Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE JEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL ILLNESS

The Association is established as a Charity for the treatment, care, support, education, training and rehabilitation of persons suffering from various forms of mental illness and to provide help to relatives and carers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£2,650£4,069£-1,419£783£3,287£3,1719.488220
31/03/22£4,087£3,053£1,033£406£4,705£4,67418.474260
31/03/21£3,211£2,761£449£315£3,672£3,61015.762245
31/03/20£2,924£2,667£257£338£3,223£3,18814.348220
31/03/19£2,518£2,465£53£309£2,966£2,95514.458214
31/03/18£2,311£2,153£158£291£2,913£2,89116.1510
31/03/17£2,491£2,027£464£239£2,752£2,75216.3540
31/03/16£2,919£1,725£1,194£205£2,288£2,25515.7540
31/03/15£1,823£1,811£12£153£1,094£8965.9520
31/03/14£2,189£1,930£260£145£1,082£9255.8570
31/03/13?*£1,076£1,217£-142£240£822£7697.6230
31/12/11£1,176£889£287£148£964£94712.8270
31/12/10£786£762£25£122£677£67710.7270
31/12/09£602£645£-43£126£652£65212.1170
31/12/08£518£525£-7£70£695£67315.4170
31/12/07£549£531£17£83£702£69015.6160
31/12/06*£488£448£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£502£421£82n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£423£346£77n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 29.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 19.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 9.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 33 years

www.jamiuk.org

info@jamiuk.org

02084582223

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Essex, Hertfordshire, Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Pears Foundation£160,000
City Bridge Trust£34,813
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
DCMS£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Pears Foundation - Grant to JAMI
£80,000 21/02/2022
Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£10,000 17/12/2021
The Compeer Befriending Project
Pears Foundation - Grant to JAMI
£40,000 12/02/2021
Core Funding
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 29/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Jewish Association for Mental Illness (JAMI)
£34,813 19/06/2020
£34,813.00 towards costs as outlined in your application, excluding food provision costs (both staff and food).
Pears Foundation - Grant to JAMI
£40,000 17/02/2020
12
Core funding and Universities project
Pears Foundation - Grant to JAMI
£40,000 19/03/2019
12
Core funding and Universities project
Pears Foundation - Grant to JAMI
£80,000 07/03/2017
24
Core funding
Pears Foundation - Grant to JAMI
£80,000 21/04/2015
24
Core funding
National Lottery Community Fund - JAMI Employment Pathways
£274,040 13/10/2010
60
This project supports the recovery of Jewish people with mental health issues requiring culturally specific assistance. It will help them to find voluntary or paid employment, retain current employment if they are at risk of losing it through ill ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Jewish Community Resource Centre
£10,000 05/03/2010
12
A project by this Barnet group to provide a wider range of support and services to other community groups by developing part of the community resource centre. Community groups will then be able to use the centre to develop their own service through ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ADAM DAVID DAWSON (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Barrister
  • DANIEL CARMEL-BROWN Appointed: 2024
  • DR ABIGAIL JOANNA SWERDLOW Appointed: 2021
  • JONATHAN WEST Appointed: 2024
  • JONATHAN ZENIOS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Diretor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/07/1991, number: 1003345
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/06/1991, number: 02618170
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR13: 9 days late, AR06: 100 days late,
Main office

Amelie House
Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Campus
221 Golders Green Road
London
NW11 9DQ

Objectives

TREATMENT, CARE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND REHABILITATION OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ALL FORMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND DISORDER AND THE SUPPORT OF PARENTS AND CARERS OF SUFFERERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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