# REACH OUT FOR MENTAL HEALTH CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1199647
- **Other names:** REACH OUT FOR MENTAL HEALTH CIC, REACH OUT FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 14, 2022
- **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=1199647


## Contact

- **Address:** Atholl House, 65a Duke Street, Chelmsford, Essex
- **Postcode:** CM1 1HL
- **Phone:** 07898220384
- **Email:** info@reachoutfmh.co.uk
- **Website:** www.reachoutfmh.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED DUE TO SUFFERING FROM SUICIDAL TENDENCIES OR MENTAL ILLNESS, IN PARTICULAR IN ESSEX, THURROCK AND SOUTHEND THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT BY FULLY TRAINED VOLUNTEERS.

**Activities:** We offer free counselling sessions via trainee counsellors to adults living in Essex who are experiencing suicidal thoughts. This can be offered face to face, over the phone or via Zoom. We are currently offering befriending and coaching via volunteers but this may finish in 2023 due to a lack of volunteers.  We offer peer support coffee afternoons, currently in Thurrock, Southend and Maldon.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex
- Southend-on-sea
- Thurrock



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2024 | £149825 | £141252 | — | — |
| July 31, 2023 | £155324 | £80287 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Charlie Patterson — appointed Dec. 18, 2023
- Elizabeth Anne McCaig — appointed June 30, 2025
- Eranga Arnold Seneviratne — appointed Aug. 28, 2025
- Frederick William Hillinger — appointed June 8, 2023
- Lucy Howchen — appointed Sept. 29, 2025
- Thandekile Kawenga — appointed June 23, 2021