ARll#l Report and Examined Accounts ISIApril 2024 to 3151 Mareh 2025 Summzry of the Legal andAdmlnistrative inforniation For th¢ fiDaneial year ending 31*t March 21125: Referen¢c and Administrative InfonnatiOD Charity Name: Calm Minds-UK Charity Registration Numb¢r 1195611 Conipany Registration Nwuber. 11592461 Register Offiee Address: The Wellcome Hub. 35 Viearage Lane, East Ham, IAkDdon E6 6DQ Status: A Rered Cknity aud is constituted by a Memorandum and knicles of A&sociatiOEL Trnstees.. The following served as the ITstee$ for the financial y¢aT ending 3 1st March ?025: Miss. Olive Namugatu-mls. Barbara Were-mr. Jimmy Mubiru-mr. BadÈrn lizinga Mr. AlpInse HakÉmana .Independent EJamillers Alex DavÈes Caspproject Bankcrs: Natwest Bank: Liverpool Street Branch. P O Box 282, 216 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QB
l Responsibllities of the Truste ID tbc preparation of fjnancial Statements: Ibe TrIe¢s, who are aL80 directors of the organisationlcharity for the Purposes of the Companies A¢i submÈt their annual report and the finallcial statements of Cajm Minds-UK for tbe financial year ending J l 2025. The Trustees collfirni that the aDlluai report and financial stateinents of the company comply Ith eurrent statutory rcqutrement& this indudes the company's governing doCUnt and the pmvisioDS of the Statement of the Recornmended Practic¢ (SORP) "Accounting and Rep)rtin8 by ChaTitie5" issued in March 2005. 1.1 OrgaDisatiOll 8tats. Cajm Minds-UK is a registerol charity number 1195611, and it ig also registered &s a ch8Jitable company limited by guarantee but without slw¢ capitAI. Fir8t incorporated on the 27 of September 2018 under company number 11592461 under the name of Calm Minds- The Organisation was established under the Memorandwn ofAssociatIo It is governed under the ArticEes of Association available on request. If the company is woulld up, members e required to contribute an amount not ¢xceeding £1. 12 Trnstees: Under the Artides ofA&sociation. the Trustees are elected at tbe Annual Generat Meeting to Serve until the next general DCtIng. Under the Memorandum ld Anicles ofAssociation the board composed of the Tntee4 at any point in time consists of not less than three ad not more than nine member Indllction and training of new Trust New Tnjstees are provided with the most recent atmual account4 report, and a portfolio of policies and procedures. A TnLStees' Handbook with a comprehensive Tefercnce pack that includes the governing instrument, details of activities, organisatio4 assets, aLcounts, rewnsibiIities, alld procedures of the charity. A meeting is held to give new TneeS an undersknthng of the ¢haTity and its activities. Traintng for Tnte¢S takes place as and whell training needs are identified. IJ Foundation AdrninistratlOD: '1'he I rustees and their professional adiisors cany out the thinistratiOD of th¢ Foundatio 1.4 OrgAnisatio11 Strn¢tsr¢: lo achieve the Jnain objrftives of the organisation. the ¢omposition of the Board of Trustees Conskders the need for specialist skills on the board. The Trnstees exercise the legal responsibilities and requirements of a charitable company and n*et Tegukarly to receive reports from th¢ statfon work undertaken ar the financkal posilion of the orgatiisation. The
Chair will oversee the orgaDisation's day.tO-day Operation4 currntly rnan a team of12 voRuntecTS, and one sessionav part.titue staff. 1.5 Internal colltrol and risk management This being our 5 ye4r of financial reportitig, the Trustees examined the major risks which tbe ¢harity faces in rclation to exterDal factors and rel&ionship4 its governance and managemenl its inten1 Op¢r10& and its business. The manageellt of risk is r¢viewed by the existing Board of Tr4teeS. Th¢ TrteeS will conlinue to keep under review their systems of internal financial control. Th¢ systetns being desi will provide reasonable. but not absolute. assurance against material misstatement or loss. They include: a. An aDnual budgct approved by th¢ Board of Tnte¢s, but which is rcgularly reviewed. b. Regular ci)nsideration by the Tree$ of financial results, variance from budgets and perfomiance against tbe non-financial annuaI plau. D¢legation of authority al 5¢PatIon of dutie (L The internal Snancial eontrols conforni to guidelines i&sued by the Charity Commission. Other tisk &ssessments will be fOCed on risks sIng from fire, Health and Safety of clients visiting premis&s. in the delivery of our services lIch includes volunteering in the commiinxty and TnenlaI health support services to vulnerable people in the con]mUDity. Ills ye¢Jr's wurk Iw identified only a few minor new risks &8 we are mwnly f(wsed on orgallisational deirelopmenL calty building, plaDning and the continuation of recently funded proarnn. Further control and risk llgernent will be focused on the following: a. An annual review of the risL8 the cljaity may I:ace. b. The establisbment of systems 8nd procedures to mitigats those risks identifi¢d in the cssmenL' and, c. The implementstion of procedures desigoed to U]iDinllse any potential impact OD tbc charity should those risks mal¢rialise. 1.6 Mission Statemeutr. The or8gnisation Is a UK.ba3¢d TCgiStcr charity and a Compaw Limited by Guarantee with c])aritable purposes, workillg in the IA*ndon area and parts of Ess¢x. Empowering and promoting the independence Df the socially excluded. parti¢uJarly pei)ple from the African Community, living wkth or affected by tnental health conditions, long-Èerni health condition unemployment and those livinb, lonely and in isolatioL We promote their independence of
