Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From Period start date To[Period end date ] 02 September 2023 01 September 2024
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name MindworksUK Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1192998
Charity's principal address
29 Gateside Road London Postcode SW17 7NB
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any) 1 Sahar Beg Chair 2 Mary-Lou AlSaedy Treasurer 3 Arshad Daud Trustee 4 Amee Thaker Trustee 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) |
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| Consultant | Saiqa Ali | 8 Ryecroft Road, Norbury, SW16 3EG |
| Policy Consultant | Peter Hein | 4 Manor Avenue, London, SE4 1PD |
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution adopted on 2nd January 2021 Type of governing document
(e.g. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
CIO
- (e.g. trust, association, company)
Apart from the first charity trustees, every subsequent trustee will be Trustee selection methods appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly (e.g. appointed by, elected by) convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity considers the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
The governing document is the MindworksUK adopted on 2nd January You may choose to include 2021 which became recognised by the Charity Commission when the additional information, where Charitable Incorporated Organisation was registered on 2nd January relevant, about: 2021.
● policies and procedures adopted for the induction and The operational activities of MindworksUK started in November 2014 training of trustees. when it identified the need to support the community with mental health, ● the charity’s organisational particularly alleviating mental health distress within the black, Asian and structure and any wider network ethnic minorities. MindworksUK is established in Wandsworth London with which the charity works. however this year we have acquired an office/counselling room in Aldgate ● relationship with any related East London through an organisation TUAID (Temporary Use Aid). We anticipate tenancy for at least one year. We can provide our low cost parties. counselling service nationally (upon request) by online counselling. ● trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and The Trustees held regular meetings during the year. Some operational procedures to manage them. details for specific projects are delegated to committees, each of which has terms of reference agreed by the Trustees. The Trustees work on a voluntary basis and when needed will get paid for work no one else can do. For example, Sahar Beg can be paid to carry out mental health training workshops that she has created and offers.
Section C Objectives and activities
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| Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) |
a) access to counselling and coaching, either in person, online or on the telephone, designed to improve mental and emotional health and wellbeing, build capacity and confidence. b) training counsellors, therapists and other mental health care practitioners to support the delivery of services and are appropriate to meet their needs. c) The provision of a signposting service to external sources of support, relevant information and other advisory services, and the support of other organisations whose work involves assisting marginalised groups or those with mental health needs. We believe that everyone in our community deserves to feel cared for and valuedwithout prejudice |
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| In planning the charity’s activities for the year, the trustees kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. All Trustees were briefed on the role of Trustees for MindworksUK CIO, given copies of the governing documents of the charity and referred to the details on the charity commission website related to becoming a trustee and to the guidance on public benefit. These activities benefit our community to help combat mental health issues as well as other services as and when the need arises. Here follows a summary of activity. September 2023 Ongoing delivery of counselling services October 2023 Ongoing delivery of counselling services 1, Meeting and SLA agreement with Victim Support Merton 2, Approached by MEND to start an online support group for its staff. This is in response to the rise of Islamophobia due to the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Peter Hein developed tips to cope with stress handout. 3, Sahar delivered a theatre therapy workshop 26/10/23 with Polly Newall from Roots for Change. 4, Mary-Lou viewing offices/counselling spaces with TUAID and we are waiting to hear which tenancy we will be offered. 5, Miranda Taggart and Mary-Lou in the process of setting up a second counselling programme with WIT (Women’s Inclusion Team) Bethnal Green for another 12 week programme scheduled to start Jan 24. |
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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| Youmay chooseto include further statements, where relevant, about: ● policy on grant making. ● policy programme related investment. ● contribution made by volunteers. |
