Buckinghamshire Mind

What Buckinghamshire Mind does

Buckinghamshire Mind (legal name: Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire Mind) is a UK registered mental health charity (charity number 1103063) headquartered at 260 Desborough Road, High Wycombe, with a founding year cited as 1914. The organisation delivers a portfolio of community-based mental health services across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire, serving individuals experiencing mental health challenges, schools, and employers. Operating with 51-100 employees, it functions as a direct service provider rather than a technology platform, supported by donations, grants, and fee-based training contracts.

The core service portfolio comprises crisis support via the Safe Haven programme (an alternative to A&E), counselling, peer support, the Friends in Need wellbeing groups, mental health education in schools, safety planning, and signposting. In 2024-25 the charity reported supporting 6,869 people, delivering 1,213 counselling sessions to adults and young people, and recording 264 Safe Haven deployments as alternatives to A&E attendance. The training division sells Mental Health First Aid, Suicide First Aid, manager workshops, employee workshops, and short presentations to private, public, and voluntary sector employers, with named multi-year contracts including a three-year workplace training partnership with Reckitt. Services are culturally adapted, with materials translated into 20 languages and dedicated peer support groups delivered in partnership with Jamia Masjid and Islamic Centre.

The business model combines charitable fundraising (individual donations, corporate giving, memorial donations, legacy giving) with earned income from professional training fees. The training pricing model is multi-year contract-based, with fully funded places available for Buckinghamshire VCSE and public-sector employees. Distribution is direct and regional, delivered through community locations, crisis centres, schools, and workplaces, both face-to-face and virtually. The charity maintains a strategic affiliation with national Mind but is independently governed by its own board of trustees, with no disclosed external investment or parent ownership.

Name

Buckinghamshire Mind

Legal name

Buckinghamshire Mind (Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire Mind)

Website

https://bucksmind.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1914

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Buckinghamshire Mind is a UK registered mental health charity delivering community-based crisis support, counselling, peer support, schools programmes, and workplace mental health training across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Mental Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

School-Based Mental Health Therapy (Licensed Clinicians) (EDAKAMAD)

Keywords

• Mental health services
• Community mental health
• Crisis support services
• Mental health training
• Peer support programs

Headquarters

HQ city

High Wycombe

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, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Charitable donations from individuals, corporate giving programs, memorial donations, and legacy giving through wills.
2. Training Services: Professional mental health training workshops and presentations for workplaces in the private, public, and voluntary sectors. Fees support funding of community services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Buckinghamshire Mind is a registered mental health charity that delivers free community-based mental health services across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire, including Safe Haven crisis support, counselling, peer support, wellbeing groups, school-based mental health education, and signposting. Alongside these community services, it sells professional workplace mental health training courses (Mental Health First Aid, Suicide First Aid, manager and employee workshops) to private, public, and voluntary sector organisations to subsidise its charitable mission.

Product overview

Buckinghamshire Mind is a registered mental health charity (no. 1103063) delivering services across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire. The organization operates as a unified service portfolio rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture, providing direct mental health support services alongside professional workplace training programs. Core services include Safe Haven crisis support, Counselling Services (1,213 sessions in 2024-25), Peer Support programs, Friends in Need wellbeing groups, Mental Health Education in Schools, and signposting services. The training division offers Mental Health First Aid courses, Suicide First Aid courses, management workshops, employee workshops, and short presentations covering topics such as anxiety, depression, and meditation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Safe Haven Crisis support delivered at Safe Haven crisis support centres as an alternative to A&E for individuals experiencing mental health emergencies in Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire.
• Counselling Services Professional mental health counselling delivered to adults and young people in Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire.
• Peer Support Peer Support programmes (Peer Support Bucks and Peer Support in Schools) that connect individuals with lived experience of mental health challenges to provide mutual support.
• Friends in Need General wellbeing support programme including the Peers2Pals service, with culturally adapted dedicated groups at Jamia Masjid and Islamic Centre including Urdu language resources.
• Mental Health Education in Schools Mental health education programmes delivered to young people in educational settings across Buckinghamshire.
• Mental Health Safety Planning Service Safety planning resources and support for individuals experiencing mental health crises.
• Signposting to Support Service that connects individuals with appropriate mental health services and resources.
• Wellbeing Services Various programmes and resources supporting mental health and wellbeing in the community.
• Mental Health First Aid Courses Certified Mental Health First Aid training courses teaching participants to identify and support individuals with mental health issues, delivered to workplaces.
• Suicide First Aid Courses Specialised training in suicide prevention and intervention delivered to organisations in the private, public, and voluntary sectors.
• Workshops for People Managers Workshops for managers focusing on workplace mental health, stress management, and supporting staff wellbeing.
• Workshops for All Employees Workshops for all employees covering mental health awareness, wellbeing strategies, and resilience building.
• Short Presentations and Talks One-hour interactive sessions covering Intro to Mental Health, Guided Meditation, Improving Mental Wellbeing, Understanding Anxiety, and Understanding Depression, delivered to organisations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 6,869 people supported in 2024-25
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• National MindcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated with national Mind charity network. Shares national Mind's vision for mental health support and respect.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Samaritans: UK charity providing 24/7 emotional support and crisis intervention, often via volunteer-led local branches. Comparable crisis-response positioning to Buckinghamshire Mind's Safe Haven service, with similar volunteer-driven delivery model.
• YoungMinds: UK charity focused on children and young people's mental health, with strong schools and education programmes. Closely comparable to Buckinghamshire Mind's Mental Health Education in Schools and youth counselling services.
• CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably): UK charity leading a suicide prevention helpline and awareness campaigns. Comparable crisis-intervention focus to Buckinghamshire Mind's Safe Haven and Suicide First Aid training, and operates on donations/corporate partnerships.
• SANE: UK mental health charity providing helpline support, information, and research. Comparable as a donation-funded charity delivering community mental health support and crisis-response services.
• Mental Health Foundation: UK charity focused on mental health research, prevention, and public education. Comparable in mission scope (community education, workplace training, schools programmes) and in operating as a non-profit mental health provider.
• Rethink Mental Illness: A major UK mental health charity providing community-based support, advice, and services for people affected by mental illness. Directly comparable in service mix (crisis support, peer groups, training) and non-profit funding model.
• Place2Be: UK children's mental health charity providing school-based counselling and mental health support. Directly overlaps with Buckinghamshire Mind's schools programme and youth counselling services on a similar commissioner-funded model.
• Mind (national): The national UK mental health charity of which Buckinghamshire Mind is a local affiliate. Both share the same brand, mission, and service model (information, support, training), and compete for overlapping donor and commissioner relationships across overlapping geographies.

Emerging players

• Kooth: Digital mental health platform commissioned by NHS and local authorities to provide online counselling and wellbeing support to young people. An emerging, technology-led player competing for the same schools-and-young-people commissioning budgets that fund Buckinghamshire Mind's youth services.

Broad incumbents

• NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT): The NHS's nationally commissioned outpatient counselling and therapy programme. Overlaps directly with Buckinghamshire Mind's Counselling Services as a publicly funded incumbent, and competes for the same patient population in Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BucksMind
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/buckinghamshire-mind
• InstagramInstagram.com/bucksmind
• Xx.com/BucksMind

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Investors

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