The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Rethink Mental Illness

Registered charity 271028 Registered since 1991

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

15 trustees on the board

5.2y median 5y
average tenure
21y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (2)

13
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 15Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Health and social care 13Other services 4Arts and leisure 2

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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£43.9m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.1 in 2021

1175 from 872 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.rethink.org
Emailinfo@rethink.org
Phone01215227007
Address28 Albert Embankment, LONDON, SE1 7GR

Finances

£43,932,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£33,082,000£30,482,000
2022£37,479,000£35,327,000
2023£40,944,000£41,496,000
2024£44,501,000£46,209,000
2025£43,932,000£47,912,000

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

2. History and Objects2.1 The National Schizophrenia Fellowship was founded for the benefit of people experiencing schizophrenia and related conditions and their carers. Over the years the Charity has evolved and now works to improve the lives of everyone severely affected by mental illness, including schizophrenia and psychosis, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety and personality disorder. To achieve this, the Objects are: (a) to improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness and their families and carers through local support groups and services;(b) to provide expert advice, information and training to the public in the field of mental health and welfare, including influencing Government and decision makers more widely; and(c) to advance awareness and understanding as to the causes, consequences and management of mental illness, working to decrease the stigma surrounding it.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 SEP 1975NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 30 NOV 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 NOV 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 NOV 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 NOV 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 NOV 2017 as amended on 09 Jan 2019 as amended on 14 Nov 2020 as amended on 02 Feb 2023 as amended on 19 Nov 2022 as amended on 17 Jul 2025

Trustees (15)

15trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Rethink Mental Illness · 01227970 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 29/09/1975

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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