Rogistered number.. 1786914
Charfjty number: S14829
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS
(A company limited by guarantee)
TRUSTEES. REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
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CONTENTS
Reference •nd •drninistraliv• dvtsils of th• CompwbyD ils Truste08 ar¥1 ¥d¥ls•rs
Chairfs statement
Truste•s' r•port
TnNI*￿' responsI￿lIti•5 Ststemert
Independent auditor'$ report on the fin￿¢111 st•t•m•rts
statement of finanekil activtli
4-2D
21
22-25
Balance Sheet
27
ststernent of cash Ilo
28
Notes to the flnanclal statements
29-53

MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS
IA company limil•d by guaAnt••l
REFERENCE AND AtXllNISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE COMPANY. ITS TRUSTEES ANO AOVISERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2022
TnMt•es
S J Baines. Chair
D M C¢)mer, Trustee
G Jen￿￿5. Trustee lapp(inted 22 kne 2021)
M 8cth. Tntstee lappcrfnled 22 June 20211
P Rdland, Twstee lappoinle(122 Jur* 20211
J Lanham, Trustee (appointed 22 June 2021}
K Evans, Tw51ee lappjinted 22 June 20211
D Oragornir. Twstee lappointed 27 September 21Y221
IA Atherton. Trustee lappoinled 27 September 20221
Company rngisternd
number
1786914
Charity wegi¥tgYed
numlyer
514829
Rew5teved offi¢e
Avalon House
Sa￿t Catherine5 Cowt
Sunderlan
Tyne Wear
SR5 3XJ
hlel exe¢kn officer J Hughes
Independ•nt auditor Amisbong Watson AJJdrt tin*ted
Chartered Accouhtsnts Statuttyy ALKdrtors
3rd Fk￿r
IQ Soulh Parade
West Yoth5hire
LS1 SQS
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IIENTAL HEALTH IIAThERS
(A ctyhwny limited by guarant*¢l
CHAIR'S STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
l delighted to we5ent tsur knnua ReFrf k¢o￿ts for 2021-22 vthith pmide a summary ol Ihe year's
actiwity and details of ouf accounis for Ihis finanaal yeaT. For full detai15 of the impa¢t of our this year, see
our lrnpact Report is accessibbe via this link https"IAww*.mhm.ory.vkloyr4rnpac¢.
Mental Heath Maitets has continued lo gr(￿ and deveknp our 5eNces this year, incbJdThJ *idening our
geographical footpnnt lo new areas auoss the county. One particular gro￿ area is our ran9e ol servi
mode15 to provide 5UPPOrt and prevent rJig$ esc*ts"cn. We have seen sbjnificant expansiw and our servbce
models are attracting interest fvom commissioners and Ser¥1￿ partners.
During the year ￿ developed an excibn9 n￿1 three-year strategy for 2022-2025 to cemt our 9rovrth and
seTrice quality. This fc4lowed a sigNfic3nt review of the otganisation and t￿and. and l am grateful to the various
stakeholders ccrtributed to our c(wuttab"on. incbjding staff. service users. ￿mMISSIOners, portners. and
suppliers. This prO￿ded a perspective d the organisabon. our stsngths and oFf*￿unItles as knell a$
area5 fu develop￿￿1.
We have rewsed our ￿￿On ￿ pury>ose ar￿ *E a rth¥ set of vakjes resonate ￿th the oryanisation
and continue to be embedded in e¥erylhiThJ do.
Our Vigon is.. Thal everyone can access supF**tfty mental to a rneanin91ts1 &"fè. in • souety free
from stigma.
Ovr Purpose i8.. To prO￿￿e iMo¥ative. mert4 heallh sU￿10T indmduals ￿mMUn￿$.
Our Value$ are.
Compassionate.. We a￿ compas￿nate to the Treeds oflhe peo* *tbo aecess our ser¥tces, thwr
expeneftces, and their aSpiral￿n$.
Collaborative." We believe that by ¥4rrtkng together. we achieve the best ¢yJttryne$ for indi¥iduals.
communities. and $0¢
A¢countable.' We a￿ accfjunlatle. *e transpwent and tyJr5efve5 lo the highest slandarfs in
every in¢era¢lion.
Prc4Jd'. We are proud ot7th*ot** stand ts-those access services. our people and dmnging
es.
Tr* new Strategy has frxw Ihemes ad(ke55 ow thJ￿re arntxb"¢Jn5 as a ￿lder of rnental health service5
ané as an advocate for those rnental health needs who require access to 5UPPOrt. Our area5 01 focus
indu¢e collaborab.ng expert$ ty experiencE to ensure we prwde accessi￿e. impadid. high 4ualty and
innovalwe seNce5 Ihat meet locally Identrffied needs. We also help 5h3pe fvture care and support by
influenung the Iran5forrnation 01 5eNces, law • pe￿lISed and [￿a￿based approach to deliver lrfe
chwging impact whilst cthalenging stsgrna.
Using thjr v￿ce in exiemal forums. to promote mental heahh and swy*rt Ihe develowent of rnenlal he81th
strategy and seNces. is a vrtal aspect of our role as a charity. We *ill do this through our established ne￿0￿$
to herp shape integrated wo￿l0rceS and Ihe ol new rofes *ithin the se¢tor. During thi5 year we have
played an ac￿Ve rde in Ihe preparatson for the changes across health and sooal as the integrated care
system5 are de¥doFed and eslat4i5hed. In ¥ariws knalions opu*e as a wovider. we have
supported the de¥elopng Iransforrnaticffi of ￿mMUn￿ rnental health ser¥i¢e$. ThN% has inckned thairing the
Transfonnation Leadership Board in Northumberfand as as being an ath.ve and I￿nder member of the
new Durham MeThtal W￿￿e1r*4 AJlh8nce. We have 8150 rAayed a woactyve role in responthj to a varidy of
consuhations. snctuding the refo￿ ofthe Men1￿ Heath A¢L
Our focus vththin Ihe ￿ganiSabon is lo buthJ c￿r work. ￿[deM￿￿"1vj our simegy and Values. Developi)g
u￿￿re that 1$ underpinned by our values ensu￿ can attra¢t and retin a skilled. knovAedgeabk and
d￿e￿e workforce for the future. that Is appr(waiety iecognised and le￿￿ded.
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ENTAL HEALTH IAATTERS
IA ¢ornp•ny fmnitod by g￿￿nte6)
CHAJFfs STATEIIEIIT ICOMTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 MARCH 2022
To ma￿MISe our inpact in hdFing peo* achieve meaninglul ￿e5, VR are transft¥ming our internal systems
and prccesses to be more USer-friend￿ and effiaent. slrong financ4al FQ5ith?n is suppothng investrnent in
digital strate9y that vthl modemise the infrastnjcture. equipmenL tool$. and re5our¢es that support hybrid
W￿Ing and new inno¥ab"* mtyjels ol seNce
At the start ol the year, few ol u5 have predicted the impact Ihe CorDnawnJs pandem¢ wodd cty)tinue to
have throughout 2021-22. ThroughoLrt this our w)nderful 51aff ha¥e conlrnued io adapr to promde a rnnge of
serwces to peoe living tAith menia healih needs. Our ExerJJb"¥e and Management Team5 worked w•ith our
ernF4oyees to reSp￿d to changes in Go¥ernment guhlance to ensure that those neediny our help continued to
get the 5UPPOrt they needed through the pro¥l￿on of blended seNces. This year hasny been easy. As well as
the residual chalenges the pandem￿ we con￿nUe to experb2nce recwitrnent pres5ure5, like many
proMder3 in our sector. *ve atle to moty.hse se¥wal new and expanded seMce5 during this tsme.
I was ddightÈd to lake rm Ihe rde of Chair of Board of Twstees In September 2021. after three years as
tlustee. At the same ts"me. sevefal of ￿J( lon*standw trusiees *ft al Ihe end of their tenure. I would like lo
thank Ihem for their dedicati￿ and ccffirnitrnent lo Mentsl Heatth Matters over the years. as l am SU￿ the
charity not be in the str¢ng po￿1￿ is now thw"f C(mlmued SUFfJOrt. &"x new Irvstees were
arwinted vtho bring a rafige ol skils and eXperie1￿e to our board. We alsts ￿tre$hed our Artydes of
Assotrats"on lo ensure that they continue to supwl effectrye govem•Ke of Mental He*th Matters a$ the
Ofganisati(¥) gro*E and evofve5.
To Supp￿ tsjr fttus on eststrAished a Qualty and Sattyuardirwj SU￿0mmittee io work alOng￿￿e
our currenl Audit and Risk SU￿Ornm111ee, wovidirKJ addit￿C￿31 assurance to the 8oard, as the breadlh and
ra￿t of mc*Jels of service5 expand. Our time limrted steering groups also ￿Trg ttrjether knJstees vnth relevant
S￿.115, supporting our ExecutNe aTrJ Management teams *ilh major *rwk8tream5, incbJthng Ihe implementation
of our W￿rkfOrCe and dHJita strategies.
We know the nexi year 7AfjII conlinue to wovwje thallenges both IQ as a charity and servKe pro¥ider as y￿1 as
to our serY*ce users. l arn confident Ihat our new strategy and our established netsvorks and relationship5 wll be
fuTrJarnental to us tyJildiThJ C￿ our strong reputab.cfi In a more cdkboratsve enwronrnent 90ing for4vard. We
use thi$ to gr￿{ our influence and advo¢* for those expwienung mental disire5s and illness at a tirne where
ambilKJUS tAans for the health and sooal Ca￿ sector hold the Wenbal to truly transfomi xrvice5 and lackje the
Inequal￿e$ have been fvther hfjhlighted by the Covi&19 pandemi¢.
S J 8aln•s
Chaii of Tmstees
Date." 1011112022
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ENTAL HEALTH IAATTERS
IA company limil¢d by 9uarnnt••l
TRUSTEES. REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
The ffinaw￿ staternents have been prepated in aCcordar￿￿ ￿th the accounting pokies sel out in note 1 to the
finanoal statements comtty v•lh Ihe tharrfs go¥eming do¢vment, the Compan*s Act 2006 and
'Accounbng and Reporting by CharitEs." Staterneni of Recommended PractKe aP￿irable to charibes preparing
their a¢¢ounts in acccrfdance wth the Financi￿ Repothg Slandard appl￿able ￿ ihe UK and RepuLli¢ ¢1 Ireland
IFRS 1021" las amended for a¢couNing period5 commencin9 from 1st January 20191.
Obi•¢iivos and acliviti•S
. Publlc Ben•fft
Mentsl Health Matters IMHMI e￿$ts ts the benefit of the Ihrough the of its se￿￿e$ to ary
member of the wbfi¢ vtho has a menlal or phy5ts1 health need Ihai irnpads ￿ Iheir *Ellbein9. All of Ihe
seThice$ pro¥K1ed by we wikn"n the aims and rtliedwes as set IYA in the Ajieks OfAs￿￿.0Tr.
Throughout the Ach￿Vernents and Perfrmnce se¢b'on ol this (pages 9 - 131. have identified and
evaluate¢ the benefits that gain frDm accessing our seM¢es and maxirrigng indepenLlence through
seif.directed supprt This 1$ part¢ularfy relleded in our p$yd¥JogKal theTrpy seN¢es and comnwJnrtrba5ed
¥eFvice$ focusing on posfve outcome$ k* indi￿dU￿9.
In $haping Lwr obje¢tNes for Ihe year and ￿8￿￿1￿9 ¢xw xb¥rt*s. the InJ$tee$ eonsidwed Ihe Charty
CommissiC￿'S gLMdan¢e on p￿￿e benefi( ulthdiny ts 9uidantÈ'Public benefrt." wnThn9 2 charity IPB21'.
As an organisat￿n * also a range of accessit4e lrterature. onhne resources and trawiiny course5 10
Cate, inforrn and guide peorle rnent￿ and K*ryxa heaAh need5. their Ca￿r$ and ne￿￿￿5, and th
wider communty.
Obl•ttives
The prirnary object of the charity 15 to act for Ihe l)enefrt of the pubk. lo promote the well-being of persons vkno
are experiencin9 mentsl w phy*cal heanh pmtyems or Illnesse$. hwver th¢)se probJem$ or illnesses have
arisen, and Ihe¥ famih'es and carer5. bth UK and o¥ersea&
Dwing 2021122 our focus has been on..
promsion ofhgh qvaty. seclor kath.ng strwes
business developThenl and gro*th
a motivated and relevanl
system & pro￿$5 improvement
During Ihe year. as ddwled In the Chwrfs ststemerrt above. * fftated an o¥ganisational strategy for 2022-25.
devdoped in ¢￿su1￿t￿)n w￿1h fyjr partners. empbyees, and ih05e acces$ our $eMces.
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IA Cornwny limited by guarnnts•l
TRUSTEES. REPORT ICONnwveDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
StnKturei g0￿MIne￿ I￿1 man•g•m•nt
a. G￿eMan¢• and trust8•S
MHM is a charitat4e ccmpany by guaranlee (wistralton number 17869141. incorporated in 1984 and
governed by rt5 Artide5 of As5wab"on. rn05t recenty amenrjed in 2022 ¢0 prO¥￿e darity around recruitment of
trustees. temis tsl office and the fun¢ts"oning of the Boa￿ and ts sthcommthes. MHM is regsstered as a chanty
in England and Wates (registration number 5148291.
The Boa￿ of Trustees ha8 ￿￿'male re5Fty￿S1￿*ty f￿1he StTrteg￿ of MHM. Thè trustees, who are also
the director5 fry the puwpose of company and seryed during fv year and upto date of ￿.5 reput
re..
S Bains (Chair) lapwnted as Chair28 SeOernber 2021)
Ho￿)rth (Chairl I￿￿fted 28 Sepiemtw 2W211
A Bri￿ I￿$19ned 28 September 20211
D 8roknw I￿99ned 28 September 20211
N Han￿ns￿ I￿￿9￿ed 22 June 20211
S Moorey Ire5yned 11 January 20221
D Cornel
M Booih lapptsnted 22 June 20211
K Evans lappc¥nted 22 June 20211
J Horsman (appointed 22 June 2021. resgned 4 2022)
G Jen￿n5{appOrted 22 June 20211
J Lanham lappclnted 22 June 20211
P Roljand (appointed 22 June 20211
D Dragcfflir18ppointed 27 September 2022)
M Atrerton (ap￿nted 27 September 20221
At 31 Mxrch 2022 MHM had B se￿9 Injstees. and at the date of sigrwng this report KIHM had 9 stNing
tsustee5.
0ryanfjsa￿On
The Board of Trustees rneets quarterty during the year in order to en5u¥e that MHM achieves rts thaiiiable
obJ"ecbves. The board's rote Mdudes strategic oversight, and monrtonng of qualty and effectivene55 of
go¥eman¢e arrangements. operatyonal perfo￿a￿e and financ4al performance. 8usine5s plans, budgets. Ihe
schedule of delegation. aThJ terrns of referer￿* the su￿9MmIttee$ (Audit & Risk and Quality &
Saleguardingl and Ihe Execubve Team are re¥7e**d and agreed annualty and Monitored by the Board of
Trustees.
The Audit & Risk Commrttee meets quarterfy and seeks asswan¢e ovef the oryanisation's financtal and
90vemance sysiems, inckjding the annual financial auditing process Ihe corporate risk framework. The
finL1in9s from the tXgar¥5ati0n￿ annual cyde of and •$surnn¢e $y3tem$ reportel to
this committee.
The auahty & Safeguar(lin9 Commitlee ha5 been estsblshed 5YKe the year end aF¥J rneel quarterty. Its
purpose 1$ to suwort the 8oard of Trustees in dischargin9 its resFoJnsiblrbes for the s* and effective (kkvery
of ser¥ices and to oversee the strive for excellence and ￿tin￿(￿S qualfy imwoven7enl.
Board of TnJ$lees meeb"n99 are W ethw ￿ person LY bjsing ￿tsne F4atrtyms. Sut￿0mmittee meetings are
generally held or4ine.
A Chief Exeujtive Officer 15 aFpointed by the trustee5 lo manage the day404ay operatM5 of the thanty. The
Board ol Trustee5 ha5 SyStern5 ￿ ￿aCe lor the dele9alion ol to the Chiel Execulive Olficer and the
ExecJJtive Team.