individuals and fan)ilies through voluntary community suppor¢ advocacy, advice. traini and research into their conditions to inforni our activities. We r¢cogrtise that we are part of a llluch larger ecosystem Of011SatloS and individuaIs that, potentially, are all incredible resouT¢es for our effort. We are con]mitted to transfonning Calm Min&.UK inside ouL so that in whatever we do. the organisation is sitt]ple al nwimises worling with others to increase synergy. We ar¢ seeking to engage in cOnVeatiOnS more effectively with people outside our walls. build relationships and make it simple for outsiders with attng enetgy, creativity, and generosity of spirit to get in and insiders to get out. We are uot WOled about losino control of our programs and services, 108os and branding. messages, and messengers if in rettmi we can re1ve the goodwull and passion of many people out th¢rc worktng hard on our behalf. We are keen on engaging outsiders and all those meeting o)Jr efforts in a different way. froni strangers to friends through to of our network of volullteers. so that together we call raise awareness of SOLial issu¢& organise con]muDities to provide services and advocate for Iwslations to address the root causes of mental heahl and other conditioDs aff¢ctiDg our people in their respective commullities. 1.7 Main ain and key objectives of the organisationltharity: The relief of those in need by promoting attd supporting the development of advocacy and provision of Indendellt advocacy and SUPFM)rt services to it1VIdual$ and f8mili¢s. The relief of the physical and mental sickness of persons in need by reason of loneliness and Isolatio addiction to alco11 and substances, by the provision of advocacy to people living with long-term health condition4 Inf0mtiOn guidance and suppirt to those struggling ts) fmd il purpose in their lives. To enCoure pcople who are struggling in life to take an active role in society through voluntccring. workingy together with others towards building-up strong commuaities through the provision of SLJPPOrt to those in need To &velop employability skills tbrough training. aLws to educatioN and other OPFKJrtunities. To redu( social and economic inequalities among the most disadvantaged familie <a others living in the Enost deprived sections of soci¢ty, both in the United KiDgdonL To encourage people from all walks of life to tske an active role in society, as well as work toseth¢z with othcrs tOlV4Tds buÈlding-up Strong Communities and ¥upporting others in nee
2 .0 Current $¢rvic¢s All our Current activities mainly focused on mental health and the well-being of individuats in OUT community, inwroving skill4 finance independence, providing advocacy and support to people struggling to find & purpose in their liv¢s. Among the services we secured fiJndu)g for in the last fiDancial year 2024125, included Digital and Social Inclusion for the eEderly. eogaging Volunet$, and Trtting our organisational d¢velopment goals. Tbmugb thes¢ progr8rnmes. our volunteers and some of the service users were gtven the opportuaity to develop further skills such &$ the use of hand- held devices to access online service4 and employment opportunities, job placements and otber skills which also enabled many to build their confidence and knowledge, gain experienc£ and be able to compete in the labour market more effectively. We have continued to engage our seTrice users aod volunteers in vaTiOUS activities with the aim of Improving their lives through skills developmenL and many have considerably b¢ncfited from skills development programmes such as basic admin and offic£ skills, rr l¢arneTS suppo¢ updattrAg our website and fundTaising SeaTL The yw 2024125 has been v¢ry challenging as we continue with the stniggle to se¢ure enough fimding to enable us to meet the nec&8 of our life hardened servic¢s users. We are still registering a lae IneaSe in dell for suppo¢ and etIng such neeAts remains our big Challenge. However, by the process of getting our organisatioll back on ITack through resource Mobilisatio we building OUT capacÈty by improving the capacity of volunteers, a tllove which enables to deliver quality seThices. Despite the lack of paid workers due to limited tesources, sometbillg wbich skill presents a strong cbailenge as all of our activities are Currently volunteer lcd. Our focus now is on diversifying our servic¢s through CT¥*ting so¢ial enterprise schemes as a way of gFenerating incomc internally and strengthening our capacity to deliver quality services eff¢ctively. We &re also focussed on rccruiting and traning volunleers Mith the necessary skills needed to mobilise the required resources and mcct the needs of those we are intending to serve in the community this