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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

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 total

360Giving 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

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

4.5y median 3.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 10Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 12Health and social care 5Other services 2

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.3 in 2021

25 from 14 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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
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