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MENTAL HEALTH MAThERS
IA¢ornpany limitod by guarantee)
TRUSTEES. REPORT i¢oKfiNUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 IAARCH 2022
Stwctur•, gov•ma•K• and managorn•nt (continu
Truste• in￿¢tion 4nd training
HKI'S 8oard of Trustees 1$ made up of ￿￿r¥id￿* the sklls. competences and expeiience re4uired to
govern the organ￿sation. The trustees keep these ￿quI￿rnents under in order lo ensvre 1hat Ihe
organiSa￿on is effectivety 9ovwned. Recwthient to the charitf5 Board ol Tru5tee5 COrnFdies wth the process
detailed in rt5 Arbde$ ol Assthithn.
Eath year the Board of Trustees, Chief EyeDJiNe Officer and Executive Team meet Ihar charitable and
company law kgal adwsor. The ￿￿Ose of Ihe rneeling is to refresh ttt*r kncmledge of the respective dutres of .
trustees and employees, and also to update them ￿ any key amendrnents in charity law and Charity
Ctynmi$sion expedatiths. wlh a wew to Fthbal impacl the charitys 9o¥efftng frame￿r￿
The trustee5 have access to the MHM intranet and lo a r•n9e of ￿earning, indvLlirvJ modules that are
mandatory for trustees. co?￿ring a wge of relevant c¢xrtent indudiry organisab.on induction, mentsl health
aw3rene5s, safeguardin9, informabon go¥emance. heath 8 salety.
d. Related parties and cwer4lfjon *)th•w oryanisaiio
None ofthe trustees re¢eNes re1T￿neration or other benefft from their Wa￿ *ith the dwity.
cwrent tru5tee5 ha¥e connectirffis *ith that fun¢Jing to MHM., the detaas are
presented in note 26 on page 53. Where deusions 8re made by the Board of Truslee$ that relate ID those
organisation5, the tru51ees concemed do not paityrypate in Ihe tleciw0r￿rnakirvj pre￿$$.
MHM has ￿tinUed lo knvrk *ith many NHS and th.rtl sector or9anisab.rm dumg the year, and entered ir
C￿tra￿S with ¥everal n•v wmissionefs. Ow commissioners are listed on page 14.
MHM ha$ a vtholty owmed lrnding ujnyny. Moorpath Linrted. This subsidiary ceased its trading actiwbes in
June 2013. and is cuffenuy doffrwiL
e. F￿￿1$1￿0
During the year MHM soft-*unched a lundr•%ng strategy. MHM'S prnnary Sour￿ of funding is statuic¥y
funding. and the dehvwy of our ser¥#xs does nDI r* ￿ donabons N public fundraisiry. However. for the
wblic, donabng or fvndraigng is often seen as a p)5the way of supwlting our serwces and a$ a way of
exp￿s￿n9 grabtude for the SUPFQt receNed by tr￿mselveS or a bjved one. Al lunds recewed wll be used to
gJpport our charitat4e obJ"e¢
m￿￿ is committed to best lundraisng and Comr￿"anCe v*lh appropriate gwdance. and is registered wth
the Fundraising RegLAator. Detai15 of our 19 fvThlraisiry are wJlabk on OUT website.
https'.Itknhv.mhm.trg.ukJfvndr3ising-5tatement
Dona'ons recei¥ed during Ihe year ¢olalled £44.551 12021.. £22.970
f. Pay prdlcy for m•n•gern•nt p•rswr*l
The trustees cOns￿er that key managemeth is comwised of the Ch*1 ExeartNe Officer and Executyve Team
who are in charge ofdiTecbng and C￿tr￿ling, running operating Ihe tharty on a day4trday ba$i$.
pay of the ExerJthive Team is annuaTry arKI nonnaly inueased in accordance average
eamings. In View of the nature of the charty, the tru5tee5 benchrna￿ against pay level$ in other or9anisab.ons ol
similar size wn on a voluntary ba515. The rabo of the Chief Execub¥e Officer's rate of pay to the average rate
oypay for all employees in Marth 2022 was 3.3..1 12021.. 3.3..1)-
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IA company limit•d by guarant••
TRUSTEES. REPORT ICO•ITINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Struclw•i gov•manc• and managwnent l¢onlinuedl
g. Gender poy gap
For MHM al Njril 2021 the mean gender pay gap vAs-2% I￿1 2020." .1%) and the med￿￿ gender pay gap
was 8% (Apnl 2020". 6%). PcAicies and ryocedures ensure that empknyees in directly comparable rDles are paid
at Ihe same rate. The mean gap is attroutable io the fact that the management team at the ￿rne wa$
predominantly female. and the meth.an gap is attrittht4e lo Ihe fact that male emFloyee5 are likely to be
in higher paid roles than female emFloyees al presenL MHM is committed lo providing equal opportunibe5 in
recwrtment and in leavning and devel¢wnenl to m3le and female empbyees and prospective employees. MHM
remains alert tts bamets thai mighl affecl the balance of male and fem* ernFW in exh type of fok. and is
Cornmitted to addies*ng those barnets rf il has the po*trto do so.
h. Equality
MHM incorpDrates equal ¢)pporlunities thrwh¢yJt rts These wkies ensure that. in ac(x)rdance wlh
bcth current legisjthn and best practice, no service user, pewn employed ty job applcant be tsated
urrfavourat4y by rea￿ ol their'wolecled characlen**' as set c•Jt in the Equalty Act 2010.
i. Oijabled ¢mFtyees
MHM'S pclicy in relati￿ to recruitment ol disa￿ed pernon$ is lo w*antee to Intenhthw anyt￿e *ith a disability
ose ap￿1¢ab.0ft for a post meets the uiteria torthat post. and to aP*ays put in ￿ace any reasonable
adju5trnenls to ensure that appbcanls are treated fairty and Safety vrithin both the ￿￿ltment process and the
worknng environlnent Where emF*)yees become disabled during thwr eM￿0Yrnent. MHM %%ill enga9e in
consultation v•ith thern to delemine wknether any ￿asOnal￿e adiuslments can be made andlfx to Consider ary
aftemab¥e rcles available. This apwoach ha5 been t￿*$1t￿ty throuoiout 2021122.
j. EmFloyee engagement
As an acuedited Invesltr in peO￿t. MHM bel.eves ￿ re¢ognising Pea￿e'S skills and kno*ledge. and
developiny its employees th¥¢yJgh kaming and development. Al emF4oyees have ￿ agreed personal
developrnent ￿an to ensure Ihal th￿r kaminy and dE¥dopmerrt is appropriate to both thwr role and their
personal arCuM￿CeS.
MHM uses its staff intranet to te the wjrce of al wfft>miatiLm iegarth.ng procedure. ne¥43 and other
rnatters of concem to ernF4oyees.
Staff are Cons￿ by Ihew manage15 on rnattws directy affeth'ng the* eMpb￿￿ert t￿n$Uhed on
annual basis through an ernployee survey that enat4es them to give their view5 anonymw5ty on matte
ranging from leadefship to rewrnrds an¢ beneffts. in order to infonn organisational deveknpment. kn aetim plan
ensures MHM acts on and responds to ¥ie¥45 re￿iVed.
MHM agrees an annual busness Klah for the wJanisalion that tJemL*islrates strategi¢ objecb'ves wll te
achieved, helps empl¢)yees understand lthv Iheir ide and th•"r team's role contrib￿e$. and leads to employees
t3￿fig cwnership of Ihe persona contribulion they make towards the charrtls pertomianee. Tlus process. along
Ih intranet updates and the reporting of key issues throu9h regular manager meetings. seThice team
meeting5. and staff 1-1 meetirys. ensures Ihat a comrnon awareness 01 financial and economic factors
affecty'n9 perfrymanrx Is a¢hieve(l.
Fwther development olemthee en9agemertt is a key I￿$ *ithin our 2022r25 str*gy.
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IA cornparry limi￿ by guarnnteel
TRU5TEES' REPORT ICONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Stru¢tW•s gov•m3n¢• and ma￿￿￿4￿l Iconlin
Respm to C¢>¥￿.19
Thffjughout the Com&19 pande￿￿c. the prirnary fr￿$ ofthe Bowd ofTrustee5. Ihe Chief Executh've Officer and
Ihe Executive Team has been on balanang the ab50bJte ofthe safety of wr staff and service users knith
desire lo maintwn effectsve Ser￿e debvery.
MHM'S ablity to maintsin 5eNces, secure new semces and Imp￿rn￿nt (lfftrent *oys of w(*knng during the
pandemic gave MtrIM a Strong frmjndat￿n for 2021132 and beycffld. Through consuttats'on aTrJ collab)ration Trmth
staff. we have introduced h￿rid modets 01￿)r￿n9 that offer grealerfiex1￿lty. ensurin9 our semce users
have access io suFpJrt in Ihe best way for thwn.
Strate9i¢ ￿port
Achlev•m•nts and perf4)m￿ne•
a. Overvi•w
MHM had been due to renew ts threevv strategic in Awl 2020. Ha¥ing consklered the ur9ent need to
m3nage the impad of Co¥i&19. the Boarf of Tru51ee$ and Chief ExECUtive Olficer deoded to establish an
adapta140n plan for 2020r21 to guide MHM'S conbnued development ui the context of Ihe panL1emK, and
subsequenlty an annual bU￿nesS F4an for 2021122. *ilh a ¥1￿ to agreeing a strateg￿ pbn for the period
comrnen¢ing Apnl 2022.
In implemenb.ng the annual I￿SinesS tAan lor2021f22. MHM conb.nved to deThvei high qualty serwces induding..
primary Ca￿ psythobgic4 It4knn91 Iherapie5", generi¢ an¢J men￿4￿31￿￿5peCIfic hougn9 prwsion (from
oating suppc*t through to regrstered ca￿1., recovery and eM￿oYMent servKe5 linduding for people with mld
to moderate afi￿ety disorders an¢Yof dewe5sion, W term condtbon5. dual (h"awoses and a¢JdicbDnsl". safe
ha¥en wovision for peot4e at risk of a mental health cjiss". 36Y2417 ￿epkne emob"¢)r￿1 wpport
td&ther¥py 5ervKes," and advocary, user v￿Ce. ath"¢e and inl(maiK>n Serv￿$.
Co￿"nUe￿ io in¥esl Ime ￿9￿Jr¢¢ ￿ retain ¥#J xrwire new seryKes across En*nd, building on our
strong brand lor delNering ttlgh qualty hearth and care seNce5 along%de strate9C Partner5. This has
included commissffjning IndeFerKlenl wrto thjr hou*ng and ernpk)yrnenl serwces, reSP￿dir￿j to the
changing needs of peo(le in ¢Jur commkmities by defi¥ering evidence-based seNices and building ivu8ted
relaknonshw5 v*ith serwce ccffirnissioner
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Strdt•glc rnport (Cl￿11nU*dI
Achiov•rn•nts and perforn￿nce Icontinuedl
b. Achi•v¢monts •nd perform•nc•
MHM eontinuts to be woud of the ddNery of *nKes loeused on Ser￿ usets. recovery and
*llbeing, and of Successful b*Js ts new seThKes and the extenson or renthval of existing seTrices vthich all
MHM to expand rts reach.
MHM'S focus for 2021122 vms on..
prowsion of high qualty. sedor leading swbices
business dtvdoiwnent arwj gro*lh
a motyvated and ￿levant w¢rtfwtt.
There have been marry successes during the year, 7Mth contracts to deliver new seNce5 and rnany
t￿s￿n9 conlracts ex1ended. MHM'S approach of dew%ng bE5poke delivery mc4Jd5 suited to indNKSual
cornmissioners, requirernents. ts'ddirvJ for funds to delNer serv￿e5 based on a combination of MHM s areas of
sFecialism. and seeking fvnding to deliver selvices in new rna￿ets conbnues to pmve effectNe.
MHM has fvrther 9rowm its nel*rrks aTrJ partnerships. raigrs MHM'S profle and Seeking to inffluence at
national levd. These netths have been wlh cw9anisation$ au0$$ health and $o¢ial care and ￿thin the
charty sector. Directors have enga9ed T￿h a¢tsvty at nabonal. and local ￿Vets, partyripaty'n9 in
oppthlunrties to wk t•Ath the new Iniegrated Care Syslems and Ihe tran$fomiats"on of lo￿1 community mental
heamh Servi￿$.
Internally inveslment In our staff resource5 has eonb"nued, adth"n9 new posts to wjanisabonal structure anil
focusing en Ihe deveko￿nI of managernent ￿.11$.
During Ihe year lo 2022".
over 42,000 people accessed ourts*ing therapy seNces'.
our 365124n helF4ine sewbryce {Supprrt Matter51 SLVWted rlents on over 66,O¢KI calls aTrJ 2,200 web
chat sessions,
our employThent seM¢es helF*d over 4.ODO Feople to renwi n wk. find paKI employment or a￿e$S
training. education and ¥olunteering opprytynitie$'.
our housing Se￿Ice$ hetped $1 people INe more independenty..
over 5.400 peOe ¥*re suppmed durin9 ￿$L8 by ow ￿t￿OI￿o￿r$ safe haven se￿￿5..
expanded our geographul reach into ntrw areas.
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Stral¢9ic report {conlinu•d
Achi¢¥8monts and pertoffliw Icontinuod)
Quality and Operations in 2021122
We *Drked in partnership Ythh dinical commisswing groups. NHS trusts. local auth¢￿ie$ and voluntary sector
organisations lo deliver communrty-based ern￿oY￿ent SUFWt and Emt4oyment Ad¥isrKs in IAPT Ilmprowng
Ac¢es5 to Psychob9tal ThErayesl wM¢es.
L(￿g$tanding commissioners have continued to dernonstrale Iheir confidence in MHM'S empbyment seNces
by awdin9 ¢ontra¢t ex*ny￿b$. and MHM has cwtynued to shtyi value of our experience of bolh
ern ￿0￿rnent seThi￿ and IAPT in h￿￿n9 C¢ynmi￿0ners to debver seNices to support f*ents ￿￿th mild to
moderate anxiety anwor depre$W￿ seamless. Per$￿all$ed empbyment $UPFQrt to hdp them remain in.
retum to or find pa#d emrAoymert
The sef¥ices are **ll used. delivering po&tNe otstcomes in w)rking *ith pecwe. OLrtcornes indude peoF4e
mowng from emF4oyment beneffts into paid emF4oyment. Main￿"nIng ttjrrent ernpbyment ano avoiding period
of sick leave. retumin9 to fol¢MiThJ ￿"me off sick. lookin9 for or altemative employment, and
undertakiry training or vduntsry Mrrk. In addition MHM has supported employers vmh retention and to have
9￿ater under¥tsndir4J ofmental he•lh issues in the
4,046 PeO￿e were assisted to fern￿n in thryk. find pahl emrloyrnenl or access traiTh￿9. education and
vdunteering oppoFbJnths lo help deveknp employablty sh￿15. 919 ol Ihese people mo¥ed into paid
emF4oyrnent
Commu
rt- Commun
and Perscffjali5ed Se￿.￿5 ￿ 2021r22
In 2021r22 MHM'S 24n ernoty.onal Sup[￿ Wne. is accredited by the H*4ine Pknership. expanded
rt$ range of contracts and ¢ontinued to pro¥Kle 24n V•Taparound suFyort lo dients of MHM'$ trlking therapie5
and iecovery se￿ice$. The hdFI1￿ wowded athie listening and direct inte￿ntIOnS to vulneraNe cal￿r5. It
atso provided a 5iThJle powrt 0f￿cesS seThKe for Midand5 & Eastveterans SeThice.
We continueil to delNer comrnunrt*based *tlbw"ng ser¥i¢es to over 1.341 dients during the year. Tht&
irKluded ser¥ices across Lthtestershire and RLAland and ￿ Easington. County Dutham. providing a variety of
group interventioThs. admce and drcpin session5 as as w￿￿1d￿al supp)
We launched a ¢ommunty serwce in Knv*, expanded several services iNtsaty funded through NHS
Winter Resilience frJndin9. and secLKed contr¥As w commence in 202Y23 in Sdihuu, debvering ena￿ernent
drop4n services.
r Pthvays grwp of seThice5 cOn￿nue￿ to offw excelent Supp￿1. pwthng 222 people vAth advc￿cY, or
ath'￿ and Informathr￿ about welfare beneffts. debL hcrtNng and empbjynent t58ues.
