Registered charity · Colchester
MID and North Essex Mind
1.1 The Objects of the Association are, for the public benefit :1.1.1 to promote the preservation of good mental health in particular by enabling and empowering everyone experiencing mental health problems to live with, manage and recover from their...
- 7 trustees
- Income £2.5m (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.mnessexmind.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- MID and North Essex Mind
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£2.5m£2.9m
- 2025£2.3m£2.5m
- 2024£2.7m£2.7m
Earlier years
- 2023£2.8m£2.7m
- 2022£2.9m£1.6m
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2026: Government contracts 65% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1.1 The Objects of the Association are, for the public benefit :1.1.1 to promote the preservation of good mental health in particular by enabling and empowering everyone experiencing mental health problems to live with, manage and recover from their condition. 1.1.2 to relieve the needs of people with mental health problems by working to increase the understanding of mental health and mental health problems by gathering and disseminating information and working to raise awareness, promote understanding and challenge stigma and discrimination.
Grants received
9 grants · £212,053 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Essex Community Foundation · £146,782 (6 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £40,500
- Veterans Foundation · £19,800
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,971
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Dr Ian Raymond La Touche Beaumont Chair since 2020
- Heather Connery since 2025
- Jamie Hopkins since 2022
- Jill Purcell since 2025
- Louisa Brewster since 2017
- Peter Pushman since 2018
- Tristan Easey since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Ian Raymond La Touche Beaumont Chair since 2020
- Louisa Brewster since 2017
- Peter Pushman since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Dr Ian Raymond La Touche Beaumont Chair since 2020
- Heather Connery since 2025
- Jamie Hopkins since 2022
- Jill Purcell since 2025
- Louisa Brewster since 2017
- Peter Pushman since 2018
- Tristan Easey since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1064309
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 MAY 1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 SEP 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 APR 2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 04 MAR 2017AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12 MAY 2017 as amended on 18 Sept 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 03374820 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07854901369 · enquiries@mnessexmind.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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