Organisation and Funding

The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health is a charity that works to improve the quality of life for people with mental health problems. It was founded in 1985 by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, from which it receives core funding.

The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health

  • Company limited by guarantee, registered in England number: 4373019
  • Registered Office: 134-138 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LB
  • Charity number: 1091156
  • VAT number: 701 7994 26

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Frequently asked questions

Is the Sainsbury Centre funded by Sainsbury's?

No, we receive funding from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. The Gatsby Charitable Foundation is an independent grant-making trust set up by Lord Sainsbury of Turville (David Sainsbury) and makes grants to a number of different causes. The Foundation receives no direct support from the supermarket company founded by the Sainsbury family.

How does the Sainsbury Centre raise funds?

The grant covers all of our expenditure. We don't carry out work to earn other income or raise funds.

What are the Sainsbury Centre's priorities?

Our work is united by a common concern about the quality of life of people with mental health problems. Our priority areas are:

  • Criminal Justice: improving mental health care and services for people in prison with mental health problems.
  • Employment: helping people with mental health problems get and stay in work.

How can the Sainsbury Centre help me?

We work primarily with mental health and social care practitioners, policymakers and employers. We carry out research into mental health services. Our work benefits service users and carers indirectly, by improving the quality of support they are offered by local services and by influencing national policies that are relevant to mental health. We do not provide services directly to people with mental health problems.

What does the Sainsbury Centre not do?

The Centre's work focuses on the needs of people of working age and we do not work specifically with children's services or services for older people. We do not provide mental health services - we work with the NHS, social services, employers and the voluntary sector to improve the quality of what they do.