Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

SOUND MINDS

Sound Minds is a user led social enterprise applying the arts to improve the lives of people living with mental ill health through: music, filmmaking, theatre and the visual arts accredited courses in Popular Music and Filmmaking A booking agency for performances and workshops communicating about mental health a peer to peer hospital Ward Visiting service
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£219£225£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£156£155£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£142£137£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£150£158£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£157£160£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£161£159£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£168£167£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£144£138£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£128£133£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£150£130£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£150£142£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£146£137£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£122£138£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£158£139£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£163£120£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£143£129£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£112£119£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£135£131£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£108£104£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£111£110£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

www.soundminds.co.uk

staff@soundminds.co.uk

02072071786

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
City Bridge Trust£63,000
Postcode Society Trust£14,580
The Baring Foundation£12,000
Greater London Authority£6,000
The Wimbledon Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Society Trust - Project Funding
£14,580 29/09/2023
Funding enabled weekly music making activities to help people living with long term mental ill health reduce isolation and improve their mental health and wellbeing.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sound Minds
£1,517 22/10/2022
We will run a weekly afternoon of support, tuition and music workshops so young people can experience the benefits of making music together.
Greater London Authority - Sound Minds
£6,000 29/07/2022
This is a partnership Programme between City Bridge Trust, the National Lottery Community Fund and the GLA. Sound Minds is a mental health charity transforming lives through music, film and art. This grant would go towards building on an existing ....more
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Sound Minds
£12,000 14/09/2020
Support with premises issues, service adaptation and financial resilience in the face of Covid 19.
The Wimbledon Foundation - Music Activity including young people's project Breathe Music
£5,000 03/06/2020
Sound minds is providing face to face and online music services alongside Covid 19. Breathe Music is an afternoon of music activities for young people under 25 not in employment training or education through ongoing mental ill health.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sound Minds
£63,000 26/03/2020
60
£63,000 over five years (£15,000; £14,000; £13,000; £12,000; £9,000) for core costs to underpin the successful running of the organisation through and beyond the recruitment and hand-over of a new CEO.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sound Minds
£4,138 04/08/2017
Funding for our live music group activities will give hope to people recovering from mental health problems through the arts.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sound Minds
£72,000 27/11/2014
36
£72,000 over three years (£22,000; £24,000; £26,000) for the salary of a Project Worker, plus a contribution to project and management costs of the Canerows project.
London Catalyst - Soundminds Canerows and Plaits - 1
£8,000 27/11/2013
To extend and develop a peer support network for mental health service users
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-75
  • CHRISTOPHER LAM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • DAVID EVANS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Volunteer
  • DEVON LAMBERT MARSTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Volunteer
  • ELENA FRANCES CHAPMAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Communications Executive
  • LEOPOLD BENENFIELD CHRISTOPHER KING Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • LUCY HONOR ALPHONSE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • OLIVER RICHARD NESBIT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • SARAH RACKHAM Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • SHEBA FORBES (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Volunteer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/02/2000, number: 1079521
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/04/1999, number: 03751889
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 57 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

SOUND MINDS
20-22 YORK ROAD
BATTERSEA
LONDON
SW11 3QA

Objectives

To promote the preservation of mental health and to assist in relieving and rehabilitating persons suffering from mental disorder or conditions of emotional or mental distress in London (all the London Boroughs) and neighbouring counties through the provision of opportunities for education, training, musical and cultural activities, and other opportunities in relieving and rehabilitating such persons.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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