What Lancashire Mind does

Lancashire Mind is an independent mental health charity headquartered in Leyland, United Kingdom, serving a regional catchment of approximately 1.5 million people across Lancashire. Founded in 1986 and affiliated with the national Mind federation through a membership agreement, the charity delivers direct therapeutic services (counselling, CBT therapy, wellbeing coaching, supported housing-related services), workplace wellbeing programmes (an Employee Assistance Programme starting at £7 per person per year, manager training, suicide prevention training, and Wellbeing Away Days at Bowland Tipis starting at £54 per person), and community engagement initiatives (Creative Minds, the Lived Experience Panel, Youth Advisory Group, Tenancy User Group). It also operates 1:1 wellbeing coaching for children and young people aged 10-18 and a schools team delivering whole-class resilience programmes.

Its technology stack is non-proprietary and human-delivered: a dedicated eLearning portal (trainingondemand.lancashiremind.org.uk), video-based virtual therapy and coaching, an e-commerce donation shop, the Lancashire Mind Podcast, and standard social/web channels. There is no disclosed AI/ML component. The organisation is registered with the Fundraising Regulator, is an Organisational Member of BACP, and is structured as a company limited by guarantee (company number 3888655, charity number 1081427).

The business model blends donations and fundraising (the largest reported stream, anchored by flagship events such as the Mental Elf fun run, Club Feelgood, skydives, and Cross Bay Walks), grants from charitable trusts and foundations, corporate sponsorships and Charity-of-the-Year relationships, workplace service contracts (EAP subscriptions, training, wellbeing away days), legacy giving, and third-party passive fundraising through EasyFundraising.org.uk. Annual operating cost is approximately £2 million; the charity supports over 7,000 people per year and has served over 1,000 Lancashire businesses, with a 96% recommendation rate among service users.

Name

Lancashire Mind

Legal name

Lancashire Mind

Website

https://lancashiremind.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lancashire Mind is an independent UK mental health charity serving Lancashire's 1.5 million residents with therapy, wellbeing coaching, workplace EAPs, eLearning, schools programmes, and community engagement. Revenue is generated through donations, grants, event sponsorships, and corporate wellness contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Services

NAICS

Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (62133), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mindfulness-Based Coaching & Training (MBSR/MBCT-style) (HSADAJAB), Mind-Body Wellness Coaching (Holistic/Integrative) (HSADAGAG), Trauma-Informed Mindfulness & Somatic Mind-Body Practices (HSADAJAI), Recreation Therapy, Stress Management & Mindfulness Programs (EDALAFAO), Couples & Family Therapy Teletherapy Platforms (HLALAEAG)

Keywords

• Mental health services
• Workplace wellbeing programmes
• Counselling and therapy
• Employee assistance programmes
• Mental health training

Headquarters

HQ city

Chorley

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Primary revenue stream including one-off donations, regular monthly giving, event participation fees, and digital fundraising. The charity organizes four main fundraising events annually and receives support from individuals, community groups and businesses. Club Feelgood is a newly launched over 30s day clubbing event for fundraising.
2. Charitable Trusts and Foundations: Funding from charitable trusts and foundations to support specific services such as virtual wellbeing coaching available for people across Lancashire.
3. Workplace Wellbeing Services: Revenue from businesses for Employee Assistance Programmes, counselling services, workplace training, wellbeing away days, and workshops. Services are priced per person or per session with volume discounts for EAP clients.
4. Training and Education: Income from workplace training courses, eLearning modules, and educational programmes delivered to businesses, schools and organizations.
5. Third-party Platform Partnerships: EasyFundraising.org.uk partnership allows supporters to raise money while shopping online, generating passive donations.
6. Legacies and Will Donations: Legacy giving programme where supporters can leave a gift in their will to support future generations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Lancashire Mind is an independent mental health charity based in Leyland, Lancashire, delivering counselling, CBT therapy, wellbeing coaching, and peer support to individuals, as well as workplace wellbeing services (including Employee Assistance Programmes, eLearning, suicide prevention training, and wellbeing away days) to businesses, schools and public-sector organisations across the region. Services are funded through donations, charitable grants, corporate sponsorships, and direct fees from workplace clients.

Product overview

Lancashire Mind operates as a mental health charity offering a diversified portfolio of services organized around three core pillars: direct therapeutic services (including counselling, CBT therapy, and virtual wellbeing coaching), workplace wellbeing programmes (comprising the Employee Assistance Programme, workplace training, eLearning courses, and Wellbeing Away Days), and community engagement initiatives (such as the Lived Experience Panel, Youth Advisory Group, Creative Minds creative expression project, and Mental Elf fundraising events). The organization also runs the Lancashire Wellbeing Business Network to connect employers around mental health best practices. Together, these offerings form a comprehensive ecosystem designed to support mental health across adults, children, young people, and organizations throughout Lancashire.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mental Elf: Annual festive fun run and fundraising event, now replicated by more than 40 other local Mind charities across the country.
• Club Feelgood
• Creative Minds
• Lived Experience Panel
• Youth Advisory Group
• Tenancy User Group