Throughout the year our safe haven seNces in Covenlry lin p8rtr)ership wth Coventy & Rugby Clinical
CommiS￿oni￿9 (>oup. Devon lin partn￿hl￿ Devcffi Partnership NHS Trust). Kent lin partnership v
Kent & Medway Cknical Comrnissionin9 Group) and Yofx (in parfnership kmlh Tees Esk and Wear Valey NHS
Foundab'on Trustl. and Covenlryl conlinued to wothde a safe place ts peo￿¢ in acute L1istress or at risk of a
mental heatth ￿s1$. In atldition ￿￿r virtual 5afÈ haven service for IAersey Care NHS FouThdab"on Trnst SUPPC¢ted
the crisi5 pathway in Harton. Warrin9ton. Kno￿leY and St. Helens. These ser¥Kes offe￿d support in a non-
cThni¢al Set￿n9 to S.496 peotle expeFienrar*3 anx*ty ￿ distres$ or at risk of seif-harm or suicttje.
A$ an Illu$trab"on ofmpact. ewaluab'on ofthe OevM swvice shmd thal the ¥errice had kmented 124
and 255 inadents ofsew-harm in 2021n2.
During the year c4ntracts Secured to ¢cffimence in 2022r23 frrf a new habw in Ea￿ Berksh"re and a new
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Strategic ￿pOrt Icontinuedl
h1￿Ments and perfonnanc• Icontinuedl
virtual haven in sundtha￿ & South T)megde.
mm
2021r22
The aim continues to be io ensu￿ that ￿thereVer FWt4e thoge acr%ssing ¢Jur housing seNces live as
iTrJependenly a5 they are able to. *ithin their Wl cwrnynity. During the year to March 2022, continued to
)rk Service users to support their recovery. Pro￿ding accommoda*'on and support to 51 d￿nIs.
r registered seN¢e'$ Care Quality Commi8sion r¥thn9. a¥Yar(led in 2022, i$"g00(1".
During the year we estsbli$hed a Nab"onal Hthjsing Manager rt* c(MThniswoned an inLlependent review of
our seM¢es to explo￿ our strengths and hi9M9ht opptrtyrt￿"eS to innovate our models of support. Folwng
this ￿vIeW. a decsyty) was made to YMih(haw exksbng servKes and on the ol dispetsed
and uisis housing.
Talkin
Mattets- Tal￿n
ies Ser¥Ke5 in 2021r12
TImg1￿ul 2021r22 MHM c￿tin￿d lo be a lapJe national F￿lder of IAPT ser¥ices, dthered both '
partnership NHS ￿ndItiOn trusts and as a leaj ccythkn..
Tdking Matters Northurntwland.. MHM remain$ the wme C￿ctor for thi$ seThi¢e. wAih a su
ontractor Sundertand Counselling SeNce lryovkJin9 Step 2 therapy and counsellingl. In rts seventh year
ofdeli¥ery, the ser¥Ke had over 6.0ts) peopk enterin9 treatwt. met the nab.onal 18 waibng list
target and by the year entl. xh*ved the nab.onal recovery tar9et of 50%.
Tal￿'n9 Matters seft￿.. 2021122 was the first fijl year Of delNery for Ihis seN¢e. MHM delryers this
service as a sole prowller. induding therapy at *ep$ 24. The seN¢e had over 3.800 people entering
treatment and met Ihe natsonal 18 TAeek waityng k.st throughout the year.
Talking Matters warringt￿.. MHM, as prime delivered therapy at Steps 24 and clinical
govemance. MHM a150 W￿Contraded addibLYal wo¥}￿On on behalfof Warringlon Chnical
Commissioning Group ihrough Making Space (for cornputuised COgn￿"ve behaviwral thernpyl and St
J05eph's Famty Centre (for counsdling, COUFles' therapy and 3nger management). The service had ov•r
3.400 Fe0* entering trealmert mel Ihe nalional tsryets for Wa￿n9 time5 and conbnued its
in the nati￿al prc43r8mme of IAPT expansion ￿t0 long ierm conditions and medicalty
syrnptom
vdvernent
[￿eXplaIned
Staffordthre and Sloke-on-Trenl Wellbeing Ser¥￿e. In cc4laborati￿ ¥4ilh lead provider Midknnds
Partnership NHS Foundatson Trust IMPFTI an¢ olher partners. MHM continued to deliver step 2 $eThice$
in four loc4d*s. Over 13.900 pec* entered treatment in the year. The ￿0Very faie for the seNce
exc￿ed the nabwal target.
Dutharn ard Darfington Talking Changes" IIHM Yas a SU1￿cOntractOr to Tees, Esk and Wearvalleys
NHS Trust ITEWV) provhling the1a￿st5. rnanage￿￿nt and a(kniThistration. Over 14.700 people entered
treatment in the year. Waitirvj times ts Ihe serbryr* are *ilhin nalbywl largets JFKI Ihe recovery rate
exceeds Ihe national targeL
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str•¢￿ r•port (continued)
Achio¥emgnts ¥n41 wrfofflianc• IMrrtlnL*dl
(L Dwelowwrt in 2021r22
blHM's de¥ebwnenl team leads on the genwation of business Opptytututies, tendwins for new contract5
and ￿tents"On Df e￿Sting contracts. on relationship devekynent and co]￿borab.1)rn an¢J M enharring MHM'S
profile.
During Ihe year lo March 2022..
Our mernberthp of The NHS C￿ederallOn and their Mental HeaTh Neh%*rk pro￿ded us V￿th
opportynitie$ to feeL1 into the Thtiiie paper on Refomiin9 the Mental Heath Act and the opportunty to
Bbout tsjr safe havens mtyjd ai their annu￿ Confere￿e.
In August 2021. ￿ I￿ned ourffirsi fe4mal alliarKe, in County Dutham. bringing tO9ether kno￿edge. skills.
antl ￿$oUrCes IOT Ihe benefft 01k￿ peOe.
In yo￿, we *re pleased to become membw5 ofthe York ConsOrt￿M ofvduntary. Ccnmunity and
Social Enterprise (VCSEI.
In Northumberfand, we chared the Ccrfnnwnty Menlal Heamh Transformation Leadetshy Board.
cornprisng of V￿Untary Care Partners. Local ALthority. and representation from the NHS. Thi5
c(Alaborati¢Jfi ensures Ihai supwt modds ￿ (levebped in partnership ￿￿th yowders ￿[h various
background5 and ExPe￿nCes.
As an aclive rnember of The Asswatson for Mentsl Heatth Pmidets, tontinued tts work elosely *ryth
range of memÈers on a ba*$ to add￿$$ varityJs thalknges and cyportunities al a sector
TIMS has Induded shanng ¢)ur perspecbves in relab.tri to ftrture I￿rklOrCe requirements and
thereby infwnin9 NHS England & NHS lryovernent, Heatth Education England.
of SeMce5. Local Govemrnent Ass￿labonS * the Department
also alo*td Us to comment On and irthence v*inter ￿a￿￿rrtj from the menlal
speak
level.
pjanning,
Association of Directors
of Health and Soryal Care. It
health reeds perspective.
Our Exe¢utsve Team also hew to inlhJence thrwgh menthrslwp of Ihe Socaa C¥e for Menlal
Heatth and Wellbeing Pc4w & Oversight Group 7*thich reFths to the Department of Heath and So¢pal
Care. This indude5 help¥ng to inform worit*s and the rde of sooal Ca￿ in the transformab.on of
communrty mental healih 5eThices.
The de¥doprnent team also led cffl a wew of MHM'$ Ixan¢Jing. induding engagement w*ith a ￿lde range of
stakeholders. a vw to $imF4rfyry the txanding and ensvrittg that r( elfectsvety 5WPJrt5 the 2022125
organisational strategy.
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Str•te9ic report (con￿nued
A¢hi•v•m•nts arml pvrfoThanc• Icontinu•dl
. Flnanco & coryM￿atO Services in 2021r22
MHM central semces provide an Tnfrastnjcture and go¥emance framev+Ofk for the organtsation. These seM¢e5
have an extensive porlldio ol buyness suppcrt acbwbes cornwsiny ol qualrty and compliance, ky)ard support,
finance, human resources. learniTrJ and deve1c￿ent. and procedurnl re¥thv. heatth and safety,
info¥mation technc4ogy and infcrnation governar￿e. These luncbons I￿￿e iYoU￿1 tC4Jether in a single
directofate duriw the we¥ious year. and a new business SLVWt team was established, prowding m￿e robusi
5UPPOrt for Ihe vthole ￿ganis31￿)n.
t*Jring the year to March 2022 ourfinance and C￿Erf￿ate ser¥ices team..
SLw*ssttJty retained Ihe CHAS he4lh and satsty acuedw￿.
prepared to S￿rn￿ MHM'S annual NHS Data Sewnty and Proteth(￿ To￿￿rt assessmerrt by Ihe 2022
deadline..
trained managers MHM'S risk Manag￿￿1 framemyk and imt4eM￿d a r￿f￿al for Servi￿ risk
registers".
delivered 138 training sessths to over 1,180 peo&le, enth.hg a better Understanding of mentsl hea#h
and *tllbeing and equipping FeoF4e ￿ hdp otheffs in need of svppM- sesgms included Mentsl Heamh First
d. Youth Mental Health First Aid, &Jicide Prevenb"on and Traurna-lnforrned Approach", and
prepared to conduct an annual employee Satisfaction survey in spring 2Q22. had a 45% response
le. The resulis sh0%4Ed that s13ff are engaged and rI￿tiVated to delryer the very best service lo dienls
and are proud to w)rk MHM. and wowdeé constructive tsedbatk ab¢yJtways in*l)ith MHM can
further irnprove communication and managemenL
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TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR EIIDED 31 IIARCH 2022
Strategic rnwt Icontinu•dl
Commi¥sionw8. fwMl•r8 and cultomern
MHM grateft￿ty ackno*ledges the funding wovK1ed for its 2021r22 services by the folo*ing comrnissioners,
organi53tions and w5tomers'.
Cornbal Stress
Comwall Partnership NHS FovndaboTr Tntst
Coventry & WarwGkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Curntsria Northumberlznd Tyne & Wear NHS Fo￿d*￿￿ Tryst
Devon Partnership NHS TnJ51
Dutham County Crxmc
Gateshead Coun
Gloucestershire Heahh & Care NHS Ffjundati￿ Trusl
Health Education England
Herefordshire & W¢xceStersh￿e Health & ca￿ NHS TrL
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Fowidab"on Trust
Kathn Homes
Knu4V51ey Coullul
L￿cestershIre County Counol
Lincthshire Partnership NHS Foundalvi Trust
Livewell Southwest
Making Space
Mersey ca￿ NHS Fwndation Tntst
Middlesbrough CouThal
Midlands Partnership NHS FOl￿d8b￿ TnBt
Newcas￿¢ Cty Council
NHS County Outham CCG
NHS Co¥enlry & Warwickshire CCG
N4S East Leicestetshire & Rul1•￿ CCG
NHS Kent & Medway CCG
NHS Northumt*rtand CCG
NHS South sert￿ CCG
NHS South Tyneside CCG
NHS Southport & Foffnby CCG
NHS Warringim CCG
Norfolk & Sulfolk NHS Foundation TFUSt
Oxford Health NHS Foundab"on Twst
Penderels Trust
Rm*mC￿0 Feaovohip
Ru￿and Counal
Shaw Tw$t
Scojlh Tyneside Coun¢
Sport England
Tees Esk & Wearvaws NHS Foundat￿ Trust
University ol Manchester
Wwwck$hire County Cojncal
HM also 9ratefvlty ackncthledges the 9ener￿S lorth.ons provhled ￿ 2021r22 by The MasonK Charilable
Found?￿on and The Freddie Green & Chantat* Foundall￿. ¥$ ¥*1 as a number of indmduals and
other organisats"￿s.
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TRUSTEES. REPORT ICONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2022
Stralegic report Icontinu•d)
Rlsk M•nagemtnt
IAHM has a ¢(￿prehenSIve risk management framevth in ￿ace. and the trustees the executNe team
maintain a ¢ontinuous review of the risks the ¢hanty may face and the system5 and procedures to rninirnise any
Potents￿ impact on the charity should those risks materialise.
MHM ha5 rewewEd the risks lo achievement 01 it5 5tr3teyic ¢JbJeCtiV￿ durvry the year lo ensure Ihey are fi￿Y
integrated Into the risk asses5rnent, managemeni and m￿gatiOn prt¢edure$. Risks are assessed wlhin the
follow'ng areas. straLeg￿ impa¢ market. cornmissioners. dierts. third party reliance. legaVTe9uk3w,
reputation. financial. IT. information governar￿e. 3nd d'mate Changelen￿rOnrnenlal.
The Audit 8 RBk Comrnrtlee, compri%n9 suilabty qualiffied and experienc*il Iwsiees. meels I￿r tsme5 per year,
and receives ￿portS from senior managemert The committee's rernit 1$ to pro￿de assurance to the board that
there a￿ effecb.ve sy3lems in place lor ffinaroal awj ￿lder govemance. indwling risk management and
eompliance wth all aspetts ofthe law, relevart re9￿atr"ons, and good pra¢ti¢e. In a¢￿￿"0n. sp￿lfi¢ a￿8$ of risk
to the chamy are monitcrfed by Ihe full Board ol Trustees, irtluth.ng conyderats.on C*f the issue$ relate(I to
rdentificab"on. m1b"gat￿Tr artl eh"rn￿ats￿ ot Ihe risk.
The key ri5k5 facng the charity moThtored aThJ apFYoprialety rnib"gated during the yEar.
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Strat•glc r•port (eontinued
intipal R•sks and Uncertainties
The Changes undew to mental heath ttffimis*oning. vAth IhE *Jvent of Integrated Care Systems la$
advocated by Ihe NHS Long Term Plan m order to ￿tegrate semces rnore comwehen5iYdy into the wider
health sy3tem ano tg gwe better. more i￿ned up carel and the tranSf￿rnation of ¢ommunrty mental health
seNJces are intended to improve care for seNce users. bjt they also present risks which MHM must manage
dosely. MHM aims to ¢￿ty￿ue to influence and shape ftrture commis￿oning ansj available ￿sOUrce Ihrough our
nett￿rking and aL1vo¢acy al local and nalonal levd5, and antiapates bwng in a posibofv to be ￿$pL*s￿e lo th•
In¢￿ased demalld lof health servKes and to Ihe Ch￿ge5 in ¢unmiwoniNJ.
The primpal risks and uncertainties faciThJ the charty are Ce￿$#1e[ed to be..
Attraction, retention, and devdoprtwl of an indusr¥e and diverse ?Aty1rfOr￿ to ensure￿ have the light
s￿11$ In the right ￿ace at the nght the to tleliver our straiegy-
A Talent AcqUi￿tiOn Lead has ￿￿￿lIe1j to lead on MHM'5 aFvoach to Ik*s risk.
A PeO￿e str*egy has been devek)ped and be irnplernented to estsbh'sh MHM as an employer of
th01￿." to attract and retsin $kiMed and pualrfied siaff." to enwe, deveSJp. rnobvate and empower our
wKrkfo￿e. to ensu￿ that staff vftllbw.ng is at the lorefront of de￿￿On makin9'. an¢J to promote workforce
diversity.
IAHK4 has increased fle￿ble t*rtys of %btth"ng p)st-Cowd 19. iThSuding hybnd wtylaceihome V4YJrkin9
apwopriate.
Add￿.(mIal resouree witP#"n ihe peO￿t & Organi5ational DeVe￿pmenl team has been depbyed to Supwt
implementab.on of the People strategy. and resource requirements a￿ kepl under ¢tristanl rewew in
order to best meet the Tecruitment challenge5 W￿1h1n the se¢tw.
Changes in the commiss￿nIng enmronment an(1 Ihe need to ensurelhat tontmiue to be abbe to fvhThl
our comrn15sioner proF4)sition and our serw¢e stsndards-
C￿r cC¥nrniS￿Oner ￿￿pOsItion and Se￿Ce stsndards a￿ central to the Contract rnobdisation process, and
specific risks are I￿nItored ￿1￿lY through our a55uTrnce proces5 lor new contract5. Ihen through
crthct rnana9ement and monrtoring of KPI5.
Ongoing ￿￿elOpment of our management, our and ￿ganisatIOnal infraStr￿tUre is focused
on the need to cfjnlinue to deliver cc¥)ssterLy olcorrt￿l manwrt and in1k*r￿ and respond
transformabon of ¢tymmunrty rnen￿ heath semces.
