Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Qualified accounts: -3
    • Overall weighted support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

    AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

    ACMHS is a community based organisation providing free confidential and culturally appropriate services to African and African Caribbean people suffering from mental ill health. Main activities are assessment and management of care, Mental health services, IAPT, CBT, Advocacy, Volunteering, Carers Group, Student Placement, Advice and Support, Counselling, Drop-ins, Befriending/peer support
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Financial issues to consider:

    • The latest accounts were qualified

    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£523£424£98£0£244£1434127
    31/03/22£455£381£75n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21£415£388£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20£307£363£-57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/19£358£365£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£356£323£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/17£331£307£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/16£260£262£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/15*£303£315£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/14£303£333£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/13*£309£333£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/12£403£436£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/11*£552£574£-23£22£153£671.4130
    31/03/10£542£540£2£7£175£942.1110
    31/03/09£484£502£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/08£453£422£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/07*£375£352£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/06*£472£394£78n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05*£385£335£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/04£350£366£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 16%
    Liabilities/Income: 9%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 58%
    Reserves/Spending: 4 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
    Quick Ratio: 4.5
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 27 years

    www.acmh.services.co.uk

    admin@acmhs-blackmentalhealth.org.uk

    01612269562

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Manchester City,
    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
    National Lottery Community Fund£197,186
    Tudor Trust£90,000
    Indigo Trust£50,000
    DCMS£46,730
    Forever Manchester£22,512
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Tudor Trust - Grant to African & Caribbean Mental Health Services
    £90,000 11/10/2021
    36
    over three years towards core costs for a charity providing free and culturally appropriate mental health support to African and African Caribbean communities across Greater Manchester
    National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Vibrations
    £197,186 16/04/2021
    The project aims to offer wellbeing music workshops primarily to people of African and Caribbean decent with mental health needs. Funding for the group will enable the delivery of the project.
    Forever Manchester - Meeting COVID Demand
    £18,060 21/09/2020
    Mental health support service
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £18,060 21/09/2020
    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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
    Indigo Trust - Mental health support services for communities in Manchester
    £25,000 16/09/2020
    Core unrestricted funding to support its work during the Covid-19 crisis
    Indigo Trust - Mental health support services for communities in Manchester
    £25,000 16/09/2020
    Core unrestricted funding to support its work during the Covid-19 crisis
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £28,670 11/06/2020
    "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
    Forever Manchester - Wellbeing Outreach and Befriending
    £4,452 05/06/2020
    Peer-led online support services
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to African and Caribbean Mental Health Services
    £50,000 10/04/2019
    24
    A Mental Health Practitioner, will provide 1:1 support and guidance for adults from African and African Caribbean communities, with severe and enduring mental health issues, to prevent them from being readmitted to hospital or Regional Forensic ....more
    MACC - Hospital Visiting and Advocacy Service
    £9,755 09/12/2016
    Expand current hospital visiting service for mental health patients. Funding will provide advocacy via an experienced advocate and trained volunteers to deal with issues, eg. Housing, benefits, family divisions, training, legal etc.
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to African and Caribbean Mental Health Services
    £50,000 22/11/2016
    24
    A Mental Health Practitioner, will provide 1:1 support and guidance for adults from African and African Caribbean communities, with severe and enduring mental health issues, to prevent them from being readmitted to hospital or Regional Forensic ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Vibrations
    £195,263 10/02/2016
    36
    A project to use the medium of music to help people from BME backgrounds with mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, learning difficulties, autism and speech and hearing impairments to explore and express their emotions, opinions, fears ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - A4A - Reaching Out
    £10,000 23/09/2015
    12
    The organisation will use the funding to hold an event to recognise and reward the achievements of mental health organisations, service users, volunteers and carers across the region. This will enable the organisation to remove the stigma attached ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (11)

    • BARBARA CHAVANDUKA Appointed: 2019
    • CHIEF GEORGE OSUNDIYA JP,
    • CHRISTOPHER AUGUSTINE BINNS (Chair) Appointed: 2013
    • CANON DR ADDY LAZZ-ONYENOBI
    • DR JASWINDER S BAMRAH Appointed: 2014
    • GINA EVANS BSC, RGN
    • IZETTA ENISOUH Appointed: 2014
    • JACQUELINE DIANA THORN
    • PATRICK HARRIS Appointed: 2013
    • SHEREE POWELL Appointed: 2021
    • TREVOR BENJAMIN
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/12/1997, number: 1067108
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • 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; AR15: 2 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR07: 38 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
    Main office

    WINDRUSH MILLENNIUM CENTRE
    70 ALEXANDRA ROAD
    MANCHESTER
    M16 7WD

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY LIVING IN GREATER MANCHESTER WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    GREATER MANCHESTER

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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