financial year. 2.1 Service Delivery Achievement At Calm Minds-UK. we optrate a drop-in sernice which serv¢s the community with various support PFogrammes. Some of the progranimes we have been providing, include the Digyjtal Conned-up Club whicb supported 69 elderly service users to develop access to online and tbe use of diEit21 handheld devices to ¢oraMuniÉC onlioG with oth¢ts. As some of those we supported had never wed a computer or h-eld devices, we applied for a supply of 60 fre¢ mobilc phones haryjsets, aud 24 tablets from The Good Things Foundation and we successfully handeAI them oveT to our service users who were trained to use them. This programme enabled many of those who w¢re struguing to ac¢e&8 M( of the services wbich were being provided Nia online acce&s only. Such as NHS GP serYi¢4 which
wer¢ moved to online access i)nly during th¢ pandemic and following lockdoivn without any due care for those with limited digital knowledge. Mally people were finding themselves not only being denied aecess to such servic¢s. but they are being digitally discriminated. As part of our programme to Continue with the pandemic recovery activities for the most vulnetable in our community, we registered additional 178 people in the financial year 2023123 who were stti¥gling with various challenges including those M4]0 lost their loved ones, those on mental health rehthilitatlo alld others living lollg-terni health Conditions. The support prograrnme ¢llabled us to make fiLrther referTrls to other organisations from whdy our service users weie supported With many needs such &s help with income: bousing. social and mental well-being. We registered more 123 learn¢rs on our digitsl supp)rt hub: improved our IT systern with 4 more new computers, trained l O skilled volunteers tsom existing service users. and 39 people were supported iDlo etnployment and further training. The number of participants attending our monthjy soeial conn¢¢t-up club h&% in¢r¢ased from 17 - 38 who attends our monthly tea and discussion social club forums. Digiloi Supporl Hu&Fwided by the Poslcode Lotsery The aim of our activities has been to break this cycle of d¢privation and cicatc opwrtujjities for those boldillg their lives back in isolation so that they Lan make infornied choices, succeed and make positive contributions to their COnunItieS and the wider society. At the end of the Pandemic lockdowi, we launched a social support programme (The Connect Up Club) with the aim of getting pe4)ple together to cope with the loses caused by
the pandemio 2nd other chall¢llges including tbe loss ofjobs, income crisis as well as addressiJ]g incidences of Isolatio lon¢line&s, mental health relat¢d coJ]cerns. The club is sttll supporting many people in the Lommunity thanks to fiJn&s we raised through Crowd Funding supported by theAVIVA Foundation. 2.2 Lcad¢rship and advocacy skills: The idvd to forni the organisalion Was on Working with indivÈduaJs swlg to find a purpose in their livw hence helping them to Èdentify and develop their leadership alld advocacy skills. with emphasis on overcoming the challenges that they face as disadvantag¢d members of society. our aiLll is to provide them with a wide rdDge of leadership skills which enables them to explore their potential as well as engage them in peer-tfrpeer advocacy activities around a wide range of issues contributing towards inftuen¢ing service delivery, p)licy, and practice. ", We hope our work will continue througb facilitaling alld ¢mpowering our peer advocacy volunteers to develop projects of their own choice for m.hich we encourd8e them to successfully apply for funding from a wide range of sources and start projects of th¢ir own irAteresL This will enable many to gain the necessary experience needed to support their peers in developing advocacy skllls, developing their own advocacy issue4 expressing IbeD1v[ and finding solutions to cbaIlenges that they may be facing in their lives. 2J Our workforce: Currently> we have I part-ttme nLemEtrs of staff but most of our servi$ are largely run by voKunteers with the support of our trust¢es. The volunteers are involved in a wide range of activities according to their skilEs and abilities based on well-struethd 4dvo¢aGy and support work plans. Volunteers are aLtively engaged in various activities which enabled them to support causes they know kve important to cnriehing thc lives of others in their communitkes. The value of the services provided by our volunleers is difficult to quantify but it is ae witFLOUt questio that their support through the different activities that they undertake is extremely vatuable to us &ud remains core to our work. As an organisation. we are thy humbled by the people who come forward to Volunte with us. Our cballeng¢. as ever, is to ensure that we creaie a mutually beneficial experience. As a result, we eKtreEtY value their input in our strvtce planning and ddivery. As an organisatio we are focused on providing our volunteer5 with several training opportunities which will allow them to evaluate all the activities give us feedback and enable Us to learn from our mistakes to improve our futL¢ perfonnance.
