Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

BROMLEY, LEWISHAM & GREENWICH MIND LTD 

We undertake activities 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. We also provide a range of services to relieve the needs and improve the quality of life of people with mental health problems and with dementia.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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

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£6,825£6,376£449£10£3,434£3,3306.3192236
31/03/22£5,398£4,777£621£16£2,985£2,8557.2109203
31/03/21£4,030£3,966£64£22£2,363£2,2236.794201
31/03/20£4,269£3,914£355£3£2,299£2,2126.8156280
31/03/19£3,409£3,291£118£3£1,944£1,9097142239
31/03/18£2,714£2,782£-67£9£1,826£1,7947.71150
31/03/17£3,891£3,754£137£3£1,893£1,8405.9960
31/03/16*£3,431£3,333£98£3£1,756£1,6976.1960
31/03/15£3,128£3,005£124£42£1,658£1,6156.5810
31/03/14£2,837£2,686£151£44£1,534£1,5196.8760
31/03/13£2,480£2,220£261£44£1,384£1,3757.4740
31/03/12£2,143£1,909£233£49£1,123£1,1237.1720
31/03/11£1,671£1,661£11£51£890£8586.2620
31/03/10£1,740£1,607£132£42£879£8466.3660
31/03/09£1,713£1,573£140£40£747£7115.4570
31/03/08£1,462£1,455£7£39£606£5864.8540
31/03/07£1,439£1,388£51£19£599£5735450
31/03/06£1,370£1,403£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,185£1,376£-191£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,382£1,235£147£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 24%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 6.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 24 years

www.blgmind.org.uk

email@blgmind.org.uk

01689603574

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 192 employees
  • 236 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Maudsley Charity - Engaging in ME: Providing peer support groups for individuals in BAME communities with enduring mental ill health
£24,850 19/07/2019
14
A project that will provide peer support groups for individuals in BAME communities who are experiencing serious, enduring mental health problems but are reluctant to access secondary services, often ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bromley and Lewisham Mind
£6,654 29/11/2017
We would like to make our centre doors more dementia friendly by using door coverings which we have seen used in specialist dementia wards.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-72
  • RIKKI GARCIA (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • CHLOE WATERS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Operations Manager
  • MELISSA KING Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Hr Business Partner
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/10/2000, number: 1082972
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/09/2000, number: 04071152
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
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; AR16: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from GREENWICH ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH on 05/07/2019
Main office

ANCHOR HOUSE
5 STATION ROAD
ORPINGTON
KENT
BR6 0RZ

Objectives

(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(B) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND DEMENTIA BY PROVIDING A RANGE OF SERVICES

Defined Area of Benefit:

PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF BROMLEY AND LEWISHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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