Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

ACTION ON POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS

We promote & protect the physical & mental health of women who have experienced Postpartum Psychosis & their families, through the provision of peer support & information. We work to advance the education of the public, & particularly health professionals, & promote research; publishing the useful results. We advocate for perinatal mental health services for women & their families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are 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 and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/12/23£546£548£-2£28£116£1122.515125
31/12/22£500£572£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£439£430£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£381£324£57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£280£269£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£325£494£-170n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£517£418£99£4£283£481.480
31/12/16£316£253£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£190£232£-42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£187£158£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£184£107£77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£85£36£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11*£12£4£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 40%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 2.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years

www.app-network.org

app@app-network.org

020 33229900

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
Comic Relief£21,302
Rosa UK£7,000
The Fore£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Rosa UK - VftF R5-ACTPP-2022
£7,000 15/12/2022
£7,000 has been awarded to Action on Postpartum Psychosis to end the postcode lottery for specialist treatment for postpartum psychosis. The project will train service users in peer support and storytelling to inform campaigning for more mother and ....more
Comic Relief - Action on Postpartum Psychosis Recovery Funding
£21,302 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Action on Postpartum Psychosis
£5,000 13/05/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Action on Postpartum Psychosis, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Postpartum Psychosis Lived Experience Leaders
£40,128 29/03/2019
17
This project is to support Action on Postpartum Psychosis to provide training and support to three national programme leaders who work to help women and families affected by postpartum psychosis through peer support, advising frontline health ....more
DCMS - Women Side by Side
£24,968 01/02/2019
We will train two Peer Support Coordinators with lived experience of Postpartum Psychosis to build a Postpartum Psychosis community in South Wales. One will be employed for 1 day per week, and one will be a contract worker providing support as ....more
The Fore - Grant to Action on Postpartum Psychosis
£30,000 01/04/2018
24
Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP) is the only UK charity dedicated to supporting women and families affected by postpartum psychosis. APP provides peer support, specialist information, challenges stigma, raises awareness and conducts research to ....more
The Fore - Grant to Action on Postpartum Psychosis
£30,000 29/03/2018
24
With support from The Fore, APP will significantly expand its reach, network and impact through equipping its Peer Support Service for Skype delivery and increasing the understanding of the illness among clinicians.
DCMS - Rosa Fund, Tampon Tax
£25,000 01/12/2017
To increase the capacity and sustainability of the organisation (APP) and improve the quality of support offered. The hours of existing peer support coordinators and one coordinator with lived experience will be increased. 100 women will benefit ....more
Comic Relief - Establishing a quality mark framework
£21,000 15/03/2017
12
The grant made to the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (via Action on Post-Partum Psychosis) is to oversee the development of a quality standard framework for peer support interventions in the perinatal mental health sector.
Comic Relief - APP Regional Representatives Project
£120,000 25/01/2017
42
This project will establish Regional Representatives with experience of Postpartum Psychosis (PP) in the 6 UK priority regions, enhancing community based support and knowledge. Volunteers will act as a catalyst to: raise awareness; increase ....more
Comic Relief - Everyone’s Business Campaign Phase 2
£750,000 13/07/2016
24
To enable the Maternal Mental Health Alliance Everyone’s Business campaign to embark on Part 2 - Turn the Map Green - to expand its activities at a local level (whilst consolidating its presence at a national level) to ensure the current postcode ....more
Comic Relief - MMHA - additional capacity
£47,193 18/03/2015
18
In 2013 Comic Relief awarded funding to Action on Postpartum Psychosis on behalf of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) to: raise the profile of perinatal mental illness; improve commissioning in this area; and ensure that women from across ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Postpartum Psychosis Network
£267,694 09/11/2011
60
This new project by Action on Postpartum Psychosis consolidates past work on a website and aims to provide reliable and updated information for women experiencing postpartum psychosis, a severe form of postnatal mental illness, as well as partners, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-64
  • ANNA R JONES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Psychiatrist - Academic
  • ANNETTE BAUER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Researcher
  • CATHERINE KYUNGEUN CHO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Literary Agent
  • DR CLARE DOLMAN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Research Psychologist
  • DR GILES BERRISFORD (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Doctor
  • DR IAN RICHARD JONES MBBS PHD Appointed: 2011
  • SARAH ANNE HIND Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Fundraiser
  • TRACEY CHERYL ROBINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Nhs Programme Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/01/2011, number: 1139925
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/12/2010, number: 07466643
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
  • 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
13 returns made; AR11: 118 days late,
Main office

Po Box 137
Swansea
SA3 9BT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF WOMEN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST HEALTH PROFESSIONALS) ON THE SUBJECT OF POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS.TO ADVOCATE FOR PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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