Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 02/08/2024 Period start date To 01/08/2025 Period end date
Charity name: Mind Health For Medical Students
Charity registration number: 1196846
Objectives and Activities
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| SORP reference | ||
| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | The objectives of the CIO, for the public benefit, are to promote and protect the mental health of medical students using but not limited to the provision of educational mental health workshops as well as the provision of mental health and well-being online resources. |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
Mind Health for Medical Students is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation established on November 21st2021. In carrying out its charitable purposes, the trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance. The charity delivers a range of educational, preventative and awareness-raising activities designed to empower, equip and support medical students to proactively manage their mental health and wellbeing. These activities are undertaken for the public benefit by improving awareness of mental health, reducing stigma and encouraging early intervention and help- seeking behaviours within the future healthcare workforce. During the reporting period, the charity's principal activities included: • Delivering educational workshops, lectures and speaking engagements to medical students on topics including mental health awareness, wellbeing, resilience, self-care and recognising when and how to access support. • Developing and distributing evidence-informed wellbeing |
| resources, guidance and educational materials tailored specifically to the needs of medical students. • Delivering public awareness campaigns through digital platforms to promote positive conversations around mental health, reduce stigma and encourage students to seek support when required. • Working collaboratively with universities, medical schools, student societies, healthcare organisations and other charities to improve mental health education and advocate for the integration of wellbeing teaching within medical education. • Supporting and participating in research and collaborative projects that seek to better understand the mental health needs of medical students and identify effective approaches to improving wellbeing. • Building partnerships with organisations that share the charity's objectives to maximise reach, share good practice and contribute to lasting improvements in medical student wellbeing. Through these activities, the charity aims to create a culture in which medical students feel able to prioritise their own mental health, access appropriate support without stigma, and develop the knowledge and confidence to support the wellbeing of their peers. Ultimately, these activities contribute to the development of a healthier, more resilient future medical workforce, providing wider public benefit through the promotion of good mental health within the healthcare profession. Further information about the charity's programmes, activities and impact is available within the charity's published Impact Report and on the charity's website www.mindhealthuk.org |
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| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| SORP reference | ||
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| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | |
| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | |
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | The work of Mind Health for Medical Students continues to rely heavily on the commitment, expertise and enthusiasm of its volunteers. Throughout the reporting period, volunteers from a range of backgrounds, including medical students, junior doctors and healthcare professionals, have played a central role in delivering the charity's objectives. Volunteers have led the development of educational content and wellbeing resources, managed the charity's social media platforms, and shared evidence- based information to promote positive mental health and wellbeing. During the reporting period, volunteers continued to deliver the charity's online wellbeing campaign through Instagram, which is now in its fifth year of service. Through this platform, volunteers have signposted students to appropriate support services, shared practical wellbeing strategies, highlighted educational resources, recommended books and podcasts, and encouraged open conversations to help reduce stigma surrounding mental health within medical education. Volunteers have also coordinated partnerships with medical schools, universities and student societies, enabling the charity to deliver workshops, presentations and collaborative wellbeing initiatives. During the year, volunteers contributed to the design and development of new wellbeing workshops and educational resources, ensuring that the charity's programme continued to evolve in response to the needs of medical students. The charity continued its work with the University of Bristol Medical School and Cardiff University School of Medicine, and its educational resources and teaching have now been incorporated into the curriculum of three UK medical schools. |
