Overall GiG Score: 3 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified

MIND IN BRIGHTON & HOVE 

We provide a range of mental health services in response to local needs. These include: Advocacy services which provide support and representation. Advice and information to individuals on a range of mental health issues. Training to increase awareness of mental health issues within local organisations. Wellbeing services and activities to promote good mental health and challenge stigma.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 26 years

www.mindcharity.co.uk

info@mindcharity.co.uk

01273666950

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

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£1,058£1,062£-4£1£1,316£1,16513.23729
31/03/22£1,005£1,062£-56£0£1,320£1,150133735
31/03/21£1,343£1,184£159£0£1,376£1,10011.14350
31/03/20£1,873£1,707£166£0£1,217£9876.96548
31/03/19£2,153£1,931£222£0£1,051£8915.56547
31/03/18£1,561£1,479£82£0£829£6615.4470
31/03/17£1,268£1,203£65£3£748£5675.7350
31/03/16£1,388£1,191£197£3£683£5295.3260
31/03/15£1,235£1,176£59£19£486£3853.9220
31/03/14£1,211£1,190£20£24£427£3994310
31/03/13£1,142£1,113£29£33£406£3854.2320
31/03/12*£1,117£1,141£-24£22£377£3633.8260
31/03/11£1,292£1,347£-55£25£402£3683.3320
31/03/10£1,428£1,309£119£12£456£2982.7290
31/03/09*£1,206£1,041£165£9£337£1641.9240
31/03/08£914£868£45£11£172£861.2250
31/03/07*£769£752£17£13£127£560.9300
31/03/06£681£714£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£661£647£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£604£614£-9£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 13.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 32.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 37 employees
  • 29 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-46
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/09/1998, number: 1071434
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/07/1998, number: 03592375
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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; AR12: 1 days late, AR09: 116 days late, AR07: 2 days late,
Main office

MIND
51 NEW ENGLAND STREET
BRIGHTON
BN1 4GQ

Objectives

2.1 The Charity's objects are restricted specifically only for the public benefit: (a) to promote the preservation of good mental health in particular by enabling and empowering everyone experiencing mental health problems to live, with, manage and recover from their condition; and (b) to relieve the needs of people with mental health problems by working to increase the understanding of mental health and mental health problems by gathering and disseminating information and working to raise awareness, promote understanding and challenge stigma and discrimination. 2.2 Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.2.3 The area of benefit of the Company shall be Brighton and Hove and also any part of East or West Sussex by agreement with the local Mind Association or where no local Mind exists.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUSSEX

Data Sources

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