November 2023 Ongoing delivery of counselling services December 2023 1, Kings College University approaches Sahar Beg to participate and organise a research cafe to understand why minority communities do not engage with mental health research. MindworksUK agrees to engage the community and work in collaboration with TCK (Tooting Community Kitchen). 2, Miranda Taggart applies to Islamic Relief for Programme Managers Salary. January 2024 Ongoing delivery of counselling services 1, WIT (Women’s Inclusion Team) Counselling project begins. Delivering counselling for six women once a week for twelve weeks. 2, Planning the delivery of a Research Cafe. February 2024 Ongoing delivery of counselling services 1, 23rd February 2024 - MindworksUK and TCK facilitate a research cafe alongside academics from Kings College London. 2, Miranda Taggart applies for our second Wimbledon Foundation Grant. March 2024 Ongoing delivery of counselling services 1, Planning Eid Family Funday for Refugee Families. April 2024 Ongoing delivery of counselling services 1, MindworksUK successfully gained funds from Wimbledon Foundation for a second year in a row. 2, MindworksUK successfully gained funds from Islamic Relief for Miranda Taggart Programme Manager salary. 3, 19th April - MindworksUK and Balham Mosque and Tooting Islamic Centre organised and delivered an Eid Family Funday for Refugee Families living in hotels and temporary housing. 4, MindworksUK takes up the offer for an office/counselling room at Pennine House, 28 Leman Street, E1 8EW. We are delighted to be working from these premises through TUAID at a very low cost (£30 per month) May 2024 Ongoing delivery of counselling services June 2024 Ongoing delivery of counselling services 1, Planning Summer Fun Day Picnic for refugee families. 2, Planning Art Therapy programme for refugee women. July 2024 Ongoing delivery of counselling services 1, 3rd July 2024 Trustee Board meeting is convened when our Trustee Arshad Daud was appointed as a member. We are very happy with this appointment as Arshad is a trusted member of the Wandsworth Community and Chairof theBalham Mosque andTootingIslamic Centre. |
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Arshad comes with a considerable knowledge of community work in Wandsworth.
2, MindworksUK and TCK collaborate in organising a summer fun day picnic for refugee families.
3, From 11th July MindworksUK is commissioned by SWAN (Southern Women's Aid Network) to deliver an art therapy programme for refugee women living in hotels. The programme consisted of 10 sessions once a week. When the summer holidays began the women had to bring their children due to lack of childcare. We could accommodate the children by working with them on a second table facilitating arts and crafts for the children.
August 2024 Ongoing delivery of counselling services 1, 11th August Summer Picnic Refugee Family Fun Day takes place.
September 2024 Ongoing delivery of counselling services
1, 10th - 14th September Sahar Beg invited to attend The Masters Series - Europe's Largest Trauma and Mental Health Conference at Oxford University.
2, 28th September Sahar Beg is invited to join the forum for Tooting Transitions to meet the challenges Tooting will face due climate change, economics and social changes looking at how it can affect Tooting. How will Tooting look in 2064?
Networking:
To best serve our clients with outside sources of information and to signpost to organisations that can meet our clients’ practical needs we continue to participate in various forums.
Forums MindworksUK is a member of:
● Muslim Mental Health Alliance ● HNS Muslim Women's Network ● Ihsaan Project – West Midlands ● BATCA – Balham and Tooting Community Alliance ● Wandsworth Sanctuary Forum ● Zubeda Welcome – Refugee Children Community Hub ● Black Psychotherapy Network ● NHS SW London Thinking Partners Forum ● Wandsworth Carers Centre ● Wandsworth Refugee Forum ● Wandsworth Food Partnership ● Transitions Tooting Town ● CEN (Community Empowerment Network) BME Mental Health Forum ● Wandsworth Community Alliance ● Muslim Counselling Directory ● Masala Organisation – Coming Home Project Self-referrals: ● Directly from members of the Wandsworth and Merton community, also via our Instagram and website. Referrals from Organisations: ● Muslim Youth Helpline ● Estate Arts Roehampton
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● TPA (Turning Point Academy) ● Balham Mosque and TIC ● Tooting Works Wandsworth ● Talk Wandsworth - Noel Brown Well Being Lead ● SWAN (South Women’s Asian Network) ● Muslim Counselling Directory ● MEND – Ayaz Mahmood Head of People and Operations ● Muslim Mental Health Alliance ● Wandsworth Refugee Resettlement ● Wandsworth Early Help Team ● WIT (Women’s Inclusion Team) Referrals from outside London: ● Berkshire Women's Aid ● Trauma Healing Collective
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
MindworksUK has had its most successful year so far in terms of funding. Summary of the main We gained the fund from Islamic Relief for Miranda Taggart programme achievements of the charity managers salary. This is very important to us as Miranda had been during the year working six and half years voluntarily in the position of programme manager. We moved into our own premises, an office/counselling room in Aldgate East and will have that tenancy for at least a year through TUAID (Temporary Use AID). We feel very fortunate to be working with TUAID and we have been informed that we may be able to move into a second office and counselling room in Wandsworth next year.
