets**|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**
|||**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||N/A|N/A|N/A|
||**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**||||
|||N/A|||
||||||
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **Other optional information**
**N/A**
## **Declarations**
**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Signature**||||||||
||**(s)**||||||||
||||||||||
||**Full**
**name(s)**|Hannah
Sturland|Sheon Sturland||Dermot
Parkinson|Paul Smith|Fiona Cole||
||||||||||
|||Chair|Trustee||Trustee|Trustee|Trustee||
||**Position**||||||||
||||||||||
||**Date**|14.02.2025||14.02.2025|19.02.25|17.02.2025|21.02.25||
||||||||||
## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
## **From: 01 November 2023**
## **To: 31 October 2024**
## **Charity name: The Mental Health Community (TMHC) Charity registration number: 1184442 Company number: N/A**
SORP is Statement of Recommended Practice – this provides recommendations and requirements for preparing ‘true and fair’ accounts in accordance with UK accounting standards. - The Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
## **Objectives and activities**
**----- Start of picture text -----**
SOR
P ref
Para Summary of the purposes For the public benefit , the relief of those in need by reason of
1.17 of the charity as set out in mental or physical ill-health by providing, via information
its governing document technology or other means, access to community services as a
source of support.
Para Summary of the main ● Delivery of Community Headspace programme
1.17 and activities in relation to ● Further development of Community Headspace offer
1.19 those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts
Para Statement confirming Yes
1.18 whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit
**----- End of picture text -----**
## **Additional information (optional)**
**----- Start of picture text -----**
Para Policy on grant making N/A
1.38
Para 1.38 [Policy on social investment ] including program related N/A
investment
Para Contribution made by ● Marketing support
1.38 volunteers ● Social media creation and posting
**----- End of picture text -----**
## **Achievements and performance**
## **Para 1.20: Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole**
- Recruitment of remaining 4 businesses for cohort 1 of new Community Headspace Programme
- Delivery of Community Headspace Programme across the cohort of 10 businesses
- Evaluation of cohort 1, creation of impact report and learning embedded for cohort 2
- Successful application to The National Lottery Community fund for £20,000 to run Community Headspace programme for a second cohort
- Recruitment of delivery and support team for cohort 2 ahead of participant recruitment during next financial period
- Ongoing work on a strategic plan for the charity including objectives, goals and potential measures
- Updated vision and mission statements to better reflect the work we’re now doing
- Recruitment of a new trustee
Summary of impact from cohort 1:
- 86% told us the consultancy sessions gave them more tools to help create a safe, supportive culture for people with a mental health condition
- 89% told us the consultancy sessions made them feel significantly more confident in supporting colleagues with a mental health condition
- 83% told us the training sessions helped them feel more confident supporting colleagues with their mental health
- 100% told us the workshops were informative and supported their learning
- 94% told us the training sessions gave them more tools to help create a safe, supportive culture for people with a mental health condition
## **Para 1.40 Additional information (optional):**
|Para
1.41|**Achievements against**
**objectives set**|N/A|
|---|---|---|
|Para
1.41|**Performance of fundraising**
**activities against objectives**
**set**|N/A|
|Para
1.41|**Investment performance**
**against objectives**|N/A|
## **Financial review**
|Para
1.21|**Review of the charity’s**
**financial position at the end**
**of the period**|A full financial statement is attached to this report.
Starting balance: £8,607
Money in: £20,000
Money out: £8,332
End of year balance: £20,275|
|---|---|---|
|Para
1.22|**Statement explaining the**
**policy for holding reserves**
**stating why they are held**|
N/A during this period|
|Para
1.22|**Amount of reserves held**|None|
|Para
1.22|**Reasons for holding zero**
**reserves**|Insufficient funds as yet.|
|Para
1.24|**Details of fund materially in**
**deficit**|N/A|
|Para
1.23|**Explanation of any**
**uncertainties about the**
**charity continuing as a**
**going concern**|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
> Para **The charity’s principal** Grants from The National Lottery Awards for All.
> 1.47 **sources of funds (including any fundraising)**
|Para
1.46|**Investment policy and**
**objectives including any**
**social investment policy**
**adopted**|N/A during this period|
|---|---|---|
|Para
1.46|**A description of the principal**
**risks facing the charity**|
Due to the small size of the team and limited time available there
is a risk that we don’t have capacity to promote the programme,
recruit sufficient businesses to participate and deliver
Community Headspace.
Due to ongoing funding inconsistency there is a risk that we are
unable to retain the contractors who are delivering the
programme.|
## **Structure, governance and management**
|Para
1.25|**Type of governing document**|TMHC is governed by a Foundation Model Constitution|
|---|---|---|
|Para
1.25|**How is the charity**
**constituted?**|TMHC is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Para
1.25|**Trustee selection methods**
**including details of any**
**constitutional provisions**|
The first trustees are still in post, with an additional trustee
recruited during this financial period.
When trustee recruitment is required every trustee will be
appointed for a period of three years by a resolution passed at a
properly convened meeting of the existing trustees. Regard will
be given to the skills, knowledge and experience required for
effective administration of TMHC when appointing new trustees.|
|**Additional information (optional)**|||
|Para
1.51|**Policies and procedures**
**adopted for the induction**
**and training of trustees**|Policies and procedures are in place and reviewed regularly.
Induction programme has been developed.|
|Para
1.51|**The charity’s organisational**
**structure and any wider**
**network with which the**
**charity works**|TMHC is managed by its board of trustees with the Chair
primarily responsible for activity.|
|Para
1.51|
**Relationship with any related**
**parties**|N/A|
## **Reference and administrative details**
|**Charity name**|**Charity name**|**Charity name**|The Mental Health Community|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Other name the charity**
**uses**|||Previously known as Connected Health|
|**Registered charity number**|||1184442|
|
**Charity’s principal address**|||1 Springfield Drive, Tiverton, Devon EX16 5PN|
||
**Office locations**||
TMHC has no office locations|
|1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**
**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**
Hannah Sturland
Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation
Sheon Sturland
Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation
Dermot Parkinson
Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation
Paul Smith
Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation|||
||**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**||
||Hannah Sturland|Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation||
||Sheon Sturland|Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation||
||Dermot Parkinson|Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation||
||Paul Smith|Wholeperiod
Appointed at incorporation||
5 Fiona Cole
Sept 2024-present
Board of Trustees
|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|
|---|---|
|
**Director name**|
**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
|N/A|
N/A|
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
|---|---|
|N/A|N/A–TMHC holds no property|
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|**Description of the assets**
**held in this capacity**|N/A|
|---|---|
|**Name and objects of the**
**charity on whose behalf**
**the assets are held and**
**how this falls within the**
**custodian charity’s objects**|N/A|
|**Details of arrangements for**
**safe custody and**
**segregation of such assets**
**from the charity’s own**
**assets**|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**
|||**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||N/A|N/A|N/A|
||**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**||||
|||N/A|||
||||||
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **Other optional information**
**N/A**
## **Declarations**
**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Signature**||||||||
||**(s)**||||||||
||||||||||
||**Full**
**name(s)**|Hannah
Sturland|Sheon Sturland||Dermot
Parkinson|Paul Smith|Fiona Cole||
||||||||||
|||Chair|Trustee||Trustee|Trustee|Trustee||
||**Position**||||||||
||||||||||
||**Date**|14.02.2025||14.02.2025|19.02.25|17.02.2025|21.02.25||
||||||||||