Our IT transfrAmats"on programme indudes a data workstream *thich aims to delNer rn0￿ accurate &
bmety data to enhance both reportirq to cornmwoners an(1 abdty lo assess & respond to issues wising
¥rilhin swvices.
to the
Our ot4ig3tion4 duty of care and Safeguardi￿ ￿￿9￿"￿ty"e$ to d*nts and Ihe importance of
mainlaiThng high 4uahty, safe standards in wr sen￿￿ dehvery-
Our service5 have *Ell-developed relationship5 l¢xal agenues respon$ibihty for safeguarding
and care, wt have pol￿e$ and w0￿￿￿re$ In F4a¢* f¢r safe and effe¢b"ve with dienls, and for reporting,
recording and responding to inadents. indLJding safeguarding intidents". and ouv staff are prowded wilh
induction. rnzndatory and role speafic trainirrtj. aThJ oThJ(¥ng Staff de¥ekprnent lorthe re5ponsibdibes of
each posl and our trystee$ weive apyowate the5her trairung.
A Qu￿lty & Safe9uarding Comftwt¢ee has been esta￿thed *nce the year end to prowde board-
scnrtiny of￿$ risk. and thi$ wnmrttee's wrxkwil be ¢JeVe1t￿ during 2022-23.
MHM have securetl the invc4vement of an extemal wbiect maiter expert to gjpport the organi5aticn in
atson to its Safe9￿ard*)9 respMsb.l￿"t$.
A CtrProdu¢ti￿ Strale9yYAiII be de¥eW 2022123 to en5ufE Sulf￿rt dienl ertrjagerwt an¢J
feedback.
Ensumg that IT 5y5tem5 5urpJl are effective aThJ ￿ not compromise or di5ryPt the atslity to deh'ver
seM¢e$ safely and effethbtty, or we¥ent or delay the transformation of proce$ge$ set out In 2022-25
Strategy.
We have a third party managed ser¥ice wowjer in F4￿. ¥Alh a￿ro￿late aCc￿rtation, IS027001 and
Cyber Essen￿.45 Ffv5. to ensure that our IT a￿ Se￿re and ￿SIb"ent
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{A company limit¢d by gu•r4nl••l
TRUSTEES. REPORT ICONTINUEOI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ￿RCH 2022
Strategtc ￿pOrt Icontinuedl
IT ary3ryern￿ts are covered by our Busine55 c￿tinUitY Plan and Disa￿er RecDvwy Plan, and we have
proven a￿"￿ty ts acecffjmodate remote workn"ng.
IT audit and strategic revtewwas caFTred in late 2020. leadI￿j io the development of an IT
Transforniab"on Pwramme has begun,. this wll review and Improve cuThent systems., supporl
document and emted best praclice fty MHM wocesses.. enatje 8cce5$ to the right data for the rigm
peC￿e at Ihe right trme,. and SUF•Ort a mo¥e to clrJJd systems.
Financial review
•. FlbMncl•l Ywi•w
MHM prinapal funding sources are shovm in note 4 lo the ffiTra￿al 5taternen￿ There ha5 been 3 21% increase
in incomin9 resources for Ihe year. due to new seN¢es in tak'n9 therawes and cornmunty support and to
expansion gf e￿$￿ng ernF4oyment and tJknng therapie$ se￿￿.
The £956,368 surF4Js generated for the year relkcts:
the in incoming resuvr¢es. Lirgely on block-fundeil cMlracts- 2021r22 was Ihe first full year ol
the Talkin9 Matters Sefton IAPT seNce. add￿.(￿al fvn¢J"ng vas awarded by other IAPT commissioners. and
Ihefe was ¢ongdeTable grovrth fft our commwty s￿￿CeS."
rigorws ¢entrol of costs." and
consideraue staff cost sa¥ings a5 a regJlt of reuuitsn&M chalenges- however. vacancies leaLI to
essufe on our colleague5 to be abre lo delwer seY¥i¢es effe¢twety. Where appb"¢able, we have engaged
agwcy staff to fill some ¥acarKies. The People 51ralegy described above is irrtended to mi￿gate
challenge.
Ihi5
Induded in the surF4u5 generated in the year IS LMU5ed fun(lirvJ categorised as rethicted ts use in aecordanee
%ith the cornrnissionerfs intenlions in firture yea￿. This al￿￿nts to £44.435.
During the year, trustee5 made the decision to leave the TPT Re￿'reff￿n1 SduiKms Fension sctteme wth effect
from 30 September 2021. As a resutt, the estimated exit debt of £400.268 has been thjlly prowded for wthin
these xcounls. There remains uncertainty about Ihe final e￿t debl. due to a review of the apF4ication of rules by
the adminislrator of this muhi-empkyer scheme. for the scheme trustee is seeking court direction.
Possible addrtI0n￿ costs cannot be cabjated at Ihis tmne. MHM'S aéwsors Indi¢*e Ihat these Will not
be m*rial.
The soft launch of MHM'5 hJvJTrisng straiegy during 2021122 VAS restyJrted by our Intem￿ team, vAth no
material costs forfiJndratsing acDvibes.
Govemance costs amount to le5S than 0.5% of e￿ndItu￿.
polen￿.￿ bad det4s am￿nI￿g to £24.024 **re ￿enIff￿d at 31 Marth 2022. and has been rnade for
Ihis amount. All other outslwjding det4$ are c4)ns(lered re￿eTable.
The cash position has remained healthy thrrAJghoLrt the ￿al. The ￿trease against Ihe prior year is due to the
expansion of seFvKes described above. Cash balances ¢￿￿"n￿e to be monrtore(I to ensure that Ihey are
adequate to SUPPDrt ihe tharrtls airns and oty"ecbves, lunds are hekl on nolice thp05rt5 bthen not re4uired for
short terni casM¢y•4. and it is intended to Lmdts1ake more woactrve in¥estrnent of cash balancLs during
2022r23.
MHM's'overall t￿sInesS risy is das5thd by a kathn9 independenl credit monitorin9 8gency as l(M risk.
ajor faclors h.kety to aftect the ffinan¢Jal pos￿0￿ of the chanty in 2022r23 are MHM'S ability to design
ntemporary talking therapies and S¢￿al care seThices that meet the requirements oleommissioners and other
CU5tomer$,' to devdop and sustain strcfflg rdatscn5hips Tr*ryth CO￿ss￿ner5." to continve lo respond effecbvely to
comrnissiormng 1fv￿gh w0￿Jer wllaboraives aThJ alliances". to continue to devebp a divetse pcflfolio of
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TRUSTEES. REPORT ICONTIMUEOI
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 MARCH 2022
funding in order tts miligate the impaLt ofwntracts zt risk. The Imstees a￿ cwfideN of MHM'S ability io achieve
these goals, SUFPOrted by CC￿tinUed investment in robust staff ng and infrastructu￿. and planning for a range of
POS51ble fundin9 scenarros t￿rn9 part of MHM'S strate9ic plannin9 in 2022123 ané beyond, particularly in [￿ht of
cuThent economic f¢yewb"ng indudin9 Intsbon.
The trustees have assessed MHM'S abilty to contfftue as a gotng eoncem by revitsMng budgets. reserve$ and
cashflow forecast$. and Ihe irnpa¢t of a ran9e of possitle ￿nariO$. This asse55menl demcfflstrated that in the
w￿51-Case scenario. MHM rA)uld sustain rts status as a gthng contem over the next 12 months frorn the date of
sign off of these financial statements. In supwt of this corKluson, financial performance in 2022123 lo date is
ahead of budget. aThJ our annual tsrgEt lor net busi￿55 grovlth 15 on 5chedLk.
b. Inv•stm•nt and Policy
The Iwslee¥, ha¥in9 re9ard to the li¢J*Jty wuwements of deliverirrfJ the current seNces, and to the reserve
policy set out below. have Operated a ￿lcY of keeyng availatle funds in intere5t-bearing a¢￿Unts. and seek to
dwer5ify iisk thilst achiewng the h￿hest P0$5Iole relvm from in¥e5bng in apwopriate institutsons. The invested
fwd5 held on deposil achieved an a¥ernge of 0.1599% during the year to 31 March 2022. At the balance sheet
date £1.5m was hdd in notice deposts and considerabon of fvrther interest-tearing Investments w•ll be
undertaken ￿nTr9 Ihe Jear al*ad.
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{A company Ilm6tsd by guar4nte•l
TRUSTEES. REPORT ICONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2022
Rts•r¥•s Pollcy •nd G￿n0 Conc•m
The Charty cornmiss￿n expects trustees to de¢Kle, imFkmenl and monitor their chwiiKs re5eryes
pdicy in order to cNnpty wth their ￿981 dub"e$ to.. ad in the interests of thwr ¢haity and rts benefiriaries.. protecl
and safeguard It￿ assets of their chaniy. act reasonable care and th"ll,' and ensyfe their charity is
attountable.
MHM iwstees review MHM'S pohcy on reser¥es held by the charity * 1235t annuaty in order to enwre that rt
ccffiplies wilh these Charity Commission requirernenls. suppc*ts the achievement of MHM'5 Strateg
objectives. and remains apwcyriate for the economic en¥ironmenL the heajth and $ocial care sectors, and
olher rele¥¥nt factors atteth.ng MHM'S ath.vth
The tnJslees ￿COgnise Ihat reserves a￿ requi￿ ordw to.
meet the continuing financial cornmitments of ¢JelweMg commissioned seMce$ to beneficiaries,
inchAing
the need for I￿￿n9 caplal so that liablities incuThed can be met a5 they fall due," and
Invest in the developrnent of fath1￿"e$. semtes t￿￿￿e$S processes as necessary to ensu￿ that
MHM 18 compliant %b7th regula￿ requirements. awres to develop and embed best wactice in it5 Wdy5 of
working. and is a￿e to ￿sPOnd to Slxh new bU￿neSS oppcfftunibes as are Mlentified.
The finarKial obligat￿n3 aSsoc￿tel *ith IAHM'S commissioned tend to be aigned *Tih the lunding of
Ih¢)se ser¥i¢es. However rt is important for MHM to hdd ￿elVeS to cover finanaal oblig8tior¢5 that are not
￿1￿CoY funded. in order Ihat those oWigabws can conb.nue to be met rf unforeseen rir¢umstsnce$ lead to a
redu¢bon In mc¢Jning resources. The trustee$ befieve that free resÈNe$ are required to cover $ix months of
projected central and infraSlructu￿ costs. F4us an add￿onal alowan¢e agreed annualW in order to be in a
po$rti¢￿ to fund devekjpment acbvrty as the heed anses, induding investb7￿1 in faclrties aThJ adoption of best
pracD"ce systems and Kwocedures wthin the fields olhealth soual ca￿.
Ftrthe year 2022r23 the amount of frte reserves required Is assessed by Ihe trustees as £2,200,CKIO. This level
of reserves allow5 6 rnonths of central office costs (Induding enhar￿￿ cenlral tspatity to sup￿1
ganIsat￿al grovrth). 11 also allcwts for infrastruciure developmert
MHM total reserves at 31 March 2022 all￿nt to £4.730.063 and consist of.
restricted fvnds {su4'e¢# to spe(Jfic terns) of £549.809 (see note 181.
unre51ricted funds of £4.180.254 (see note 181.
From unresln.cted fvnds. the trustees have degwated an an¥>wrt of£760.330 to meet indi￿lIVe fviure costs of
Ihe IT transl0mlat￿n programme.
General hJnd$ therefore arnount to £3,419.924. After deductiny fixed assets arxl invesbxents tot41in9 £264.848.
the vah* of free reseNes available is £3,155.076. exceeding Ihe ￿ul￿d value.
Complkince vlth thi% reserves pc1• %bill be monrtertd on an tr4Jcrfng basis by the Audrt & Risk Commrtlee,
whKh will repryt any n(TrcomF4ian￿ to Ihe Board of Trustees M order that any coTheclwe actKn required can
be agreed.
The trustees ha¥e conSide￿d budgets to Marth 2023 and cashluw fore￿ts to December 2023. As noted
above, MHM incoming resources have grtr¢m dunrtg the year. Costs remain under Ca￿￿1 revw, and the
trustees believe that the level of reseNes awlable fc* 2022r23 and 202Y24 is sufficient. and the net curfenl
355etS and cash lkny ol the chanty ale 3t yjth a level. that the chanty is abbE to opeTrte for the loreseeatle
firture, and that the 9Thng concern basis is appropnate for these ￿anCIal statements.
Cbse monitoring of reserves. along th ￿levant scenario klanning. *ill continue in order to ensu￿ th* MHM'8
financial slrenglh is maintained. The degree of certainty over futu￿ fvnL1ing streams wll be kept under rewew.
and the trusiees intend that MHM wll continue to posthn rtsew as a pro¥vJer and parther of Choice, able to meet
the 0pp0rtunrt￿S presented by ccffjmi55ionEr5 to meet the expected incleased demand for mental health
services, and to adaF4 delvery mcthls to offer t**Jed senrice5 feaiure both thgital and fac￿￿raCe
deli¥ery.
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TRUSTEES. REPORY {CONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
d. Plan5 for fuiwe wiods
A¥ notsd atove. Ihe Iwstees ag￿ed to establish a ne* strate9t rAaTh for the year5 commencing April
2022. MHM'S pn"onlies for2022-2025, a$ set rArt in ￿"5 new orgarw5at￿al stiategy. 3re.'
CwDduceO Higwuaty SeNces- We ￿ Cdlatr￿rate those wth lived expenen¢e to ¢elNer awR5$ible.
impacirul, high qualrty and innovative services that meet the needs of indiwdual$. their families. carers and
coMmun￿es.
Engaged & Am￿'tIOUS Workforce. We *ill develop a Fe0P￿ rAlture underp￿￿ by t￿r¥8￿Je3. that altrads,
develops. revArds retains a sknlled. knothlgeatk aThJ di¥erse ￿l￿￿or¢e.
sha￿ng Future Care & Supwt- We *ill inftuence and drive the transltymab.on of care and support. thmugh a
hoh"5tic and kxany trilo￿¢ approath that tJelNers lrfe char#Jing impacL
Transfowmin9 How We W<yk- We enwre that wr ryocesses, ieds 8knJ resourtes are efvent, sirTyle and
user-fnendty, lo increase our ￿•th, iyiaywn15• our Iiiwaci and help I￿re peoF4e 19 ¥h￿ve nwningfvl li¥e$.
Dl$closur• ol infonnation to a￿lItOr
Eath of the persons we Twstees at ltte tN"s Trustees. iepNI is ¥proved has ttlnfimied Ihat..
50 far as that Twstee is awdre. Ihue ￿ no ￿le¥￿ •Jdrt infomwthx of the duntable etsmpanls
authtor Is unaware, aThJ
that Trustee ha5 taken au Ihe steps thai tyjght lo have been taken as a Trustee in Order lo be aware of
any rdevant a￿1 infryrna￿n aNJ trj estat4sh that Ihe thanith ¢ompanls auditor 15 8￿re of that
infomation.
Auditor
The aLtditor, Armstrong Watson Audrt Limrted. indKated hi$ vAlliryness to conthnue in office. The designated
Trustee5 wll propose a rn0￿.0n reapp￿n)ng fv avthtor at a meets"n9 ofthe Twstees.
AFw¥ed ty order ofthè rne1th￿ ofthe bo* ofTrustee¥ on 10111r2022
signed their behalf
S J 8aines
(Chair of Trustees)
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IA ¢tynp•ry limil¢d by guarantee)
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONS181LmES
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 MARCH 2022
The Tnjstees l*fio are also the directo￿ ol the Company the purposes ot company lawl are ￿pon￿ble lor
preparing the Trus1￿. rep)rt induding the Str*giG repryt and the fmancwl Statements in accordance vthh
applicable law and UThted lth"ngdom Acrthnbng StaThJards (United JQngdorn Generalty Aeeepted Aeeounting
Pra¢ty¢el.
Company law re¢wires the Tru5tee5 to wepare financial Statements for each financwl year. Under company law,
the Twslees rnust not aFprove the finanriaf $laternents unless they are Sab5r￿ that they yive a true and faT
ew of Ihe state cl affairs ot tre Company and of rts irKoming resources and apph"catr)n ¢f ￿SourCes. induding
income 2nd expenditure. for thal pÈnod_ In weparing these finanual siztement5, the Trustee5 are required
select suitat4e accounting pditie5 and Ihen appty th￿ congslenty..
observe the melhods and wnople$ olthe Charib"e5 SORP IFRS 1021.,
rnake Judgments and accounbng estimates that are reasonable and mident",
slate whether apphcalAe UK Attounting Standards IFRS 1021 have been I￿k￿￿d. subjecl to any
matenal departu￿$ d￿Closed and exrA8ined ￿ the financial statements..
prepare the finanual statements on the Ca￿eM basis u￿eSS rt is inapyopnate to presume that the
Company vill conbnue in business.