We continue to build and develop our working relationships with other grass roots, statutory and non-statutory organisations (see named organisations above). The development of these relationships means we can take referrals for our counselling service and refer/signpost our clients when the need arises. We continue to reach people in our community and aim to alleviate their mental health issues with professional support, kindness and compassion. MindworksUK is always refining our fundraising skills, and we see this as an ongoing important piece of our work. Without which we cannot deliver our counselling service. MindworksUK continues to sponsor Women’s Netball at TIC (Tooting Islamic Centre) it is very well attended, two evenings a week, two sessions per evening. We are very thankful to Maliya Beg for running the sessions voluntarily.
We want to acknowledge the enormous contribution (for a second year running) by one of our Trustees Mary-Lou Al-Saedy. Mary-Lou is a very experienced therapist and her knowledge is indispensable when we are writing funding applications and all round support for the charity.
We also want to thank Saiqa Ali (CEO SWAN - Southern Women's Asian Network) who always provides MindworksUK with advice and endless encouragement. Another friend of MindworksUK is Peter Hein (retired psychotherapist) who has volunteered assisting MindworksUK on writing policies and research for our grant applications.
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Section E Financial review
The charity aims to have three months of expenditure in the accounts at Brief statement of the any one time.
charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially
in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
● the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising).
● how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity.
● investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Sahar Beg
Full name(s) Sahar Beg
Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair, Chair etc)
Date 18/05/2025
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| Mindworks (UK) | Mindworks (UK) | Mindworks (UK) | 1192998 | CC16a | |
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | |||||
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 13 903 500 - - - - - 14 403 - - - 14 403 191 655 - 184 2 709 20 364 510 111 - 24 724 - - - 24 724 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
| Donations | - | 13 903 | 15 026 | ||
| Government Grants | 500 | - | 500 | 5 299 | |
| Grants | 22 105 | - | 22 605 | 10 860 | |
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
22 605 | - | 37 008 | 31 184 | |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 22 605 | - | 37 008 | 31 184 | ||
| Bank Charges | - | - | 191 | 229 | |
| Charitable Activities | 500 | - | 1 155 | 2 024 | |
| Dues & Subscriptions | - | - | - | 198 | |
| Insurances | - | - | 184 | 184 | |
| Office /General Administrative Expenses |
- | - | 2 709 | 4 543 | |
| Professional Services | - | - | 20 364 | 17 132 | |
| Room/Hall Hire | - | - | 510 | 1 365 | |
| Client Support | - | - | 111 | 130 | |
| Salary | 9 480 | - | 9 480 | - | |
| **Sub total ** | 9 980 | - | 34 704 | 25 804 | |
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 9 980 | - | 34 704 | 25 804 | ||
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| - | - | 10 324 | 4 943 | ||
| 12 625 | - | 12 628 | 10 324 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B2 Other monetary assets B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Balance b/f 1st September 2023 This years net funds Details Signature Sahar Beg |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ |
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
| Report to the trustees/ members of On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages Responsibilities and basis of report |
Charity Name Mindworks (UK) |
Charity Name Mindworks (UK) |
Charity Name Mindworks (UK) |
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| 1stSeptember 2024 | Charity no (if any) |
1192998 | |
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| I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended01/ 09/ 2024. As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). |
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of examiner's statement Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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 to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Date: 16/06/2025
Signed: Name: Zubair Hussain
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Relevant professional Association of Chartered Certified Accountants qualification(s) or body (if any):
Address: 10 Lockwood House, Lockwood Park, Huddersfield, HD4 6EN
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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