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MQ: Transforming Mental Health
MQ: Transforming Mental Health is a registered charity (number 1139916) based in London, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Shahzad Malik since 2017. Latest income £3.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £3.5m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Shahzad MalikChair · since 2017
- Fabrizio CampelliTrustee · since 2023
- James Edwin PalmerTrustee · since 2023
- John A Herrmann JrTrustee · since 2017
- Kerstin Andrea GrosseTrustee · since 2026
- Michael John HorvitzTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Ann JohnTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Catherine Jane HarmerTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Rory O'ConnorTrustee · since 2022
- Sarah WoolnoughTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.mqmentalhealth.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- MQ: Transforming Mental Health
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.5m£3.2m
- 2024£4.3m£3.2m
- 2023£3.5m£2.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.5m£2.7m
- 2021£1.9m£2.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
GOVERNING DOCUMENT (ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION) BASED ON CHARITY COMMISSION PRECEDENT.THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE1. TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, FOSTER, PROMOTE AND ADVANCE ALL OR ANY ASPECTS OF THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELFARE OF HUMANKIND AND TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION BY ENGAGING IN, ENCOURAGING, FUNDING AND OTHERWISE SUPPORTING: (A) SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OR OTHER RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF ALL FORMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS; AND(B) THE DISCOVERY, INVENTION, IMPROVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF TREATMENTS, CURES, DIAGNOSTICS AND OTHER MEDICINAL AGENTS, METHODS AND PROCESSES THAT MAY IN ANY WAY RELIEVE ILLNESS, DISEASE, DISABILITY OR DISORDERS OF WHATEVER NATURE IN HUMAN BEINGS THAT IS OR MAY BE CAUSED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY ANY AND ALL FORMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS; 2. TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE, PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION BY ENGAGING IN, ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING: (A) THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELFARE. (B) RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELFARE. IN EACH CASE WITH THE INTENTION OF PRODUCING RESULTS THAT ADD OR MAY ADD TO SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
Grants received
21 grants · £1,155,184 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
- SHAREGIFT · £497,500 (13 grants)
- Prudence Trust · £492,919 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £100,000
- The Grocers' Charity · £64,765 (4 grants)
Most recent
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Shahzad Malik Chair since 2017
- Fabrizio Campelli since 2023
- James Edwin Palmer since 2023
- John A Herrmann Jr since 2017
- Kerstin Andrea Grosse since 2026
- Michael John Horvitz since 2020
- Professor Ann John since 2023
- Professor Catherine Jane Harmer since 2025
- Professor Rory O'Connor since 2022
- Sarah Woolnough since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Shahzad Malik Chair since 2017
- John A Herrmann Jr since 2017
- Michael John Horvitz since 2020
- Sarah Woolnough since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Shahzad Malik Chair since 2017
- Fabrizio Campelli since 2023
- James Edwin Palmer since 2023
- John A Herrmann Jr since 2017
- Kerstin Andrea Grosse since 2026
- Michael John Horvitz since 2020
- Professor Ann John since 2023
- Professor Catherine Jane Harmer since 2025
- Professor Rory O'Connor since 2022
- Sarah Woolnough since 2019
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 5.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1139916
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/10/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/01/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 31/12/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 MAY 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 07406055 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 03000308100 · info@mqmentalhealth.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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