3.0 Mentsl Health Couns¢llin& Adv(uey and SupporL We Fkqve plans in plac¢ to develop partnersbips with a wide rnnge of other pmviders with ¢xpertise and skills to support our efforts to make a difference in people's. 'lliis will include a Working parthership with mental health clinics, and other agencies in the community. We are focused on WOAn8 with others while supporting illdividuals and faD]ilies experIeIng depression or aDxiety. Helping them through various campaigns aud activities wbich include the fowling: Befriendin& and bereavement consoling Group discussion forums Support with access to Informatio tratning, and employment opporrunities Working with individuals and families whose quality of life has been affected by mental heaIth-related problems Working with voluntee[5 to provide a v&iety ocservices to individuals and families. 3.1 Home-Ba$ed Care and basie supportr. Given the location of our centre of operations, the knt End Of London which is a predominantly populated by w)ple from a background of being BAME. commullities and most derived section of Lolldoffj volunteeTS are increasingly 8etiiDg overwhelmed with the need to provide home-ba8ed supp)rt. and denwid for our servi¢es by people livtng with emotional breakdowffj aLxiety and depression is really affecting the lives of our volunteers as well. However. w¢ are proud of our volunteers who att sleadily addtessing the needs affecting our wple in the community. 32 C2riDg for the envfironment: It's our policy to our contribution to keeping a clean envimnment by recycling all our used paper, cardboard paper, fil4 magazijw junk n)ail, and detivery boxe4 and buy recycled printing paper for office use. At Centre in Forest Gate, we take environmental sstainablE]ty at our workplace as an esselltial part of all activities deliver, not simply as an optional. We often encourage all those working with and service users to value the many benefits of adopting green praaices, including reducing en¢rgy costs, using deCmEIS}g bin bags. or recyclable contain3 where necessary, (paper b&8ed where possibk)
33 Soeially Social inclusion is part of our effort in making a differenee in the community, we empower those who are socially excluded in society, including refugees, a$ylum seeker& aDd members ot African and miDOrity etbnic groups. We provide employment support to aid ow users to compete within the employment markeL We encourage useTS lo be active in enabling social Integrdtlo through volunteerAng and work placements within local commuDity 3.4 Volunteer Support: Volunteers are encouraged to public transport while on volunteer placements" refimds are given to volunteers to cover their out-of-pocket expenses, which include travel and ILWCh. 4.0 Finaacial Review The financial year ending 3 1st March 2025 w&s driven by our values and commitment to transparency. The full Statem¢llt of our FinanLial Activities is Set out from page I I to 13-of this pOrt. 4.1 RrVeS PoliLy A key el¢ment in tbe management of fmancxal risk 18 the setting up of a reserves p)licy and its regular review by tnjstees. The (nteeS co81der that as a new orgaTJisation that is growincf and facing 5eveTal risks, the current reserve Eevel is not adequat¢. The Intstees equally believe that for better Organisational developmenL there is a need to maintsin free reserves for the purposes of haviog a WOTkiDg capital at to undertake reseaT¢h for servicelpzoject development. 52 Trustees. re8ponsibilities ID relatioll to the fmaoeial Statements: Company law requir¢s the tr to preparc financial statements for each financial year which give a trne al fair view of the Siti110n oftbe chartty at th¢ end of the financial year and of its incoming resourccs al application of resources, including income and expendittwe for the financial year. In doing so the tnteeS are required to: S¢lect suitable accounting polici¢s and then apply them consistently. b. Make judgements and estijnates that are reasonable and prudenL Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it Is inappropriate to pIesume that the Lharity will continue in bus£ness.
