Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Good reserves management: +3
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 20

MIND BLMK

To provide advice, support and other services to empower and develop anyone experiencing a mental health problem in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£1,933	£1,869	£64	£52	£1,178	£1,147	7.4	97	45
31/03/22		£1,873	£1,499	£374	£69	£1,114	£1,072	8.6	75	44
31/03/21		£1,246	£1,058	£188	£84	£740	£693	7.9	63	110
31/03/20		£990	£982	£8	£63	£551	£501	6.1	43	105
31/03/19		£1,021	£1,044	£-23	£1	£543	£468	5.4	38	139
31/03/18		£1,137	£1,173	£-36	£2	£566	£479	4.9	54	0
31/03/17	*	£1,135	£1,206	£-71	£6	£602	£489	4.9	56	0
31/03/16		£1,212	£1,272	£-60	£46	£674	£557	5.3	55	0
31/03/15		£1,632	£1,617	£15	£65	£737	£550	4.1	42	0
31/03/14		£1,466	£1,475	£-9	£67	£722	£551	4.5	36	0
31/03/13		£1,195	£1,257	£-62	£59	£731	£506	4.8	31	0
31/03/12		£1,162	£1,091	£71	£55	£793	£568	6.2	30	0
31/03/11		£1,427	£1,343	£84	£19	£722	£583	5.2	31	0
31/03/10		£1,532	£1,374	£158	£21	£638	£413	3.6	43	0
31/03/09		£1,161	£1,050	£110	£27	£480	£334	3.8	33	0
31/03/08		£622	£575	£48	£34	£369	£293	6.1	20	0
31/03/07		£424	£450	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£421	£408	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£429	£380	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£404	£383	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 53%
Liabilities/Income: 70%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 7.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 26 years

www.mind-blmk.org.uk

hq@mind-blmk.org.uk

07748635622

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

97 employees
45 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	£306,059
DCMS	£67,516
National Lottery Community Fund	£8,598

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Warm hub micro grant to maintain space for the community
£500	24/03/2023	Luton Wellbeing Centre - Dumfries Street
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Core funding to support Luton wellbeing service, through initial assessments with individuals and to run a timetable of activities (e.g. walking group, peer support group).
£96,200	05/01/2023	Mind BLMK - Mental Health Services in Luton
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - The funding will go towards our utilities. May, June & July Gas - £217.00 Electric - 826.92 Feb, March & April 2022 Gas -1068.00
£500	17/11/2022	Luton Wellbeing Centre, Dumfries Steet
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Improve Mental Health Services in Luton
£100,377	22/12/2020	Grant to Mind BLMK
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£24,000	07/10/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£43,516	02/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Stream 1 - Delivery or Support Costs
£4,690	09/04/2020 3	Grant to Mind BLMK
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Mind BLMK
£103,792	30/01/2020 11	Mind BLMK - Luton Wellbeing Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Mind BLMK - Dunstable Hoarding Project
£8,598	15/08/2019 12	Mind BLMK - Dunstable Hoarding Project
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MInd BLMK
£5,728	29/11/2017	We would like to fund art classes for people experiencing difficulties with mental health within the Dunstable area.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Youth in Mind
£9,861	19/09/2017 2	Grant to Mind BLMK
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Mind BLMK
£9,400	09/03/2017	Writing through heritage languages as a therapeutic endeavour for adults in mental health recovery

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-67

ALEX DE ARAUJO Appointed: 2021

HANNAH PARRISH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Leadership

KEVIN QUINN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

LESLEY BROUGHTON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Personal Development Specialist

PAULA PEDEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant

SARA JENKINS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

SUZIE ADAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Nurse

DR HELEN DONOVAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant Clinical Psychologist

DREW BAXTER-GIBSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Wellbeing Lead

SIMON CLARKE (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Management Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/03/1998, number: 1068724
Registered at Companies House on 16/02/1998, number: 03511342

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 7 days late, AR17: 1 days late,

Main office

Mind B L M K
The Rufus Centre
Steppingley Road
Flitwick
BEDFORD
MK45 1AH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILL HEALTH BY PROVISIONS OF SUPPORT, ADVICE AND OTHER SERVICES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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