Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

NEW HORIZONS MENTAL HEALTH

To promote mental health and assist people with mental health problems by providing support and information. The charity operates within the area of Cwm Taf Local Health Board, or elsewhere for the benefit of persons who are ordinarily resident in this area.
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Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/24£273£254£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£191£265£-74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£302£263£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£291£184£107n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£247£173£73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£188£169£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£161£156£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£169£169£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£210£211£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£107£106£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.newhorizons-mentalhealth.co.uk

info@newhorizons-mentalhealth.co.uk

01685881113

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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
  • Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

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
National Lottery Community Fund£335,648
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
National Lottery Heritage Fund£9,900
Co-Operative Group£1,259
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - New Horizons Community Connections
£286,515 26/05/2023
New Horizons Mental Health will build on their previous project and support people with mental health difficulties. They will seek to engage with disengaged ethnic groups and BAME/Global Majority groups men and young people providing a continued ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to New Horizons Mental Health & Well Being Resource Centre
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to New Horizons Mental Health & Well Being Resource Centre
£50,000 23/06/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of New Horizons Mental Health & Well Being Resource Centre
Co-Operative Group - Grant to New Horizons Mental Health Support
£1,259 23/10/2021
We want to develop our service to help more people whose mental health has been affected by Covid-19, form a men's group, and do more for young people in our area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 New Horizons - Analogue and Digital
£49,133 17/09/2020
12
New Horizons Mental Health will create two new posts to support the organisation's response to the demand for services during and coming out of the Covid-19 crisis. The project will lead the development of face to face and digital support building ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to New Horizons Mental Health
£9,900 30/01/2020
New Horizons' 30th Anniversary
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to New Horizons Mental Health & Well Being Resource Centre
£54,228 16/07/2019
36
New Horizons is an Aberdare based mental health charity supporting individuals in their recovery. The grant will provide a core investment enabling the organisation to deliver much needed services and also to support its development.
National Lottery Community Fund - Arts for Our Wellbeing programme
£9,975 06/09/2018
12
Project Summary :_x000D_ New Horizons Mental Health in Aberdare will expand their arts for wellbeing programme for people experiencing mental health issues._x000D_ What Money is for :_x000D_ This grant for £9,975 will fund art tutor costs, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to New Horizons Mental Health & Well Being Resource Centre
£14,555 15/03/2017
12
Fixed term Business Development Post with the primary aim of diversifying strategically developing the charity and diversifying its income streams
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to New Horizons Mental Health & Well Being Resource Centre
£7,300 29/10/2012
the salary and on costs of the Project Manager and Activity, Training and Volunteer Coordinator, management and utility costs, courses, marketing, activities and volunteer expenses
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • BRIAN MITCHELL Appointed: 2017
  • IEUAN RIGGS Appointed: 2024
  • KARL LIONEL COOMANSINGH Appointed: 2020
  • MARCUS JOHN LONGLEY Appointed: 2023
  • NATALIE JAYNE GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2016
  • NIGEL BENNETT Appointed: 2015
  • PHILIP GILLARD Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/07/2013, number: 1153115
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

16A DEAN Street
DEAN STREET
ABERDARE
MID GLAMORGAN
CF44 7BN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AND ASSIST PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND INFORMATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS ORDINARILY RESIDENT WITHIN THE AREA OF CWM TAF LOCAL HEALTH BOARD OR SUCH BOARD OR BOARDS AS MAY REPLACE THE SAME FROM TIME TO TIME.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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