d. The trustees are responsible for n]aintAiiung proper attountillg records which disclose ith ttasonable accuracy at any txme the flljancial position of the Gharity and ¢nable them to ensure that the financial Statennts comply wtth the CompaniesAcl 1985. The trustees are also Tesponsible for safeguarding the &8sets of Ihe charity and hence for tskiDg reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other iTregulariti&8. f. In accorddnce with company law, as the comp8J]y's direc10 we certify thaL' g. So far as we are aware. tlwe is no relevant audlt infOrntion of which the examiners ot our accounts are unaware. and h. As the directors of the company. we have takcD all the steps that we ought to have taken to make ourselves aware of any relevant audit inforniation and to establish that the company's independellt auditors of accounts are aware of that infornthtion. 6 Acknowledgem¢nt: The Tn]stees wish to L¥press they're thanks to all indiv1thS who have helped the organisation to develop Rts services and to mention a few among them include The Aviva Foundation. London City Airport Foundatioffj The Postcode setY TrusL and mauy others, as well as emberS, contnl)utioDS. We would like to thank the many others that hav¢ generously dortated to our work either in cash or in kind that we have not been able to name here. sign on behalf of the Board of TnLgtets by: Jimmy K2sawuli Mubiru Chair, Board of TDJStees Approved by the Board on: Date %? 10
Reportofthe Indep Examinerto th8 members of Calm Mind5 UK RNALACCOUNTS FOR THEYEAR TOTHE 31" March 2025 I have examined the accounts of Calm Minds UK for Ihe yearto 31"March 2025 is my responsibilityto examine the accounts Withoutperfomiingan audit and to reportto the Men8gement Cijmmittee. I have caled outthe examination which Includes a review of the accounting records kept by thg charivs ManageMt wnmrtt8e - The Management Committee membeT3 are responsible for the preparation ofthfyaccourrts. They ar8 resF)onsibie for keeping proper8ccounting records which disclose with reasonatAe accuracy at anytime the financi81 position of th8 charity and enable them to ensure thatthe financial statemts coMplythe regulations undersection 4317) {bl of the charFties Act 2011. They are responsibLefors8feguarding the assets of the charty and hence fortaknng rè8sonable stepsfor preventingand detecting errorsfraud orother irregu&r(tses Based on myexaminatlon. no matter has come to myattentlon whlch gives me reasonable causeto beLieve that in any material respecL the requirements to ensure that (l) Proper accountingrecorts in OrdanCe wrth section 130 ofthe charities Act 2011 and (2) Accounts which aee wr£hthe accounting records and complywith accounting requirements have not been meL (3) Or to lch In my opinion attention should be drawn in orderto enablea prop8r understandingof the accounts to be rea¢hed Independent Examiner Alex Davies A G Davies Certtfied Accountant CommunttyAccountlngsupport Project 702 High Road Leyton. London E10.6JP Dated.....28° May 2025 11
Calm Minds- UK CDmpanyN05 11592461 Income & Expendltureforyear Ending 3tst March 2025 Incom• From: Note Unrestricted Restrlcted Total Funds Totsl Funds Funds Funds 2025 2024 Aviva Crowd Funding PostC(>k Lottery Groundwvd(s Go(xl Thinking Skinner Charity Newham Small Grants Paypal Barchester Ashworthy CT Newham C tjonationsllntemal Fundraising Fundraising ActivitEs Other Small Funders Brrtish Sctence Week GLA Good Things Fou 6,196 13,159 1.980 13,159 1,980 1279 1.900 500 3,626 2.279 1.900 3,626 1,200 3,820 743 6,656 3.820 743 6,656 2,286 8,262 13 1,000 17.904 17,539 35.443 19.457 Expendltures: Raising Funds Charttabie Activities 17,272 17.272 16,715 16,715 33,987 33,987 23.401 23,401 Net Incom8lOutyoing Resour8 632 824 Opening Balance BIFwd 4,812 Closing Fund Balance 31st Mar 1.500 824 2.324 868
CALMMINDS41K BAIANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2025 Br8akdchvn 2025 Total 2024 Total Fixed Assets Tangible fixed Assets Furniture Breakdown CurrentAsEets Stock Debtors Cash At Bank 824 2,324 Creditors Amount failing due wthin one year 2,324 868 Net Current Assel8 2,324 Funds Unrestricted funds utriCted furKls Open Balance Restricted fvnds 632 824 2.324 68 The Company is entitled to exempkn'on from audit under Gtion 477(21 of the Companies Act 2006 for the peri¢xA ended 31st March 2025 The members have not required the company to obtain an audlt of its financial statements for this period, with section 476 of the act The Tlltees acknowledge their rwnsibilty for: (1) Ensuring company keeps accounting feo)rds %thich comply with Sectton 386 (2) Preparing the financial statements sthi¢h gives a tnje and fair vtON of the state of affair5 of the compa end of each finan year in accordance wth the requirements of section 393 whith complies with the requirements of thfi8 act relattng to accounts $0 far as applicable to the oynpany The acctyjnts have been prepared in accordance with the spea'al provisions relaing to small compani85 Approved on behalf of Iho cour11 on 28th May 2025 anrj signed on Its b&half by Signed Jlmmy Kasawull Mubiru Trustee 13