Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

CAMPAIGN AGAINST LIVING MISERABLY

We are the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) and we’re leading a movement against suicide, the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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£7,615£7,446£169£1,739£6,281£6,28110.157172
31/03/22£7,081£6,305£776£1,450£6,112£6,11211.64346
31/03/21£6,427£4,820£1,606£815£5,336£5,33613.3370
31/03/20£5,693£3,951£1,742£798£3,729£3,72911.333348
31/03/19£3,710£2,496£1,214£434£1,987£1,9879.621172
31/03/18£2,152£1,868£284£331£773£7735170
31/03/17£1,565£1,434£131£179£489£4894.1120
31/03/16£1,267£1,025£242£119£358£3584.270
31/03/15£647£667£-20£28£116£1031.860
31/03/14£634£635£-1£26£136£831.660
31/03/13£561£506£55£17£137£1072.550
31/03/12£315£284£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£153£209£-56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£220£243£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£227£166£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£142£137£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£143£132£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£13£1£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 23%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 19%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 10.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 10.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 19 years

www.thecalmzone.net

info@thecalmzone.net

02036979331

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Department of Health£470,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£300,000
DCMS£99,538
Comic Relief£40,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£300,000 10/10/2023
36
Taking a stand against suicide.
The Aim Foundation - Grant to Campaign Against Living Miserably
£1,000 31/01/2023
12
Family Fund donation
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Campaign Against Living Miserably
£5,059 28/07/2022
Running costs of the calm helpline to help young people and adults in distress, across the uk
LUND TRUST - Towards the charity's work
£500 16/05/2021
Towards the charity's work
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£99,538 19/08/2020
"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
Comic Relief - CALM Recovery Funding
£40,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
Department of Health - Covid Funding
£235,000 22/05/2020
Support for Mental Health Charities
Department of Health - Calm
£235,000 17/04/2020
The grant funding provided a period of support for charities providing vital services to ensure they could meet increased demand as a result of COVID-19, while continuing their day-to-day activities to help those in need, up to the end of October ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£15,000 19/03/2019
Towards core costs.
Comic Relief - Moving from surviving to thriving with CALM 2: Earlier Intervention project with high risk groups
£150,000 28/03/2018
36
Suicide is a gender issue - 76% of all suicides in the UK are men. Societal definitions of masculinity play a significant role, making it difficult for many men to recognise and talk about their problems. This project will build the capacity of ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Campaign Against Living Miserably
£45,000 07/12/2017
36
Towards the extenstion of CALM's webchat services to reach more young men in crisis and support male suicide prevention.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Campaign Against Living Miserably
£10,000 26/05/2016
purchase of IT equipment and office furniture for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in London
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Campaign Against Living Miserably
£104,800 12/03/2015
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary and associated costs of an additional Helpline Worker to support young men at risk of suicide across the UK
City Bridge Trust - Grant to CALM, the campaign against living miserably
£100,000 27/11/2014
24
£100,000 over two years (2 x £50,000) for work to prevent suicide and reduce self-harm amongst men in London.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Campaign Against Living Miserably
£78,000 12/05/2014
36
over three years towards the salaries of the volunteer co-ordinator and editor at this national charity which spreads awareness and offers support around the issue of male suicide
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Campaign Against Living Miserably
£99,300 14/03/2012
36
towards three years' salary and associated costs of an additional helpline worker to support young men at risk of suicide across the UK
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-67
  • AIMEE LUTHER Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Account Director Advertising
  • ALEXANDER JAMES JONATHAN SCOTT Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Director
  • ANDY WARDLAW Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Partner
  • CATHERINE CHEVALLIER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant
  • DAVID JOHN BATESON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • EMMA FRANCE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Ceo Of Charity
  • JAMES RICHARD SCROGGS (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director
  • MARCUS HARRY CHAPMAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director
  • MATTHEW ROBERT FINCH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Minister
  • PHILIP IDRIS JAMES THOMAS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • PHILIP PORTAL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director
  • WILL GRUNDY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/07/2005, number: 1110621
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/03/2005, number: 05378928
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
  • 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
18 returns made; AR09: 67 days late, AR08: 12 days late, AR07: 115 days late, AR06: 24 days late,
Main office

5 Wootton Street
London
SE1 8TG

Objectives

THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AMONGST IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY OFFERING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES, COUNSELLING, ADVICE AND/OR INFORMATION ABOUT DEPRESSION AND/OR CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN WHATEVER FORM IS DEEMED MOST APPROPRIATE AT THAT TIME TO ENSURE THAT THE SERVICES ON OFFER ARE ACCESSIBLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHERS, THROUGH BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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