A significant milestone during the reporting period was the charity's first national conference, held in February 2025. Volunteers were instrumental in planning, organising and delivering the event, supporting the conference programme, coordinating speakers and delegates, and helping to ensure the event was a success. The conference provided an opportunity to bring together medical students, healthcare professionals and partner organisations to share learning and promote best practice in medical student wellbeing. The charity has benefited from the support of volunteer Local Engagement Officers, who have acted as ambassadors within their respective medical schools by promoting the charity's work, organising local wellbeing activities, raising awareness of available support, and encouraging student engagement with the charity's initiatives. Mind Health for Medical Students was honoured to be allocated charity places in the London Landmarks Half Marathon for the second consecutive year. Volunteer runners not only represented the charity at this nationally recognised event but also raised valuable funds and increased awareness of the mental health challenges experienced by medical students among the wider public. The charity has also had the pleasure of hosting medical elective students who have contributed their time and expertise to a range of wellbeing-focused projects. These projects have included the development of educational resources, research activities, service improvement initiatives and the exploration of innovative approaches to supporting medical student mental health. Their contributions have strengthened the charity's capacity while providing valuable learning opportunities for the students involved. The trustees are extremely grateful to all volunteers for the time, skills and commitment they have given throughout the year. Their collective contribution has enabled the charity to expand its reach, strengthen its partnerships, develop new educational resources, deliver the charity's first national conference, and continue providing meaningful support to medical students across the United Kingdom. Without the dedication of its volunteers, the
charity would not be able to achieve its charitable objectives or deliver the level of public benefit that it currently provides. Other
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
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| 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. |
Para 1.20 | During the reporting period, Mind Health for Medical Students continued to make significant progress towards its charitable objective of promoting and protecting the mental health and wellbeing of medical students across the United Kingdom. Through education, awareness campaigns, collaborative partnerships and the development of practical wellbeing resources, the charity has continued to expand its reach and increase its impact on the future healthcare workforce. A key achievement has been the continued growth of the charity's educational programme. Since its establishment, the charity has now reached more than 4,000 medical students through workshops, lectures, conferences, campaigns and wellbeing initiatives. Feedback from participants continues to demonstrate a positive impact, with 90% of students recommending the sessions for inclusion within the medical school curriculum and 97.4% reporting that workshops and talks were engaging and clear. The charity successfully continued to deliver its flagship_Valuing Your Well-being_ educational programme, together with smaller interactive workshops that equip students with practical strategies to manage stress, recognise signs of deteriorating mental health, build resilience and seek support at an early stage. These programmes have now been delivered across multiple UK medical schools, with the charity's educational resources incorporated into the curriculum of three medical schools, representing an |
important step towards embedding wellbeing education within medical training. During the year, the charity also achieved an important milestone by successfully hosting its first national conference in February 2025. The conference brought together medical students, doctors, academics and partner organisations from across the United Kingdom to share learning, promote evidence-based approaches to student wellbeing and encourage collaboration between organisations committed to improving mental health within medical education. The charity's digital wellbeing campaign continued to expand and is now in its fifth year of operation. Across its social media platforms, including Instagram, the charity has built a community of more than 1,500 followers, providing regular evidenceinformed wellbeing advice, personal stories, educational content, signposting to support services, and recommendations for further resources. These platforms have enabled the charity to reach students nationally, including those unable to attend events in person, while helping to reduce stigma and encourage conversations about mental health. The charity continued to develop new educational resources during the reporting period, building upon its established online Wellbeing Survival Guide, blogs and digital content. Volunteers and medical elective students contributed to the creation of new workshop materials and wellbeing resources designed specifically for medical students, ensuring that the charity's services remain relevant and responsive to emerging challenges within medical education. Collaboration remained central to the charity's work. The charity strengthened partnerships with universities, medical schools, student societies and healthcare organisations, enabling wider dissemination of wellbeing teaching and contributing to the long-term ambition of integrating mental health education into undergraduate medical curricula. These partnerships have increased awareness of medical student wellbeing and promoted a culture in which seeking support is encouraged rather than stigmatised.
The charity also continued to receive external recognition for the quality and impact of its work. Previous awards include Best Medical Student Mental Health Organisation 2023 – UK (Global Health & Pharma) and Best Student Mental Health & Wellbeing Charity 2023 – Bristol (Acquisition International), recognising the charity's contribution to improving wellbeing within medical education. Overall, the trustees believe that the charity's activities have contributed to increased awareness of mental health, improved confidence among medical students in managing their own wellbeing, greater willingness to seek support when needed, and stronger collaboration between medical schools and organisations working to improve student wellbeing. These achievements support not only individual medical students but also contribute to the development of a healthier, more resilient future medical workforce, providing wider public benefit through the promotion of mental wellbeing within the healthcare profession.