Products and services

• eLearning Courses On-demand online training courses covering mental health awareness and workplace wellbeing topics, available to individuals and organisations via a dedicated eLearning platform.
• Suicide Prevention Training Suicide awareness and prevention training programme, including Orange Button certification, delivered to employers and individuals across Lancashire.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Workplace mental health support programme providing a dedicated webpage, support phone line, 1-2-1 therapy and coaching, manager training, wellbeing toolkit, and eLearning courses, sold on an annual subscription starting from £7 per person per year.
• Counselling for Employees Counselling and therapy services for employees, including 1-2-1 CBT sessions, wellbeing coaching, supported self-help programmes, incident debrief sessions, and face-to-face workshops on stress management and resilience.
• Virtual Wellbeing Coaching One-to-one virtual coaching delivered over six weeks focusing on goals, strengths and problem-solving abilities to improve wellbeing, covering stress, low mood, anxiety and self-esteem; includes free places for people receiving income or disability-related benefits.
• Wellbeing Away Days Bespoke corporate wellbeing away days hosted at Bowland Tipis, offering team activities such as yoga, Lego building, party games, crafting, garden tours, animal encounters, and wellbeing training, starting from £54 per person with a 50-person minimum.
• Mental Elf Fun Run Annual ticketed festive fun run at Worden Park, Leyland, featuring 5K, Mini Elf 2K, and Challenge YoursElf routes; raised over £21,000 in 2025 across 450+ participants.
• Mental Elf Wellbeing Challenge Festive wellbeing challenge for schools and youth groups that combines fundraising with mental health education through fun runs, elf dress-up days, and festive games.
• Lancashire Wellbeing Business Network Business networking programme providing mental health support resources and connecting Lancashire employers around workplace wellbeing initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% of people who accessed Lancashire Mind training and support would recommend them to others
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• James Hall & Co. Ltd (SPAR)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Headline sponsor for Mental Elf 2025, a flagship fundraising event. SPAR wholesaler and Lancashire-based business with colleagues participating and volunteering at events. Multiple year partnership supporting mental health across Lancashire.
• GranbysecondaryGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Blackburn-based fulfilment and logistics provider providing sponsorship for Mental Elf 2025. Also referenced as a customer using wellbeing away day services.
• Promedica24minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Live-in care provider operating in Lancashire, Cumbria and North Yorkshire. Sponsorship support for Mental Elf 2025 event.
• Marsden RawsthornminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Solicitors providing sponsorship for Mental Elf 2025 fundraising event.
• CompleteminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Digital marketing agency providing sponsorship for Mental Elf 2025.
• Essential Industrial ServicesminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Based at Walton Summit, provided sponsorship for Mental Elf 2025.
• National MindcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated through a membership agreement as part of the national Mind federation. Each local Mind is an independent charity. Occasionally shares personal information with national Mind to ensure they provide services effectively, with consent.
• easyfundraising.org.uksecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership enabling supporters to raise money for Lancashire Mind when shopping online with over 7,000 retailers. Passive fundraising mechanism for donors.
• British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)coreOthersOrganisational Member of BACP, demonstrating professional standards in counselling and psychotherapy services.
• NHS Mental Health ServicessecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorks in partnership with NHS mental health services, including holding focus groups to gather information to help shape NHS mental health services.
• 40+ Local Mind CharitiessecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerOther local Mind charities across the country that have replicated the Mental Elf concept created by Lancashire Mind, creating a national movement.
• Bowland TipissecondaryOthersVenue partner for Wellbeing Away Days, providing picturesque location in Bowland for team building and mindfulness activities.
• North West BricksminorOthersLego building activity provider for Wellbeing Away Days sessions.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Place2Be: UK children's mental health charity providing counselling and mental health support in schools. Directly comparable to Lancashire Mind's schools and CYP programmes, with similar in-school coaching and resilience-building services.
• Rethink Mental Illness: UK charity providing mental health services, support groups, and workplace training nationwide. Directly comparable mission around supporting people with mental illness, with overlapping services in advice, training, and campaigning.
• Mental Health Foundation: UK charity focused on prevention, research and public mental health education with training programmes for workplaces and communities. Comparable in its training, awareness, and preventative mission but operates nationally and is less service-delivery-focused.
• YoungMinds: UK charity focused on children and young people's mental health, providing training for schools and parents. Comparable service line for Lancashire Mind's CYP schools and coaching programmes, though operating nationally rather than regionally.
• Greater Manchester Mind: Regional Mind charity providing mental health services, training and campaigning in Greater Manchester. Directly comparable as a fellow local Mind delivering therapy, workplace wellbeing, and community fundraising under the same federation model.

Others

• Centre for Mental Health: UK mental health research and policy charity focused on evidence-based insights rather than direct service delivery. Comparable as a sector peer and thought-leader in the same mental health ecosystem but not a direct competitor for therapy or EAP services.
• Samaritans: UK charity providing emotional support via a 24/7 helpline and outreach. Comparable as a mental health charity but operates a complementary (crisis support) model rather than competing for the same therapy/coaching or workplace EAP customers.

Broad incumbents

• Mind (National Mind): National mental health charity and the federation parent to which Lancashire Mind is affiliated via membership agreement. Directly comparable service scope (information, advice, support, campaigning) and brand family, but operates at national rather than regional scale.
• Health Assured: One of the UK's largest commercial EAP and wellbeing providers offering counselling, helplines and digital platforms to businesses. Directly competes with Lancashire Mind's workplace wellbeing and EAP services at the enterprise buyer level.
• Westfield Health: UK corporate health and wellbeing provider offering EAP-style mental health services to employers alongside PMI products. Direct competitor in Lancashire Mind's workplace wellbeing market with broader geographic reach and product portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lancsmind
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCSbYWaRc3vC71WWxNU5WCMQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/MindLancashire
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lancashire-mind
• Instagraminstagram.com/lancsmind

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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