Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

ART IN MIND BRIGHTON

Art in Mind has been running supportive mental health groups, workshops and training for people in recovery of mental health issues.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/03/23£36£37£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£52£37£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£32£32£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£32£29£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£19£17£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£16£16£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£15£13£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.artinmindbrighton.co.uk

artinmindbton@gmail.com

07981440322

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, West Sussex,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£30,000
Sussex Community Foundation£27,923
DCMS£9,390
Co-Operative Group£1,728
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Art of Recovery
£10,000 28/03/2023
The funding will be used to fund training and support sessions for peer mentors and volunteers to give them the skills and confidence to deliver mental health themed art workshops. The project aims to provide young people with opportunities to ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Art in Mind (AiM)
£1,728 22/10/2022
AiM will train volunteers (16-25-year-olds) to deliver mental health-themed art workshops raising awareness, challenging mental health stigma, and building better and more understanding communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - resilient art
£10,000 04/02/2022
The funding will be used to establish online shop to promote and sell young people’s artwork. The project aims to enable young artists with mental health issues to develop employment skills.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Mindful Art
£4,916 17/11/2021
12
Funding was provided for a peer mentor facilitator, room hire, one-to-one support and art materials.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Art in Mind
£9,980 11/06/2021
Art in Mind are a Brighton based group for young people with experience of mental health issues who are passionate about raising awareness thorough art. Funding was provided to set up a women only art group to focus on issues that affect them.
National Lottery Community Fund - Art in Mind
£10,000 18/12/2020
0
The funding will be used to deliver a range of online and outdoor art-based support sessions for young people living with mental ill health. The project aims to improve their wellbeing build social relationships and reduce the negative impact of ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Art in Mind
£4,827 21/09/2020
Art in Mind trains young people with experience of mental health issues to become peer mentors and deliver mental health themed art workshops. Art sessions will encourage other marginalised young people with mental health issues to develop ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,390 29/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Art in Mind
£8,200 10/12/2019
12
Funding was provided for a women only art group to focus on issues that affect them and their mental health.
National Lottery Community Fund - Thrive
£10,000 23/10/2019
12
Thrive
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Art in Mind
£4,860 05/07/2019
11
Funding was provided for volunteer training.
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Zine
£10,000 09/08/2018
12
This project will work with young people aged 11 to 16 with experience of mental health issues to create a magazine and will gather thoughts and content through structured workshops. The project aims to raise awareness of mental health issues and ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Creative conversations
£4,818 17/11/2017
12
Art in Mind uses art to raise awareness of mental health issues experienced by young people. Funding was provided to support 30 volunteers aged 16-25 in designing and delivering art workshops about mental health issues to 100 children ages 11-18
National Lottery Community Fund - Destressed Art Film Project
£9,800 31/05/2017
12
This project will work with young people aged 11 to 18 who have experienced mental health difficulties, to create six short mental health themed films based on their experiences, which will be shown on World Mental Health Day. This will raise ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • CAROLINE LOVETT Appointed: 2018
  • CLEO PHILLIPS Appointed: 2023
  • LESLEY KENDALL Appointed: 2018
  • LUCY HAMMARTON Appointed: 2023
  • NICK RODGERS Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/01/2016, number: 1165326
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
  • 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
7 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 2 days late,
Main office

Cornerstone Community Centre
Church Road
HOVE
East Sussex
BN3 2FL

Objectives

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND RELIEF OF NEED FOR THOSE WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES (THE BENEFICIARIES) PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) SUPPORTING BENEFICIARIES THROUGH THE USE OF ART, PRIMARILY THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING SESSIONS, AND THE PROVISION OF STUDIO SPACE FOR USE OF THE BENEFICIARIES; B) PROVIDING OTHER SUPPORT TO BENEFICIARIES SUCH ADVICE TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPACITY TO IDENTIFY AND MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS C) RAISING AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AMONG THE PUBLIC.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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