Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

NORTH EAST WALES MIND

North East Wales Mind exists to promote and protect good mental health. We provide high quality services to support people in Flintshire and Wrexham experiencing mental health problems. They include information and advice, social groups, peer support, counselling, training, holistic therapies and activities such as creative arts and walking.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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£520£582£-62£0£161£1613.31712
31/03/22£509£498£11£0£222£2225.41928
31/03/21£567£414£153£0£211£2116.11520
31/03/20*£358£370£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£322£332£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£290£261£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£231£240£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£221£225£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£250£231£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£213£197£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£137£134£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£121£132£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£82£111£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£175£135£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£50£24£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 61%
Liabilities/Income: 48%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 16 years

www.newmind.org.uk

enquiries@newmind.org.uk

01352974430

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Postcode Community Trust£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,750
Oxfordshire Community Foundation£4,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Community Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000 30/06/2023
Funding allowed us to employ biligual Polish/English speaker to deliver mental health support programmes to the local Polish community
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Inclusive help and support for primary school families in lockdown
£4,500 16/07/2020
6
Advice & support - support needs of the most vulnerable and SEN pupils and parents through lockdown.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wrexham Wellbeing Hub
£9,750 03/03/2020
11
North East Wales Mind Ltd in Mold will use the grant to continue and expand their Wellbeing Hub in Wrexham providing mental health services to the community. £9,750 will fund staff, room hire and ongoing costs.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Flintshire Mind
£14,000 25/10/2013
This Mold based organisation is a local mental health charity which aims to provide information, support and activities to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem in Flintshire to make the most of their mental wellbeing.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-83
  • JOANNA CLAIRE MARIE SEYMOUR (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee
  • MARTIN JAMES BIRCH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Managing Director
  • NEIL JOHN STURMEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • PAMELA MAY THOMAS Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Retired
  • VICTORIA GOODWIN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Hr
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/09/2008, number: 1126091
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/02/2008, number: 06504104
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR20: 5 days late, AR18: 159 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR12: 29 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CLARITY on 11/05/2023
Main office

The Wellbeing Centre
23b Chester Street
Mold
Flintshire
CH7 1EG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIND (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH), IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVE OF MIND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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