The Trustees 8fe rewsitle for keeping adew*e accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain
Ihe Company's transaaions and disck)se reascfiable accuracy at any time the financizl posrtion of the
Company and enatyk them to ensure that the finarKial stsiements comth ￿1th the Companies Act 2006. They
a￿ also rew)ngtAe for safeguarding ¢he assets ol the Ccffipany and hence for taking reasonable steps for the
preventson anLI detedw of fraud and olher iwulth.
The tnjstees are re5pJnst4e lor the main￿nanCe arhj pitegnty of the eoyjraie and finanoal iThfomiatk)n
induded on Ihe charitable ccffjapny'5 ￿b$"le. Legislalion in Ihe United ￿"AgdoM goven*ng the P￿paratIOn and
dissernination offinancial ststernents may drfter from legislation in ctheriurisdKbC￿5.
AFyoved by orderof the members ofthe board ofTrustees on 1011 Ir2022
aTrJ ￿gned it5 beha
SaLb
S J 8•lngs
(Chair olTru$teesl
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IA cornpary limitsd by guarantsei
INDEPENDENT Au0￿OR's REFY)RT TO THE MEMBERS OF MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS
Qplnlon
We have audrted Il* financial statements of Mental Health IAatters (the'chaiitatrAe companll forthe year ended
31 March 2022 ¥¥hich comprise the Staiement of financaal aclmties. the Balance Sheei. the Statement of cash
Ilows and the related notes. ￿dudin9 a summary of si9nthcant accoLmb"ng pclioes. The finanDal repo￿ng
frarnework that ha5 been aPpl￿d in their p￿parati￿ is appl￿ble law and Unrted Kingdorn Aceounting
standard5, Induding Finanaal Rwbr*J Stsndar(1 102 Tr Finonual Repotyng Standard ar•"¢atle in the UK
and RepulAK of Ird8TrJ' Iunrted Kingdom Genernlty AccepteL1 A¢counts"ng Pracbcel.
In our 0Pm￿n the financial slatemEntS".
give a tnR and fair of the stsle of the tharilable cornpanls affair5 as at 31 M¥ch 2022 and of its
incomiry resources and applicab.(￿ of ￿Ou￿•s, i￿￿dIng ts ￿cOrne and expenditure for the year then
ended..
have been p￿erfy Fryared in acwdwce *ith United thgd(ffl Gene￿ty Accepted Accounb"ng
Practi￿.. and
have been prepared ￿ accOrdMt￿ the W*r￿entS olthe Crynpanie5 Act 2006.
Basi$ for oplnlon
We conduded our aUd￿t in accordance wth In1em*"¢￿a Stsndarfs on Au￿￿"n9 IUK) IISAS IUK)) and amlicable
law. Our respOn￿bil.11eS under those standards are luther described in the Auditovs respongbilthes for Ihe audit
of the finanaal slaternents secbon of our report. We a￿ independent of the eharrtable cornpany in acC￿danCe
th the elhKal requirernent$ Ihat are rdevant to our audrt ol the finanaal Sialernents in the United Kingdom.
induding the Financial Reportin9 Countifs Ethical Standard, aTrJ ￿ have Iu￿11eé other ethical
res￿￿51b1￿tIeS in accorijance Ihese requirements. We believe tr￿1 the audrt evidence ￿ have oblaineil is
sufficienl and aFvroyiale to mde a basis ftr our
Condu$i4)n5 relatlng tg golng ¢onc•m
In auditiry Ihe f statements, 7At have conchjded thai the Tn￿ttes. 4bSe of the goiry concern basis ol
accolmting in the p￿Parab0n of Ihe finantsal statemenis 15 appropnate.
8aserf on the work have performed, we not identified any rnalen￿ uncertainties rejating to events or
Cond￿On5 that. ￿dMdua1IY or colkthety. may cast sKJnifficant doubt on the charitat4e ccmpanl5 ability to
continue 35 a going conwn for a ￿n0d of at leasi r*the mcrths trom Ihe finantsaS statemenls are
authorised for i$$ue.
Our re$ponsibilth"es and the resp￿sitI"l￿"ts ol Tru5tee5 *ith respect to gory c￿ce￿ are dewil>ed in the
relevant se¢tN)n5 of th15 rep￿1.
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IA cornpany lirnited lly g￿rantee)
INDEPENDENT AUOITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS
{CONTINUED}
Ofvr Infomiation
The other information compnses the infonnation induded in the Annual report clher than the finanaal
statements and wr Audito¢s ￿part Ihereon. The Trustees a￿ ￿PDn$ib1e frK the other information contained
wthin the Ann￿ repcrft. Our opini¢n C￿ the ffinancial $iatements does not cover the other infomiation and,
except to ihe extent ctheNise exp&"uty ststed in our repjrt, v* th) exwess any fom of assurance
condu5ion thereDn. Our Te5pCffl￿b11ty is lo read Ihe other inf0mla￿n and. in doing so, cOn￿der whether the
other information is materially inconsistent the financial slatements or our knrththdge otrrtained in the c￿r5e
of the audrt, or othemse appears to be matenalty miss12ted. If idenbfy such material Incon￿stenc1es c
appawt material misstatements. we a￿ required to detemiine *ttethei this gNes rise to a material
misststemenl in Ihe finanLyal ststernents themselves. 11. based on the have perfOr1￿LI. we condude
Ihat Ihere is a material nysststemenl ofthis other inftyma1￿n. are wuiyed to report that fact.
We have nothing to reK*Xi M thi5 regwd.
l>Jinion w other matters P￿S¢111)ed ty the Companl•s Act 2006
In our opirHon. based on the wowk undertaken in the COLW5e ofthe authi"
the ln10rrnat￿ given in Ihe Twstees, rew including Ihe Strategic report the ffinanual year lor which
the finanual statements are prep3red 15 con5i5tent financial 5tatemenls.
Ihe Trustees. reprAt and the strateg￿ rep(*t ha¥e been Prepa￿ in accovdance applicab￿ legal
requirements.
MattÈrn On V•thi¢h am requiTrd to Trport by excepti
In the light of our knrthledge and underslanding of the thantat4e company and rts environment obtained tn the
ccur5e ol Ihe audrt. we have not idenbfied matena misstatements in the Twstees. report includin9 the Strategic
report.
We have nothing to wort in respect of Ihe ftlo*ing mattets wi relation Companies Act 2006 requires
us to ￿port to you rf. in our cyni¢)n-
adeqvate accoU￿"fig records not been kept. or reiwns adequate for our a￿rt have not been
received from tmanches not ￿$•led by us". or
the financ431 statements are not in agreement Ihe xwir*"ry ￿¢￿1$ and retums:
certain disdosures of TN5tee5' rernuneraton 5Feofied by law are nol made,. c
have nol le￿Ved au the In1¢xmats￿ exp￿￿￿¥￿ tAt require for tyjr aud
Regponsibilities of tr￿lee9
As explained more fulty in the Twstees, resptsnsitx.l￿.es staternenL the Trustees on paye 21 Iwhts a￿ also the
directors of the charitable company lor the purpose5 of company law> zre responsible for the preparation of the
nancial statements and for being 5ats5ffied that they g¥ve a true fair ￿ew, and SLKh intemal control as
Ihe Trustees deterrTMne is necessary to enat4e the weparatw of fina￿ statements Ihal are free from
rnaterial rnisstatement. due to fraud w error.
In preparing the financial statements. the Trustees are re¥￿￿&ble for a5se5sns the tharrtable company
abilty to ¢onb"nue as a g¢ing concern, disdosng. a5 applKatAe. matter5 related to going concem and using the
goirs concem basis of arxwnbng unless the Twustees ether inlend to liqubjate the tharitable cornpany or to
cease OFerations, or have no reabsbc *mative tr*Jt to do so.
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IIE14TAL HEALTH MAThERS
IA company lirn•ted by guarnnteel
INDEPENDENT AUtXTOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MENTAL HEALVH AIATTERS
(CONTINUEOI
Auditorfs responsibiliti9$ for the audil of the fmancial 51atom
Our objectives are to obtsin wson*le assurance aboui Trhthether the finarwaal Statements as e vthde are free
frcm material misslatement. *thether to fraud or error. ond to issue an Auditorf$ repyt that includes our
opinion. Reasonable assuran￿ is a high level of assU￿nCe. but 1$ not a guarantee that an audrt conducted in
accordance wlh ISAS IUKI will always dete￿ a maten* misststement %bthen rt exis¢s. Misstatements can arise
Iroffl fraud or error and are Considered rnateriol if. Int*￿￿￿a1fy (* in ¢he aggregate. tw could reasonatly be
eMF*Cted to in1￿en￿ the economic derasions of users t¥ken on the ba￿$ of these finanual statements.
lThegulaiibe$. mdLK1ing Iraud. a￿ inslances of nowompliance laws and re$￿allOnS. We éesign
procedures in line ￿1th our resw$i￿1￿e$, 0uu1￿ above. to detect Mate￿￿ mis$tatement5 in respect ol
irregularit'es. Induding fraud. The extent to procedure5 are capabbe ol deteding irregulanb"es,
including fraud ts detailed below".
. We obtained an understanding trf Im ar￿ regulab"¢wts that affect Ihe company, lor#Jsiry on those thal ha
dired effect on the finanual statements or that had a lundamental effert on It5 oper3tion5. Key laws and
regulations Ihatwe Klenlified induded the UK cryro3n￿5 Acl. tax and ocojpat￿na healh and
ern￿OyMent legislab"on.
. We enquired ofthe director5. rewe**d cfft5prythnce wih HMRC rew•¥ed director5 meet¥ig minutes
fw ewdence ol n￿￿COMp￿￿￿ce wlh la¥A aKI regulabcffls. We a150 Col￿d5 the directors
have
s place to ensure comphance.
. We gained an Understand¥￿ of the that the direclcrf5 ha¥e In ￿ace to p￿ent and detect fraud. We
enquired ofthe direct￿5 abrmjt 3ny in¢Jdences offraud that had tsken F*e during the accounting period.
. The risk offraud and noTrcornF4iance wih I￿¥5 and reguLitions aThJ fRud was dixussed ￿1th1n the audrt tsam
and le5t5 were planned and perforry￿1 to address these risks. We idenbfied the potential for fra￿j in the
following areas. revenue recogn￿0￿ and management override of contrds.
. We rewewed f nancial slaiernents disdosures aTrJ te#ed lo supptyting documentslion lo assess r￿pIlan
with relevanl lav*E and reg1dai￿s d15DJ55ed above.
. We enquired ofthe and thisty5 ats￿rt acaual and Fthlbal Irtw'on and daims.
. We performed ana￿.¢21 prr￿U¥eS to identsfy any unusual or unexpeL*ed relabwships th* might indicats
risk5 of matewia nNs5taternent th to f￿￿.
. In addressing Ihe risk of fraud due to management o¥errKlÈ of intemal controls we tested the appropriateness
oljoumal entries and assessed %%ttether the iud9ements malle in makn'ng accountmg estimates We￿ Indicatsve
potentwl bias.
Due to the inherent limrtth"¢Th of an audié. Ihere 1$ an unabTrdat4e nsk that ￿ may ftot have detected some
materia misstatements in the finanaal statements. even Ilx)vgh ￿ have property planned and performed ow
audit in accordance audrting stsndarfs. For examK4e. as V￿th any audrt, Ihere remained a higher risk of non
detection of irregularil*s, as these may invthe collusion. forgery. intemal omissi¢)ns, Misrep￿Sen18tiOns. or the
override of intemal ¢ontrols. We are not respongbye for prevenbng fvaud or non CDmpliance *iih law5 and
regulats'ons ant1 cann￿ be expected to detect al fraud and hon CornF￿an¢t *ilh lav*S and ogUlat￿Tr5.
A lurthei desuipknn of ow re5Fthskn"&k5 fDr the of the financial statements 15 localed on the Financial
Reporbng CtyJntsl'$ ￿r(e at".
kjaudrtorye
sitX"l￿es. Tht¥ dewptr'on fomis part of ow
Auditor's reF*JrL
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MENTAL HEALTH MAThERS
IA company &mit•d ty gw¥nt••l
INDEPE14DENT AUIXTOR'S REPORT TO THE IAEMBERS OF MEPITAL HEALTH MAThERS
ICONTINUEDI
ils• of our r•p
This ￿pc￿t is made solely to Ihe thaiiiaLlÈ companys membets. as a boty, in a¢¢or¢Jance with Chapter 3 of
Part 16 of the Companies Aci 2006. Our work h35 been undertaken so that might state to the
chantsble cornpany'5 rnernber5 Ih05e matter5 are required 10 Stale to them in an Avditorf5 report and for no
other puryjose. To the fullest extent pernrtted by tsw. ￿ do r￿1 accept w assume respons￿si11ty to anyone other
than the thantsble c¢rnpany and its membern. a$ a body. fw Qur audil V*vrK for this report. or for the opinion$
we have formed.
R055 Pr•ston (Senior 5taluiwy a￿110￿)
for and on behawof
Amistrong wats￿ Audit knmit•d
Charte￿￿ A￿Ountants & Ststiiw Avdi
3rd Flc¢Jr
10 Soulh Parnde
Leeds
We* Yowkshire
LS15QS
D*e'. 1811112022
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MENTAL HEALTH MAThERS
IA compary lirnilÈd by 9uarnnt••l
STATEMENT OF FINANGIAL ACTMnES ONCORPORATING INCOME ANO EXPENDrruRE ACGOUNTI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Lknwestricted R•stri¢tod
funds
2022
Tol•l
fvnts
2D22
Total
funds
2021
2022
(Mne fyonb:
Donabons aTrJ lega
Charitable acb'vities
Investments
Olher inccme
44.570
20.572.649
2.341
44,578
21.461,199
2.341
23,008
17,776,519
(2811
10,275
088,550
Totsl In¢orn•
20,619,568
888.5S0
2f.508.118
17,809,S21
Exp•ndlturF on:
Charitable actibibes
19.021.836
729.914
20J51.750
17.536,L)Lkl
Total expendliure
19.821.136
729.914
20,551.750
7T,536.000
Net In¢t*￿e
Tran51ers betsbEen fijnds
797.732
113.114
151,636
1113,114)
956.368
273.521
18
Net rno¥em•nt In funds
910,846
4S,522
956,368
273,521
R￿On¢111411on of fvnds..
Total fvnd5 brought forY4rd
Net movement in fjjnds
3.269.408
910,846
504,287
45.522
3.n3.695
956 J68
3,500, 174
273.521
Totsl fvnd5 carTied fonHrd
4,180.254
549,809
4.730,063
3, 773,695
The SlatempJt of financ4al acliw.t￿s inc*Aes all gains fv)sses rewjnwl in the year.
The ￿te$ on pages 29 to 53 form part ofthese fin￿Gla1 stateme￿.
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IIENTAL HEALTh MATTERS
IA company lirniled by guarant••l
REGISTERED NUMBER= 1786914
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2022
2022
2021
Flxtd assets
Intangible assets
Tangible assets
In¥esbnents
12
13
14
46,280
218,$67
225377
225378
Currnnt assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
15
3.508,270
4.784.743
3,308, 197
4, 136.639
8293.013
7.444.836
Credrtots". amounts falh'ng due Y*mthin ¢me
year
16
13,827.7981
(3,751,838)
Net ¢wrent assels
4A65.215
3,692.998
Totsl aysets less cU￿•￿t liabilitl•s
4.730.063
3,918,376
Crtditors". amounts falling due aftw mo
than one )*ar
17
(144,681)
Totsl net
4,730,063
3.773,695
Charfty fund
Restrided fvnds
Unre51ncled fvnds
504.287
Desgnatsd fttnds
General fund5
760.3x1
3N19.$24
638,343
2,631,065
Totsl W￿$￿"¢te0 lunds
18
4.180.254
3.269.408
Total funds
4.730.063
3. 773,695
The Trustee5 atkn¢Mledge their responsibilth.es lty comth'rg *ith Ihe requirement5 of Ihe ALI respect lo
a￿OUntsng records and preparation offfinanual statements.
The finanaal statemerts *ere appro¥ed and authorised lor issue by Ihe Tnjstees on 1011112022
and $vJned on Iheir beha￿ by..
S J Balnes
Ichair of Tw51ee51
The notes on pages 29 to $3 fcrfm part of Ihese fina￿131 stalement&
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MENTAL HEALTH mA￿ERs
IA cornpany lirnited by gu•ranteel
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 MARCH 2022
2022
2021
Cash Ilows frorn activilie* .
