Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE MCPIN FOUNDATION 

We are a small charitable foundation that specialises in mental health research, championing people's lived experience in research so mental health is improved in communities everywhere. We deliver research in collaboration with partners, we provide patient and public involvement in mental health research studies and seek to influence the mental health research agenda. We work across England.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£943£1,218£-275£0£2,359£1,62016254
31/03/22£784£1,097£-313£0£2,675£1,66418.2212
31/03/21£522£832£-309£0£2,944£1,94428.1172
31/03/20£642£759£-117£0£2,933£1,93830.6162
31/03/19£608£733£-125£2£3,246£2,27137.2174
31/03/18£527£740£-213£7£3,314£2,36138.3170
31/03/17£1,518£755£763£0£3,470£2,50339.8170
31/03/16£710£732£-21£3£2,489£2,44040150
31/03/15£597£566£31£6£2,640£2,59054.990
31/03/14£470£426£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£109£133£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£133£88£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£316£13£303£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£312£11£302£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£323£40£282£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£304£2£302£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£906£5£902£0£902£9022383.300

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 69%
Reserves/Spending: 16 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 9
Asset Split ?
Established: 17 years

www.mcpin.org

contact@mcpin.org

0207 9227877

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Scientific research and testing services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 25 employees
  • 4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-57
  • COLBY BENARI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Vp University Administration
  • NAHEEN ALI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Researcher
  • LAURA ANSTEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Nhs Chief Of Staff
  • NATHAN COPE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Digital Health Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2006, number: 1117336
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/11/2006, number: 06010593
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
17 returns made; AR07: 238 days late,
Main office

McPn Foundation c/o CAN Mezzanine
7-14 Great Dover Street
LONDON
SE1 4YR

Objectives

TO ADVANCE SUCH OBJECTS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

Data Sources

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