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | The charity's financial position at the end of the period is £1,944.14 |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | The trustees have adopted a reserves policy to ensure the financial stability and long-term sustainability of Mind Health for Medical Students. The charity holds restricted reserves to provide an appropriate level of financial resilience, enabling it to continue its charitable activities and meet its financial obligations should there be any unexpected reduction in income or unforeseen expenditure. The trustees aim to maintain sufficient reserves to support the ongoing delivery of the charity's educational programmes, workshops, conferences, digital resources and awareness campaigns, while also allowing the charity to respond to new opportunities that further its charitable objectives. As a developing charity, the trustees seek to balance the need to retain adequate reserves with the need to apply funds directly to charitable activities for the public benefit. The level of reserves is reviewed regularly by the trustees as part of the charity's financial management and risk management processes to ensure it remains appropriate to the charity's size, level of activity and future commitments. All charity funds are held in the charity's bank account and are applied solely in furtherance of the charity's objectives. Expenditure is authorised in accordance with the charity's financial controls and approved by the trustees. . |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | £1,944.14 |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | N/A |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | N/A |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | N/A |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Para 1.47
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
CIO | |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | Charity Constitution document |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | CIO |
| Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | At every annual general meeting of the members of the CIO, one-third of the charity trustees shall retire from office. If the number of charity trustees is not three or a multiple of three, then the number nearest to one-third shall retire from office, but if there is only one charity trustee, he or she shall retire; There will always be three trustees and if only three in position, a trustee cannot retire from the position until another is appointed. The charity trustees to retire by rotation shall be those who have been longest in office since their last appointment or reappointment. If any trustees were last appointed or reappointed on the same day those to retire shall (unless they otherwise agree among themselves) be determined by lot; The vacancies so arising may be filled by the decision of the members and the trustees remaining at the annual general meeting; any vacancies not filled at the annual general meeting may be filled as provided in sub-clause (5) of this clause; The members or the charity trustees may at any time decide to appoint a new charity trustee, whether in place of a charity trustee who has retired or been removed in accordance with clause [15] (Retirement and removal of charity trustees), or as an additional charity trustee, provided that the limit specified in clause [12(3)] on the number of charity trustees would not as a result be exceeded; A person so appointed by the members of the CIO shall retire in accordance with the provisions of sub-clauses (2) and (3) of this clause. A person so appointed by the charity trustees shall retire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting after the date of his or her appointment, and shall not be counted for the purpose of determining which of the charity trustees is to retire by rotation at that meeting. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 | |
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Mind Health for Medical Students |
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| Other name the charity uses | ‘Mind Health’ |
| Registered charity number | 1196846 |
| Charity’s principal address | 2 HOLTON ROAD HORFIELD BRISTOL BS7 0EP |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| Dr Christine Muhota |
N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Dr Devya Kumaresan |
N/A | 11/06/2025 - ongoing | N/A | |
| Dr Shrina Patel | N/A | 11/06/2025 – ongoing | N/A | |
| Dr Samantha Gold | N/A | 11/06/2025 - ongoing | N/A | |
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name N/A
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
| Trustee name | Dates acted if not for whole year | |
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| N/A | ||
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of Name Address adviser N/A Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) The charity is run entirely by volunteers, there are no paid staff members Design and branding coordinator – Jeremy Laine Campaigns, blogs and newsletter coordinator – Dr Devya Kumaresan Trustees – Dr Christine Muhota, Dr Shrina Patel, Dr Devya Kumaresan Conference and workshops lead – Dr Shrina Patel Finance lead – Dr Samantha Gold
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
N/A
Other optional information
Please see our website for more information: www.mindhealthuk.org
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
| Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
ChristineMuhota | |
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| Christine Wanjiru Muhota | ||
Trustee |
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