Net ￿$h used in OFerab'n9 actml
21
790,224
l.(M4. 715
Cash Ilows from in¥•sting activities
Purchase of tanwbie fixed assets
Purchase of Inlangitle assets
Interest received
195,2181
149,2451
1341
(167, 106)
(281J
Net cash used in in¥estin9 actl¥llles
1142,1201
1167,3871
Change kn ush •nd ¢a$h •ty¥¥al•nts in th• y•ar
Cash and cash equivafents atthe begnmg of the year
648.104
4.1￿.83$
177,328
3,259,311
Cash and cash equi¥thnts attr* end of the ye•r
22
4.784.743
4. 136.639
The n¢)les on pages 29 19 53 lo￿ part ofthese fina￿il ststements
Page 28

IAENTAL HEALTH MATTERS
IA company lirnit•d by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FIP4ANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ¥AR¢H Z022
General infonnation
Menlal Heafth Matters (the 'tharila￿e comparf is a tharitable company limrted by guarantee.
incolporatefl in E￿and and Wales. The re9i5tered office Av*n H￿J$e, St Calherine's Court.
Sunderfand. Tyne Wear. SR5 3XJ.
The chanty exists ior the benefft of the put4¢ thrtyJ#t the vows1￿ ol is seryices to any rnernber of th•
publK has rnenlal or Ftys'cal heafth needs.
Acc0th￿on9 pofKles
2.1 Ba¥15 01 prepa￿lon of finantial stat•m•nts
The finanoal statements have been prepared ui accordance wth the Charities SORP IFFIS 1021 .
countiry and Rep)rting by Chath5". Staternent of Recornmended Prn￿￿e apPI￿alle to ¢hanb"es
prepanng their a¢￿Unts in a￿T￿onCe *ith the Finanual Repo￿ng Standard applicable In the UK
and Republ¢ of Irdand IFRS 1021 leffeclive 1 January 20191, the FIn￿CIal RepDrting Stsndard
applicaNe in the UK and Republi¢ of Ireland IFRS 1021 and the c￿PanieS Act 2006.
èlental Health Matters rneet$ the defiNttr)n of a benefrt entity under FRS 102. Assets and
Irdbilibes a￿ mit￿Y rewnised at cost or transacthon vaue unless othe￿Ise staled in the
relevant accounb.ng pc4w.
The financ￿ $￿eMentS a￿ prepareil in steffing. ¥h"th is the thmclional rJJThenw of the tharity.
Mcmtary amounts in these knarKial stalernents ￿ rt￿nded lo newest £.
These accourts set out the resuris of the charitsble ￿MpanY onty. The tru$tees consider Ihal the
charity5 subsh4réry is not matwial to the group and so no ¢wsoholation accounis have been
prepareed in ￿cOrdanCe *ith exempkn under seciion 405 ofthe Cornpanies
2.2 Company status
The cornpany Is a company limrted by guarantee. The members of tr* cornpary are the Trustee8
named on page 1. In Ihe event of the cornpany teiTrJ %bDund up. the liabilty in ￿Spect of the
9uaranlee 1$ Iimrted to £1 per member of the company. The trustee5 are directors for the purpose$
of Ihe Companies Act 2006. At 31 March 2022 there 8 mernber512021. nine members).
2.3 Going concern
FRS102 requi￿5 that. rf appropriate. the Charitys financial state￿￿t5 are prepared on going
¢on¢em bass. mean$ thar Ihe or9anisabon is able to operate frx the foreseeable future on the
bags of kno￿￿ and ￿sOnab￿ pr¢iecled resour¢e$. Cash fflow forecasts have been prepared
covering 12 months from the date of approval of the finanaal statements. Forecast5 indicate that
adequate cash and reser¥es be awlaile throughout the perio(l un(ler rewew. %b•th no financing
reguired. There 3re no rnaterial uncertainties in respect of Ihe charitls abilty to conty'nue as a going
concem. Con5equenty, the trustees believe thai the chanty is placed to manage its risks
successfuny and thus have athpted the 9￿￿￿ corKem ba%s.
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IENTAL HEALTh MAThERS
IA ¢omp•ny lirnit¢d by guwant•el
NOTES TO THE HIIANCIAL STATEIIENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Accounting policies {¢Mtinued>
2A Incorn¢
Incoming resources are recognised in the Statement of Ftnanaal ActivTties the charity has
￿￿￿ernent lo the fvnd$'. any cond￿OnS att￿hed to the rtemlsl of lTr¢￿ne have been met.. il
obable that the inccAne *ill be rewved. aN¢ the amount ¢an be nwsL*ed ￿"aWy.
Grants and ¢ontra¢ted fundin9
Grants and CC￿tracted ftsnéing. In￿(￿ng ¢aptsl 9rwts forts purchase of tangible fixed assets. are
recognised in fvll in the Ststement of Financial Arfivrt￿ in the year ￿ whth they become
recewable. Ihlhefe Ihe tondrtions of receipt have not yet been mel. tre incorne is transferred to
deferred income in the balance sheet and recogn￿d in the stateTh￿nt of fiTranryal actmties in a
fviure accounting Feno(l.
Rental and support in¢<ffie
ftent￿ and support tn¢c￿e 15 re￿rM$ed in fijll in the Statement of Finwcial Activ￿"e$ in the year
¥thich rt is rec*vatAe, net of any prowsion frjr •nears. whe￿ ￿Trt and 5UPPOrt I￿oMe is ￿ceiVed in
advance lor a fvture accounts'ng penod. the Income is deferred and included in ￿nts in advance and
recogn15ed in the Stalement ol Firbaro4 Admlw in a future a￿¢m￿t￿9 period
Intornst Yeceivable
Interest on funds herd on deposfL 15 i￿￿KIed *then receivatk and the wnounl can te measured
ty the Charty.. this is normally n(thalion ofthe threst pai¢J or payat4e by the bank.
IS ExpeThliluv•
Expenditure is recognvsed orKe Ihere is a legal or constructive (*k"gab"on to make a payment lo a
third paty", rt 15 probat4e that 5etdement *il be reqL*red". and the aM¢￿￿t rlf the obligatitin can be
measured reTra￿. ExpenLliiure is al ¢on5Klered as expen￿rtU￿ thantatAe actmties. and is
subdivjded into Ihe fwr mwn actiwties of Ihe Charity b*ng employment seN¢es. community support
and per50naJised sennces. SerV￿*S and lalknn9 therawes seNice$. Costs of charitable
vibes comprise * costs incwre(l in the pursurt of the chwitaL4e c*je¢ts of the charity. These
¢osts indude both the direct costs of provith"n9 Serv[￿ to the chantys benefiC￿ries and an
apporbonment of supptyt and 9o¥ernance cos
Support costs cornprise the central management and support seNces. They have been apporboned
betsveen charitabk a￿"￿treS as shown in note 7. tya￿ on Ihe woptyb.on ol income %%ithin each
tharrtable activity.
Govemance costs comprise all in C￿ne￿￿on with Ihe strategic management of the charity and
omF4iznce Ibilh consbtub.onal and statutLYy wuirements. Speific costs en a particular chantab
activty a￿ Ind￿je￿ as such. Sha￿￿ govemanee ¢ost$ a￿ appornoned based ¢)n bme spent a¢ros#
each charitable actswty. They have been aFQOrtioned beb4Een tharilable acbvities as Sho￿ in note
Expenditure on charl￿ble ad*v￿.e$ i8 InCur￿d M directy Underta￿ng the further the
Company's obje¢b"ves. as a$ any assoualed SUFWt costs.
l expendrture is N)dusive ol iTheuvwable VAT.
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IAENTAL HEALTh WATTERS
(A cornpany limtted by guaranleel
14OTES TO THE FINAPKIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Accounting poli¢i•s Icontinu8d)
2.6 Taxallon
The Cornpany is con&defed to pass the tests set tyjt in Paragraph 1 SthedLrfe 6 of the Finance Acl
201 O and there1￿e rt rneels the defin￿"on of a thantable company for UK cor￿￿￿.¢￿ tax p￿￿oSeS.
Accordiffjty. the Company is potenb.alty exempt from tsxation in ￿spect of incorne or Capital gaiThs
receved wthin categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the CorpoTation Tax Act 2010 or section
256 of Ihe Taxafron of Charyeatrle Gain5 ALI 1992. to the exlent Ihat such income or gains are
applied exdu&vety to tharitable pvry>oses.
2.7 Intsngil)le •ssets •mortisation
Intangible assels eosb.ng E1.orJ) ty mtye we captshsed re¢o9nised ¥then future econrffii¢
beneffts are probaNe and the cosi W¥￿Ue olthe asset can be measured reliabty.
Intangit4t assets are 1nffjj.￿ty retoynised * cosL After ￿cOgn￿lIn, the cost model. intangible
a55et5 a￿ measured at cost le55 actsJmdated •hOfy"sation and any accumub•ted impairnient
losse5.
AJncrfbsation F5 Fxowded on inlaThJiLqe assets at rale5 cakuL3ted to ￿le off the cosl of each asset on
a straight-hne basis its e)pected useful lrfe.
AJnc*bsation is pyomded rffi the folbMA"n9 b￿¥..
Cornwler sofvare
25 % straryht line
rangll)l• (l￿d ¥ss•ts •nd derm¢l•Von
Tangible fixed assets costing £1.000 ￿ more are caprtalised and wognise(I vthen fuiure economi
benefits are probable and the cost ¢y value of the asset Can be measured rekabty.
Tangible fixed as5et5 are inrtialty recoynised at cost. After TErognib"on, under the cost model.
tangible fixe¢J assets are measured ai COSI less accumulated depieuats.on and any accumula¢ed
impairrnent losses. AJI costs in¢JJrred to bmg a ￿n91t￿e fixed asset into its intended wort(ing
Cond￿0￿ Should te inchjded in the measurunent of cost.
At e3ch reporling date Ihe Company a55e55es whether thwe is any indicalion of inyairment. If such
indication e￿515, the recover3ble arnount of the a55et is detelmined to be ihe higher of its fair value
less Costs to sell and ts vlue in use. An irnpaiment is recc*Jnised %there the carryng amount
Page 31

IIENTAL HEALTH IIATTERS
IA company limited by guarant•e
NOTES TO THE HNANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
A¢c4)unllng poll¢i•s leontinue
18 Tangible fixed assels *nd d•prnciation Ic¢xrtinU￿l
oepreua￿.0n is c*arged so 35 to all￿￿e the o)st of ￿g￿le fixed assets le￿ their residual Val
overtheir estimated usefvl fives, .
Depreciat￿Tr is pro¥ided on fC&y￿ bages.
Leasehobj property
improveThwt$
Fixtrres. fumrture
equiprnent
Ccfflpvter eqwFffient
- 21YA trj 33% straiglrt hne
- 20% to 33% straMJht line
21N to 33% straight line
Th? 355ets' residu￿ values. ¢jep￿c48tKYn rnethods a￿ and a*"u$ted
wospecti¥dy rf appropriate. or rf there ts an indicab.on of a 9gnffiunt thange sin¢e the last worting
dale.
Gaffls and losses on di$￿SsIS are detemmned by ¢omparin9 the woceeds vAlh the carrwThJ amounl
d are recognised in the Statement of financial acb"vilies.
2.9 Inv•sknents
Fixed a55et inve51ments ￿ a form of financial instrument and a￿ reco9nised at tWr
transaction cost and subsequenlfy measured al fait vaue al the Balance sheet d*e. unless the
value cannoi be measured reliabty in case rt is measured at cost less impaiThent. Investment
gain5 and hJ5ses. whelher reali5ed or unreahsed. a￿ Combin￿ yesented as 'Gain￿{LO$Se$l
on inve5tmerts' in the Slatement of finanryal a¢b"iritses.
Inve5trnents ￿ sub￿¢*811es are valued at cost kss impawmenL
2.10 D¢btors
Trade and olher debtors are recrynised at the settlement amount after any trdde discwnl ollered.
Prepayrnents a￿ v*ued at the arno￿t kYepaKI net of any trade dtscounls due.
2.11 Cash at banlE and In hand
Cash at bank hwd indudes cash and short-terni hNJhty IAuid invesknents a short
malurty of three months ¢y k5s frtyn Ihe date of aCquNli￿ t¥ I)￿Ing of Ihe deposit or similar
accounL
2.12 Lfjabililles and pro¥1$1￿$
hties we recognised when Itwe is an ¢Ji4gab"on at the Balance sheet date a$ a re5uIi of a past
event, it is probable that a transfer of e¢Mornic benetrt vrill be required in sewement, the
amount ofthe seiuemeni can be ests"m*d teliabty.
Liab￿￿e$ are rewnised at Ihe amrrtjnt thai the Company afv'opate5 it *ill pay to 5ettbe the debt or
the amounl rt has ￿CeiVed a$ a(Ivanced payrnent5 for the gotras or se￿￿e$ it must prowde.
Pro¥isws arE mea*ired at best esth.mate of the amDunts required to settle Ihe cl>liga￿.on. Whe
the effect of the b.me value ol money 1$ material, Ihe promsim is based on the present value of those
arnounis. discounted ai the prfr￿x tlisctsunt rnte th3t relkcts the risks Specific to the hability. The
unwnding of Ihe discounl 15 recognwd in the Stslemenl offfinarKaal xtswb.es as a finance cost.
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MENTAL HEALTH MATfERS
(A corn￿ry hmll•d by g￿rants•)
IIOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Aecounting polici•s leontinued)
2.13 Flnancial Instr1M￿Nts
The Company orfy has financial assets and finanual h"ab"1￿"t$ of a kind Ihat qualify as basic finanryal
instruments. Ba￿C fina￿al instru￿ntS are In￿allY recognise¢ al transaction value and
sub5equenty rneasured at their 5elUement vthe *ith Ihe ex¢epb"on of bank loans are
sub5equenlly measured at arnOrt￿ed cost kFsing the effectNe Inte￿5t meihod.
2.14 Operating leases
Th• tharfty as • l•ss••
Rentsls pah1 under cyerabng leases are thwged to the Statement of finawal activrfies on a
straight4ine basis over the lease tem).
The Charity 15 3 10550r
Rental incorne frorn a55et5 leased undef opu*ing ￿Se$ is TeroyTM$ed on a Stra￿ht h'ne basis over
the terrn ol the lease.
2.15 P•nsions
The charity participale5 in ￿ mult￿nproYer penson schem?5 lor Its ernphyee5. FDr both
scherne5, contribut￿n5 are recogni5ed as Inco￿ and exFenditure in Ihe period to Vth￿h they ￿late
as lh￿ 15 insulfvent infwma1l￿ avaiw to use defined beneffit aCCOLmtirwJ.
Where ap￿icable. a liability is recognised for contribulions arigng from an agreement wlh the rnu￿".
ernpbyer plan th* delennines hrmt ihe tharity *ill fuThl a deficL COntritr￿￿cft5 are discounted, at a
rate ac¢orfing lo FRS102. Ihey are not expected lo be setded ¥tholy wthin 12 months of the
penod end. The un*inth"nq of Ihe dis￿nt rale 1$ recogntsed as a finan￿ cost.
1.16 Fund accoUn￿n9
General lurN1s are unre8trithd f￿d9 TAtiich are avalawe for ¢J5e at the th.5¢Yeti￿ of t1￿ Trustees
furtherance of the gen￿￿ obJecb¥es of Ihe Company and ¥thi¢h ha¥e not been destgnate(I for other
purposes.
Oe5ignaiefl lund5 ccrfnpri5e unr￿1cle￿ tund5 Ihal have been set aside by the Trustees for
parbcular ￿￿Ose$. The aim and use of ead) deggnaied fvnd is sei Lwt in the notes to the ffinancial
ststements.
Restricted funds are fvnd5 **ich are to be used in xcordarKe wilh specific ￿$triCtionS imposel by
th)n￿5 or *thich have been raised by the Company fry particular Pur￿>Se5. The ￿$1S of raising and
•Jministering SLtch fiJnds are charged agwn5t the speoft fund. The arn and use of eaeh restrieted
fvn(l is set out in the notes to the finan¢K81 statements.
Investment income. gains and losses a￿ allocate(I to the apwopriate I￿￿.
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¥eNTAL HEALTH MATTERS
{A compary limit8d by guarant*l
NOTES TO ThE FINANCIAL STATEPIJENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Judgement in •pplying 4¢¢ounting WI¢1￿ and key $our¢es of est#hation un¢ert•tnty
The weparab.th of these ffinan(ial thments rewwe managemert kn make Judsements, e$iimates and
assumptions that affect Ihe appltakn of pt*"(ies reported amrAtnts of assels Irdb"hb"es, income
and expense5.
