Registered charity · Sunderland
Mental Health Matters
- 9 trustees
- Income £28m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Jasmine WhitbreadChair · since 2025
- Anthony TatlowTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Jordan SoondarTrustee · since 2026
- George JenkinsTrustee · since 2021
- Jill Anne LanhamTrustee · since 2021
- Kate EvansTrustee · since 2021
- Mark Edward EastonTrustee · since 2026
- Matthew AthertonTrustee · since 2022
- Pooja SachdevTrustee · since 2025
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, Disability, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.mhm.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Mental Health Matters
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£28m£28m
- 2024£26m£25m
- 2023£24m£24m
Earlier years
- 2022£22m£21m
- 2021£18m£18m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 98%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO RELIEVE AND PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF PERSONS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OR ILLNESSES, HOWEVER THOSE PROBLEMS OR ILLNESSES HAVE ARISEN, AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, BOTH IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS.
Grants received
19 grants · £1,146,782 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £468,224 (2 grants)
- Northern Rock Foundation · £462,700 (4 grants)
- Department for Work and Pensions · £143,629 (4 grants)
- Sport England · £39,822
- Community Foundation North East · £16,407 (7 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.
9 trustees on the board
- Jasmine Whitbread Chair since 2025
- Anthony Tatlow since 2023
- Dr Jordan Soondar since 2026
- George Jenkins since 2021
- Jill Anne Lanham since 2021
- Kate Evans since 2021
- Mark Edward Easton since 2026
- Matthew Atherton since 2022
- Pooja Sachdev since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Jasmine Whitbread Chair since 2025
- Anthony Tatlow since 2023
- Dr Jordan Soondar since 2026
- George Jenkins since 2021
- Jill Anne Lanham since 2021
- Kate Evans since 2021
- Mark Edward Easton since 2026
- Matthew Atherton since 2022
- Pooja Sachdev since 2025
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
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 514829
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/01/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/09/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/10/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/08/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/03/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/05/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/02/2013NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 04/03/2015 as amended on 22 Mar 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 01786914 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01915163500 · info@mhm.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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