Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

MINDOUT LGB&T MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT

MindOut LGB&T Mental Health Project provides advocacy, casework, counselling and peer support groupwork for lesbian,gay,bi-sexual or transgender people with mental health issues and training for organisations and communities in LGB&T mental health awareness. Most services are run in Brighton & Hove, apart from our online support service and our national consultancy.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • 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 low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£793£854£-61£60£396£3805.3220
31/03/22£666£642£24£43£457£4348.1180
31/03/21£698£499£198£29£433£4019.614116
31/03/20£471£473£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£440£378£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£361£362£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£370£303£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£219£209£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£239£236£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£210£220£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£153£147£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£130£122£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 9.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years

www.mindout.org.uk

info@mindout.org.uk

0300 7729855

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to MindOut LGBTQ Mental Health Service
£13,954 23/07/2020
Grant to MindOut LGBTQ Mental Health Service meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
LGBT Consortium - Grant to MindOut LGBTQ Mental Health Service
£10,961 07/03/2019
Organisational Sustainability
Indigo Trust - Improving the mental health and wellbeing of LGBTQ communities
£2,000 17/01/2019
Unrestricted funding.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MindOut LGBTQ Mental Health Service
£9,909 19/11/2018
We want to reduce poverty for vulnerable LGBTQ people with mental health issues by providing food parcels and welfare rights advice.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to MindOut
£5,000 16/11/2018
11
Funding was provided to develop a counselling service run by and for LGBTQ people over the age of 50.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to MindOut LGBTQ Mental Health Service
£66,186 18/10/2018
36
The funding will fund the salary of the Advocacy Worker whose role is support the mental health needs and associated compounding issues of people from the LGBTQ+ community. The focus of the work is also to support housing issues.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£8,500 12/03/2018
MindOut Age Matters
People's Health Trust - Work it Out peer support group
£14,980 08/03/2018
This two-year project was the result of a successful pilot. MindOut LGBTQ Mental Health Service ran a weekly peer-support group and a social group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people from Brighton and Hove who were struggling with their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - MindOut Age Matters
£312,086 14/02/2018
60
This group will further develop their project which will target LGBTQ people aged 50 plus. The aim of is to reduce and improve mental wellbeing through providing information and guidance, volunteer opportunities, online support, and ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to MindOut
£2,150 20/11/2017
11
MindOut aims to improve the wellbeing of LGBTQ people with mental health issues, reduce stigma and promote positive mental health in LGBTQ communities across Sussex and nationally. Funding was provided towards travel costs.
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£4,889 01/05/2017
User-led mental health and wellbeing support for people from LGBTQ communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - LGBTQ Hardship Advocacy Project
£404,477 03/03/2016
60
Support for LGBTQ adults and young people currently in hardship crisis, or at risk, primarily through homelessness, unemployment, mental health issues, substance abuse, social isolation and suicidal distress who are less likely to access help due to ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to MindOut LGB&T Mental Health Project
£55,944 09/09/2015
36
providing advocacy support and advice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual, trans and queer people with mental health problems who are homeless or vulnerably housed. The grant will fund the salary costs of the Advocacy Worker, admin, publicity and core ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - MindOut for Each Other
£384,366 17/05/2012
60
This is an expansion of an existing project based in Brighton, which aims to improve the wellbeing of around 3,000 LGBT people experiencing mental health issues, their family, carers and friends in the East and West Sussex areas. Beneficiaries ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 24-56
  • ALEX CUNNINGHAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • DETTIE GOULD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Consultant
  • EL SAVIDGE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • JACK NUTLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • TOBY NEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/01/2011, number: 1140098
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/11/2010, number: 07441667
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

2 St. Andrews Place
Southover Road
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1UP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED ARE WITHIN THE AREA OFENGLAND AND WALES:(A) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVINGAND REHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONSOF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT WHO ARELESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER; AND(B) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER ANDEMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS IN PEOPLE WHO ARE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUALAND TRANSGENDER AND TO OBTAIN AND MAKE RECORDS OF AND DISSEMINATE TOTHE PUBLIC THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLICIN MATTERS RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND WALES:

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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