Jud9Èrnent and estirnates a￿ evknted and are based on hisloncal aTrJ other
factors, indudin9 exteclakns ol firture events Ihat are be￿e¥ed to be reasmabje under th¢
ciroJmstsnces.
The chanty makes estimates conctm1￿ the future. The re*lting aceounling estimate$
will, by definib"<m. sel¢Jorn equal ihe related aLtyal regjks.
cntr.cal xctsJntiNJ esb"mates assumpb.
IIIUMful •¢ontynl¢ Il¥•s of tsngiNe assets
The annual deyeoakn dorge for *ible a&5ets 15 sensrtl￿ to change5 in the estimated usefvl
e¢wory¥c live5 anLI rt¥dU￿ values of Ihe asset5. The usefvl econornic INes and regdual values are r
assessed annualy. They are amended necessary to refiect current e5tirnates, based on
tethnc4ogical advancement, luture investrnents. economic utilwlon and the ph￿C31 condiiicffi of the
asset& See note 13 for ￿ ¢a￿lTrg amount of the property, planl and equipmenl and 2.8 for the
User￿ eeon¢%nic lives fereath clas5 of asset&
lill D•t•Th•ning th• •xit va￿& lor cornfflilrn•n15 to a defined b￿Offt pwwion Scheme liability
cakulation of exil vakR for comrnrtr￿ts to a defined benefit Pens￿ scheme habilty is
svbjtttsve, due to the ethrnation uncertainty a5SK43ted with Ihe cttoi¢e of acbjarial 95SLrnpbons used to
deterrnine the overafl defined benefit pension scheme liability. Management uses an external a¢tLJarial
expert to perform Ihe calculaticffi.
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IIENTAL HEALTH MAThERS
IA company limitsd by gu•rnnts•)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCH 2022
Incom• from chariialJl• activities
Talking
Services t SeThi¢es Services Therapies
Total
2021
2022
funtji
Olhei incorne
4,097.605
2.209.256
182,746 13.621.189 20.110.796 16, 183,841
87
74
214
384553 ￿L7 ￿￿403 1593677
4482 158 1364266Y 21461 199 17776518
Analysls by fund
UnrestrKled fvnds
3,749.734
Restricied funtjs aLL4
Totsl
2.268.381 1.039.489 13.515.045 20.572.649
L3 1039489 13642669 21461199
For the year ended
31 March 2021
Unrestricted fijnds
2,500,685
720 000
1.798,899 1.1(*,916 11.378,429
106313
165 276
16, 784,929
Restricted funds
Total
3 220 685
1 905212 1 106916 11543705
Grants and contracted flmdin
2022
2Q21
Local authoiily fundin9
Health auth¢xty and NHS tru51 frJnding
Other thantyes & trusts
Client dired payments
Housing assouzbons
Central Govemment funth.ng
1.149.862
19.773,851
457.056
9,038
64,137
7.255
809,922
14.995.821
377,442
656
21.461.199 76, 183,841
weslment income
Unrèstricted
Totsl
funds
2022
Tofal
lunds
2021
2022
Bank Inte￿$t
2,341
2.341
1281)
The Income from investrnents was £2,341 (2021" £128111.
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MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS
{A ¢omp•ny brnit•d by guara11￿)
NOTES TO THE FIT4ANCIAL STATEAIENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2022
Anafy5is of exwnditiwe on charilal*e activlti•s
Comrnuiwty Ernpknym•nt Housing
Talking
SeThicas
SeThic•s Services Therapies
Ti>tsl
2022
Total
2021
Stsff salary costs
Other staff costs
Payments to
subcontracts
Prowty costs
Other operal
cos15
2.230.567
420.083
1.420.713
10.583
423.532
346.123
7.692,579 11.767,391 10,095,298
1,203,645 1.980A34
1,381,689
129.092
269.730
11,250
26.863
1.396,101
487.914
1 ￿36￿43 1,883.938
1.048.809
832. 179
264.302
194,472
39.433
98.692
845.472 1.17C069
1,207.642
Depreciation and
aMOrnsat￿n
47
6S 503 ￿44
1.508,950 1,136.870 11,673,044 17.576.649 15,440,290
3.257.785
Share of support
sts (see note 71
Share of
governan￿ costs
(see note 71
Toial
538.764
249.546
18B,013
1,929.570 2.905,893 2,020, 130
12 832
4478
3 809 381
1764 438 1 329 361 13 648 570 20 SSI 7SO 17 536 0
Anatysls by furnl
un￿Stride￿ hJnd$
3.234.505
1.737.024 1.329.361 13,520,916 19.821,836
729
Total
Forthe year ended
31 March 2021
Unrestrided funds
2.305.370
1,620,931
1.275.911 11.529.735
27
16,737,947
Totsl
36
Paye 36

IIENTAL HEALTH MATTERS
IA compqny limited by gM*Trnt••l
IIOTES TO THE HNANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR EIIDED 31 AIARCH 2022
Support costs
Supp¢rft Governance
2022
2021
staff salary Costs
Other staff usts
Prtspe￿ costs
other ope￿1￿9 costs
Depreuation and amortisati
Legal lees
Staff ￿$ts
Ptofes*onal fees
1.457.222
4&S,640
81,179
831,924
41.774
27.154
1.457,222
466.640
81.179
831.924
41,774
27.154
43,104
19.155
6.030
878,613
258, 165
63, 133
752,521
42,048
25,651
49.374
21.600
4.606
43.104
19,155
6,030
920
Office costs
Tnjstee meetings
71
Anknd as
Chaiitable acti￿￿e&
893 2 975 102 209
77
Nel rnovefflent in lundB
Net ￿￿vernent in fi￿d$ is Staled after ¢haryir¥Jll¢YedthThJl:
202Z
2021
Deweciatson of fP•¥ned langibbe fixed asset5
Amortisab"on of in¢angiile assets
Operating lease charge5- eq￿I￿neTht
Operating tharyes. land ané I￿￿'r
102.025
2.965
9.642
614.909
77.547
4.045
10,424
630.388
Auditorfs remur￿raT10n
2022
2021
Fee5 payat4e to Ihe Ccffipanls audilr*for the audii ofthe Compan￿5
annual accounts
13.995
18,OC
Fee5 payable to Ihe Comp8nls authtor in respect cl..
All non•audrt sefvtes not incbjded above
3.750
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IAENTAL HEALTH IAATTERS
{A comp•ry lirniied by guarnnte•l
MOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEPAENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCM 2022
1ts. Staff costs
2022
2021
Wages and salarye5
security costs
c￿triP￿ts.0￿ te ¢JeffiThed con1n.￿#>Th pensim sd*n
11.483,181
1.083,853
700.682
9.76Q.002
901,523
361,760
13.267.716
11.023.285
Termination beneffts relatsng to the reporhng wod total £18,488 12021.. £34,206I This tomprises
payrnents in lieu ofTh)tice, ac£n￿d holiday entthment and ccffipensation payments.
Ex-gratia payments relating to the reprxbng peiKd total £6,911 {2021.. £5601.
The average number of persons emFW by the CDmpany duriThJ the ￿ar￿A￿s as fdltywè..
2022
2021
.No.
Ernplo￿ent Se￿Ite$
Communrty supp)rt and per￿8￿.$e￿ ser4ices
Housng services
Talking therapvès seN¢es
Administration and 5uppryI
47
93
24
209
28
233
The average headcwnt expressed a5 frJ14ime ewN*Its ¥vds:
2022
2021
Ernpbyment 5er¥ice5
Comrnunty suppjrt arKI personzh'sed seThic
Housin9 ser¥i¢es
Talknfig the￿e5 serwtes
Adrnlnbstratsr￿ and suppr￿1
49
70
17
216
26
399
354
Pa9e 38

IIENTAL HEALTH MAThERS
IA eompany limii•d by warnntetl
NOTES TO THE F114AMCIAL STATEMEIITS
FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 IAARCH 2022
Staff costs Icontinuedl
The number ol emptyes empw benefits (exdlbj￿g ern￿Oyer pension costs) exceede
£80,000 ¥AS'.
2022
2021
In Ihe £60.001 - E70.0ty)
In Ihe band £80,001- £90.OCKI
Reffluneration of key monagernent perJorw*l
The key management personnel of the charrty compn5e the chief execubve officer and Ihe execthe
team. The remuneration of key management personnel is as fc4lrMs.'
2022
2021
Aggregate ¢ompen¥atyon
480.132
46&303
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IAENTAL HEALTH MATfERS
IA comp•ry lirnited by g￿￿ntI¢l
MOTES TO THE FINA14CIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
11. Tr￿￿•$. r•mvn¢r•tityi and ewns•s
The trustees re¢eNed no remurttt*"on ￿ring the year12021. £n￿ no tW5tses ￿ceiVed payThent foT
professional Nother services $UPFl￿d to the chaihty P021.. £￿1.
DuriNJ the ytar ended 31 ma￿ 2Q22, no Trustee expenses have been wKurred {2021- £NIL). Insurance
1$ prOV￿ed to pr￿e¢l the d)arrty frorn hjss WTsing from Ihe neglect or defaults of ts trustee5, employees
or agents. Prerniwis paNI during the year arnounted to £11.051 12021." £8.5011.
12. Intsn91l￿ ass•ts
Cornputer
Cost
At 1 2021
Addttso
523.396
49.245
At 31 Marth 2022
572,641
AM0￿$0110n
At l Ayl 2021
Charge for the year
523,396
2.965
At 31 Marth 2022
526.361
N•t book ¥alu•
At 31 March 2022
46,280
At 31 MaR*J 2021
The 8mcrflisation charye lor the yyar is recDw8ed wthin eywiditwe on Chanlable actNit*s.
There are ￿ contractual comriknents to acqu￿ ￿￿gible assets at 31 U•r¢h 202212021.. £riD.
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MENTAL HEALTH MAThERS
IA Conwry limit•d by gu•rnrrt••l
NOTES TO THE FINAIICIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
13. TangilJl• fixed amets
Long4emi
loasehold FIx￿r•S and Comwr
fftlings •quipm•nt
Total
Cost or valuation
At 1 Apn"12021
Addth'ons
44746
326,906
43.8S2
759.107
51.364
1.129.759
95,216
At 31 Marth 2022
43,746
370,7S1
810.471
1.224.975
Depreciation
Al 1 April 2021
Charge for the yEar
301919
11201
561,381
87.740
904383
102.025
At 31 Marth 2022
41167
315.120
649.121
1,OD6.408
Ngt book val
At 31 Marth 2022
1.579
638
161,350
218,567
At 31 Alarch 2tr21
3.663
23.987
197.726
225,376
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IIENTAL HEALTH MATTERS
IA cornpany lim•t*d lry guarantee)
NOTES TO THE HNAIICIAL STATEPAENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENOEO 31 MARCH 2022
14. Fixed assel investments
Inveslments
in
subsidiary
companias
Costor valuation
At 1 Aprl 2021
fv131 March 2022
Net book Value
At 31 Marth 2022
At31 ma￿ 2021
Prin¢lp•l $ubsldlap*s
The lolknwng was a $th￿"ary Ln1ertth"ng of Ihe c¢>￿￿y."
Name
P￿￿1PaI activity
Holdlng
MoNpark tsmrted
Domiaftt comapny
10Q%
15. Debiovs
2022
2027
Due *ithin or* y••r
Trade tleb
Am￿nIS o*Ed by gr￿P undertakrys
Other debtors
Prepayments and acuued income
other deblor arrea15
2.545.140
2,727
15,157
926.68fj
11,560
2,235089
2,727
6.619
1.040,030
23, 132
3,508,270
3,308, 197
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IIE14TAL HEALTH MATTERS
IA lirnited by guarante81
IIOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEIITS
FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 MARCH 2022
1& Cre(klors: Amounts falling due *ithin one year
2022
2021
Trade ¢￿￿rt0
Other taxation and socaal s￿rity
Defeffed inccffie
Olher ¢reditor arrears
Oiher creditors and accruals
Prow51￿ for pension Cortht￿t￿n5
432.800
291.791
2.OSO.176
16.910
561.949
474,163
273.868
246,876
2.407.767
8,7
S09.299
305,272
3.827.794
3, 751.838
2022
2021
Deferred ineorne at 1 Awil
Resources ¢elerred during the year
Amounts released t￿¥￿ preNTOUS periods
2,407,767
12.283.726)
1,92ffj,137
2, 170, 163
{708.904J
946,508
0gferr•d incorn• at 31 PAav¢h
2.OSO.178
2,407,76T
17. Crethtovs: Amounts lalllng dwe after more than one year
2022
2021
Provish?n for pension conln'bui•)
144,681
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MENTAL HEALTH MATTeRS
IA company Ilmited by gtsarantwl
140TES TO THE FIIIANCIAL STATEIAENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2022
ststemeot ol funds
ststement of fvnds- ¢urr•nt year
Balance al
31 March
2022
Balance at 1
Awil 2021
Transfers
iThlout
Incryno Expen(kture
unre$￿¢t•d lunds
Degiqnat¢d fvnds
OesvJnale(I fur#Ys
121.987
760.330
Genernl lunds
Gener4 funts
2.631,065 20.619.S68 119.821,8361
18.8731
3.419.924
Totsl Unrestricted lunds
3,269.4118 20.619.568 119.821.8361
113,114
4,180,254
Restr5clod fimds
Cenlral
Em[￿ent ser¥ices
Cemmunty SUPPOrt atsj
pers¢)na115ed seNce5
T￿kn'ng therapies ser¥ices
137.773
111.185
111741)
125,032
82,272
2•,502
127.4151
184.gS6
100.373
731424
127,624
IS74.87SI
1127.6241
342,SOS
1100,373)
504.287
88B.550
(729,9141
549,809
Totsl otfunds
3.774695 Z1.$08.118 120,5$1,750)
4,730,063
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ENTAL HEALTH WITTERS
IA company lirnited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIIE14TS
FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 MARCH 2022
Statement olfunds (continued)
restlicted frJnd5
General fund5 are 'Free reserve5, after allov+ing for desgnated fvtKIs.
From unre$tricled funds. the Iru$tees have rnade the folowng designatson".
An arn￿nt of £760.330 to meet proiecled ftrture costs as a re$￿t ofthe trusiees.
¢ornThl lo an IT transformation wo9ramme
ecision
fun
The balance carried foward represeNs restn.cted income on prcie¢ts to l)e expended in fulure period5.
The fund$ are sumrnansed on the bags of the chwtsble a¢lMty Into t*thi¢h each projed fals.
The restricled fijnds categorwd as Supp)rt repre5enl a legacy rttewed in 2CQ7. The ￿Strictl0￿ 15 that
the funds mu51 be used to 5UPPOrt peO￿e sch0oFth￿nla. The funds are hdd in cash at bank and
7AiII onty be appSed 4¥hen relevant have been identified.
The restricted funds categorised as Employment Ser¥ices and Cornmunrty support and pwsonalised
$eNces resutt from income on funded pyoiects exceeding expendrture. These ft￿d5 are held as
festricted because the￿ is an expecwon that the exces5 wll be recouped by Ihe lundu5, there 15 a
quirement of the fvnding that rt is understood that MHM *ill cary over any underspend identified from
the we￿OU$ fiE)anoal year or rt is the Chanty's understaTrJiry of the commis&onerf5 Intenbons. These
funds are aLso held in tash at ban
In the year ended 31 March 2021. the restricted hJn¢Js cate9orised ?5 Talknng theraFrfes servicès related
to ftJr¥Jing granted $pe¢th¢￿ty kn expansion associated vAth an e￿stsng IAPT servi￿. The funds ￿re
required by the funder to be used other purposes and *re ￿1￿me{l d￿n9 2021122.
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EIITAL HEALTH MATTERS
IA company limotsd by guarant•el
NOTES TO THE FIPIANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IMACH 2022
18. Statement of fvnds Iconlinued)
Statement of 1￿MI$- Fyior y••r
BalanLY at
31 March
2021
B31anc8 al
Transfers
l Aprf 2020
Income Expend#u
Unve$tri¢ted funds
Designated lunds
Designated lunds
923.357
(285014)
638,343
General fvnds
General fimds
2.2450.066 16.817.932 (16. 731.9471
285,014
2,631,065
Total Unr•stsici•d fwK15
3.183.423 16.817,932 (16,731,947J
3,269,408
R•5tricted IwMI8
137,773
T8.563
137, 773
81, 185
EmF4oyrnent seNces
Communty support and
personalised seN¢e$
Talking therapie5 swbice5
106,313
(103,691)
42
1rt).373
720.C09
165.276
(535.086)
(165.276)
184,956
100.373
316.751
991.589
(804,0531
504,287
Total of funds
3,￿, 174 17,809,521 (17.536.LXXI)
3,773,695
Pa9e 46

MENTAL HEALTH IJIATTERS
{A company limtt•d by 9u•rnnl••l
140TES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FI)R THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
19. SLvnmary offw
Sthimary olfunts. eumintytrar
Balanc• at
31 March
2022
Balan¢e •t 1
April 2021
Transfers
inlo
kn¢om* Expendiiure
Designated funds
General fvnds
Restricted fvnds
631,343
121.987
760.330
2.631,065 20.619.568 119,821,1136
{11,8731 3A19,924
SM287 888.$50
1729.9141 1113,1141
549,809
3.773.695 21,508.118 120,$51,7501
4.730.063
Summary of lund5- prlor year
Balance al
31 Marc
2021
Bala￿? at
l Apnl 2020
Transfe
IncL¥ne Expendrtu
De54nated fur￿$
General fku
Restricted l￿d$
921357
2.260.066 16.817.932 116. 731,9471
31fj.751
991.589
f804.0531
{285.014J
285.014
638.343
2,631,065
504,287
3,590.174 17,809,521 {l7.536,c￿j
3,773.695
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IIENTAL HEALTH IIAITERS
IA company lirnit•d guarantee)
IIOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
20. Anatysis of nel assets bei*wn lunds
Anaty$l$ of nel 4s9•1s b¢t*wn lunds. ¢wrerf y•ar
UM•*tri¢t•d Restrfj¢ted
funds
funds
2022
2022
Totsl
Yunds
2022
Tangitye fixed assets
Intangible fixed assets
Fixed 3ssel investff￿rts
218,567
46,280
218,567
46.280
Cwrent assels
C￿￿1t￿9 due wI￿n (￿e y
7,743,204
13,827,798)
549.809
8.293.013
13,827.798}
Totsl
4.180,254
549,809
4.730.063
unr9s1￿0rf Ro￿￿ted
fvnds
funds
2021
2021
Totsl
funds
2Q21
Tangible fixed assets
Fixed asset investmewts
Current assets
Credrtors due wilhin ￿e y
Creditrys due in more than one
225,376
225.376
940,519
(3.751.838)
(144,681)
,287
7,444,836
(3.751,838)
(144,681)
Total
3.269,407
594.287
3,773,694
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MENTAL HEALTH ￿ThERs
IA compary limlt•d by 9ux•nteel
NOTES TO ThE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH X122
21. Roconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash Ilt)w from operating aeti¥tt•es
2022
2021
Net Inco￿ for the year {as per Slatement of Fwncial Adr¥iDesl
956.368
273,521
Adjuslrnents for:
Depretiatic￿ and wnp3wrnent oftang** fixed 355ets
morti5abon and impawmwrt of intangit4e assets
Investrnenl income recognised in $we￿Irt d fjnantsal adi¥ry"bes
De¢reasellincrea$e} in debt￿$
Inueasel{deueasel in ttedit¢WS
Increaselldecreasel in deferred income
1fj2,02S
2.965
12,341)
1200.0731
288.869
1357.5891
77,547
281
T,883
443.834
23T,604
N•t ¢a$h provided by owating a¢tivill•s
790,224
l.Q44. 715
22. Anatysls of cash •nd ¢•sh equl¥•lents
2022
2021
Cash in han¢J
4.784743
4, 136,639
Total cash and cash eqwvalents
4,764,743
4, 136.639
23. Anatysls of changes In n•t debt
At 1 AFXII
2021 Cash Ilo
At 31 Mar¢h
2022
Cash at bank and in hand
4.136,639
6￿.104
4,784,743
4,136.639
648.104
4,764,743
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ENTAL HEALTh MATTERS
IA Compl￿ limlt•d by w•Trnl¥el
IIOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEPIENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
24. Pension cofflfflilrnents
Oefin•d ¢rJthbutlon $ch•m•
The thariiat4e company operates a deffined ￿tri￿tiOn PenS￿n stheme. The assets of the scheme are
held separalety from those of the gr(¥Jp ￿ an independenty administe￿ knd. The Fension cost charge
repfesents contri1￿tr¢￿$ payable by the gr￿p to Ihe fvnd and amwnted 10 £302,927 12021.. £47.811)
re payable to the fijnd at balance sheet date and are iNauded In rJeditors. £19,619 12021..
É47.811} still Outs&￿thng att￿ ye¥ end.
Defined b•nefft schemes
The charity part￿ipate[l ￿ twrt) MU￿MPloYer pension plans, being TPT Retireft*nt Solub"ons' GrtA
Plan (formerly Ihe Penyons Tru￿.$ GrovAh Flan) and Ihe NHS Penwn Scheme. The assets of the
sthemes are Wd separniety from those olthe ¢harity in independenlty administered ftJnd$.
The COnthbu￿ns payat4e by Ihe chan.ty chw ￿ uKome e¥peThJrture amounted io..
2022
2021
The Gro￿ Plan
NHS pensi￿ Scheffe
1,708
160.723
208.248
93.920
162.431
302, 168
Expendrture C￿ pensIc￿$ is al￿￿ted to seNce line acujrding lo staff ltyne. Costs are SF4it be￿er&
reslricted and unrestricted base(l upon yoJe¢t sFecnlc cost accwntiry. C¢*)trityJtsons totsllin9 £54.20D
12021.. £107,801) payabfe io the funds at Ihe year eryl and are in￿ded in crediiors.
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MENTAL HEALTH MATfERS
IA comp/ny Ilmlt•d ty gu•rant••l
NOTES TO THE FIIIAMCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 klARCH 2022
NHS Ptnslon Scheme
The NHS penS￿n Scheme Ilhe Scheme) is an unfunded. mvlb"*mF4oyer deffined benefil scheme that
covers NHS employers. General Praclices and other alkn*Ed under the direction ofthe Secretary
of State, in England Wths. The scheme is not deygned to be run in a way that would enab
participating bodies to idenbfy sha￿ of Ihe undetying Scheme assets and I'th'lities. Therefore, tht
Scheme is aecounied for as if rt vme a tjefined C(thut1(￿ ￿heMe. the cost to the chanty ol
participating in the Scheme 15 taken as equa io Ihe t￿tribUtIonS payabl2 to the Scheme for the
accounting perioj.
At the balance 5heel date Ihere *we 33 adNe rnernbers of the Stherne empw by the charity. The
Scheme is not open lo n•¥ ernployee5 unless Ihty ae traTh￿erred uThJer TUPE a9￿MentS from an
NHS FouThJation TrusL
The Scheme has a number of drfferent benefft strucbjres. For the 1995 section annual peftsions are
normalty based on 118Qlh ol the best of Ihe last 3 years. Pensionab￿ pay for each year ol serwce," for the
2008 sedion anrtual pen$ons a￿ nomially based on 1160th of the avera9e of the best three consecutiv?
years, pensonabte pay in the ffinal ten years of servrce for each year of seN¢e". for the 2015 section,
Is a career average revaued ewAngs sche￿. antxJ4 pensHJns a￿ based on 1154th of eath
yearfs pensicfiat4e pay.
Mernbers of the 1995 secbon nmaly rectv￿ a bjmp sum on ￿tr"reme￿ of three bme5 their wnual
pension. Klernbers of the 2008 and 2015 section5 receive a ￿rnP Sum which may be a maximum 0125%
of the ¥￿ue of thÉYr pension at reti￿rnent, their choice 5ubsequenty affecting the ￿ve1 ofannual pension
d(te. In al cases. the lump sum avatst4e is subject to a maximum amwni peimitted uThJer HMRC rules.
Annual increases a￿ apF4ieil to pengon payments al rate5 defined bythe Pensions Ilnueasel Act 1971.
and a￿ based on Changes in Ihe COnsuTh￿r Pfi'ce Index in the rnonth5 ending 30 September in
the p￿￿ou$ calen¢ar year.
On death, a pensiw of 37.5% or 33.75% of Ihe mernberfs Fension 15 nC￿alY payable tD th*
suNNing spwse, ¢ivd pather or nLyrinated pather. The percentage payable depends on ￿ether the
member was In Ihe 1995. 2008 ￿ 2015 sec￿. In additi￿. exh SertK￿ WgvKles for a lump sum
payable on death.
The Sd*me 1$ subjeci to a full actuard valualion every four years. and an FRS102 ac￿ntin9 vaknation
every year. At Ihe condusTh of 2016 fijll ¥*uaiion 5theme actuary reponed that employer
contributicfis shO￿d increase lo 20.6% from 14.3% from Awl 2019. In adlliti￿. employer$ are wuired
to pay a scheme administration levy of 0.08% of pensle￿alle pay. For the 2019- 20. 2020- 21 and 2021
- 22 scheme year5, emthr5 *tre respon%tle for Pa￿ng 14.38% of contriKrtKJns. %bith Ihe remaining
6.3% bwng fvnded ¢entrally.
The valuabon of s¢heme &at4Ity in a￿ordanCe *ilh FRS102 is carried annualty by the Scheme
Actuary. The late$t assessment ol the Iiat#'lthes of the Scheme 15 contained in the Scheme Actuary report,
which fomis part ofthe NHS Pension Scheme Annual Accounts, wblished an￿aNy. These accounts can
be vie*ed on NHS Penyons **bgte.
TPT Retirwnent so1￿10n$. Gra￿ Plan
TPT Retirernent Sc4utions' Grrhth Pjan I'the Plan'l funded and was not contracted out of the slate
$¢herne. contribub.ons Pa￿ inlo Ihe Plan up to and incluthng September 2001 *re e¢nverted to tjefineil .
arnovnts of pension pay3t4e from Nonnal Reb"reTh*nt Oaie. From odober 2001 conthbutitins
invested in pefsonal funds ¥thich have a ￿pIlo1 guarantee and are wn¥erted to pension on
rets￿ment. wther within the Plan or bythe wrchase of an annuty. For conln'bution5 from Noverr*>er 2012
the capital guarantee vras removed.
It ts not possible in the normal t￿￿e of events 10 thnbfy ol vndety"n9 assets liabilties
belonging lo individual parbapatsng employ￿5. The Plan is a m￿D￿M￿¢)Yer scheme. vknere the assets
are cr￿ming￿e￿ for inveslmenl purposes. and beneffts are Pa￿ out of Ihe Plan'5 total assets. Therefore,
the Plan is accounted a$ rf a defined contr*rttkn scheme. Ihe cost to the charity of
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ENTAL HEALTH IAATTERS
{A company I￿lled Iy 9uarant¢el
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
parbapating in the Plan is taken as equal to the conthbubons payable to the Plan for the accfjunting
period.
The￿ 1$ a p)tenlial debt on the wnF4Jyer that be le¥ied by Ihe knJ$lee of the Flan in the eve￿ of
the employer ceasing to particapate in Ihe PLan or the Pian winding tjp. The debt for the Han as a *thole is
caltsJlated by comparing the liat4Jit*s fcrf the Plan Icakulaled on a bLryouI ba515 i.e. the cost of securing
guaranteed beneffts by pUrcha￿n9 annuty pdKies from an insurer, plus an al￿war￿e for expenses)
the assets ol Ihe Plan If the liabi&b"es exceed assets the￿ is a debt.
The leawryj employe¢s share of Ihe debt 1$ Ihe of Plan's liatrfThty attrl>utable to
emF4oyment ¥Mh ¢he ￿8Ving ern￿Oyer ￿rnpared io the total amount of Ihe Plan's INblities (relating io
emF4oyment the wrrenty partiopating ernployer51. The leaving emF4oye¢s debt therefore Indudes
share of any ￿an. Iwts"fits"es In of pre¥￿US￿ par*c4patsng employers. The amount of the debt
therefore depends on many fadors i￿ludIng to￿1 Han liabikties. PLqn Investment perf0M￿nce. the
liabihbes in respect of rAJrrenl and ern￿OYees of th¢ emF4oyer. financial Cond￿On$ at the time of
the cessab.fm e¥eni and insu￿Ce buy-OLrt mwket. The amrrtrts of debt thtrefNe be vol*de
overts"me.
Wnen an emk*Jyer v•llKlrx from a ￿￿￿{￿Y¢r deffined benefrt pension stheme is in def￿t.
Ihe ￿p1¢Y￿ is required by to pay ts share of the defi¢it. on a Sta￿￿ory ba￿5 Ikno*Tr as
the bu*oul basis). The Plan is a Yast man standing- muWnpl¢)yer scheme. This mean5 that if
v•ithdrawing ernployer 15 unable to pay its debt on the liab.lty 1$ shared arnongst the remaininy
emF4oyw5. The partiupating emF4oyers are I￿e￿I0[eJoinIty and severalty ￿abse for the deficit in Ihe Han.
Lhjring 2021122 the trustees ￿refUIty con*dered wos and cons of opting to wthdraw from the TPT
Rets"rernent SO￿"0nS' Gro*th Plan stheme anLI decided to dts ￿ %wth effect frorn 30 September 2021.
At the b￿ance theet date thefe O acbve members of Ihe Plan ern￿￿oYed by the chanty. The ¢harity
no knnger offers membership of Ihe Han to ts emF4oyees.
The charity has been nobfied by TPT Reb"rement solu1￿5 of the e51irnated employer debt as a of
the decision to ￿thdraW from Ihe Plan. based ￿ the financral position of the Plan as at 30 September
2021. Based M this infwnthn, the esbmated ernF4oyer debt of the Chafity at 30 Septemt*r 2021 is
£400.268. Thts amount been p￿￿ded in lum at 31 Marth 2022 and ts inckKled in ¢￿ts$.
There are potenba additional liaknkbes assooated an ongtyng review ofthe way in ￿lCh changes to
benefits have been irnp4ernented. The Scherne Trustee Is seeking ¢OUrt direthons on hcrw to Inte￿re1
rules. Unla this matter 1$ re50hed. rt is not posgt4e to assess any degree of certainty th¢
likeh"hi>od or value of additKJnal h'abl￿e$. Hwwer. Ihe truslees dD not expect these to be rnaterial.
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MEIITAL HEALTH IAATfERS
IA cornpany limit•d by gu*rnntee)
NOTES TO ThE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2022
Operating lease cornmitrn•nts
The ¢h¥ity as a k59ee.'
At 31 Marth 2022 the Company had cNnmrtmwts to m*e future minimurn lea5È Pa￿entS ￿der
canceuable cperating leases as fdlthtys."
2022
2021
Wrtlwn 1 year
Betr￿en 1 and S ye
312.721
245.321
350.014
372.600
SS8.049
722,614
The tharity as a lessor.
The chaity has a larye number of ten￿¢Y agreements tenants ubliwNJ the services of the charity.
The lease a9reements ha¥e ¥arw"ng ternis. h(Me¥er all lease5 are cJKdlalle as Ihe intentKJn ol the
tharity 15 that tenants vacate premises ¢tKe they are recovered.
At Ihe yeai end, the chanty had rLC* cu￿ra￿S ¥Ath tenants under nO[￿CanCelL1ts1e ￿er3￿.￿￿ IEase$.
Related p•rty tr¥nsa¢lion8
During the year Ihe Chanty entered into transact￿n5 with the lollrrmry Telated parties
P R￿￿nd. trustee. is emphyed as a programrne lead for Healih Educabon England.
prowdes funding ts dinical trair￿S in lalking therapy serwces, and
J Lanham. trustee, vthose husband Is ernF4oyed by Combat Slre55 UK, the chwity has
a o)nlra¢t for ¢ommunity support servi￿%
Neither related party has had any wNofvernent in Ihe delNery of the seryices nor have they had any
vofvement in deugon makn"n9 th relabw to the contracts in question.
In the pnor year, Ihe charity uwtinued to th in a itynt arrangemenl with Sundertand Counselling Servite
and Efficacy Lirnrted to provide mentsl heatth s•Mces lo Ntythumbertand Clinical cC￿rnI551Dnlng Group
until August 2020. The pricf yew expendth in the joint arwL9ement is detailed below.
The income generated by MHM in the y from eath of these contractud arran9emenls wilh related
parties 1$ a$ follows..
2022
2021
Healih Education England
Combat Stress
Sunderland Counselling SeNce
Efficaty knrnrted
143.489
249.992
1.047,521
514756
393,481
1.563.277
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