Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 9

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

MENTOR LINK

The provision of a one to one mentoring service to young people who are at risk of disengaging from their learning. Our aim is to improve their engagement in learning and the service is delivered mainly but not exclusively delivered in schools and can include support to the families of these young people. Mentor link operates in the Midlands and South Midlands area.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/11/23	£187	£184	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	125
30/11/22	£157	£147	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	98
30/11/21	£167	£154	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	86
30/11/20	£206	£189	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
30/11/19	£220	£219	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	165
30/11/18	£233	£226	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/17	£231	£215	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.mentorlink.org.uk

Andrea.Maddocks@mentorlink.org.uk

01299822336

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for young people

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Dudley, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
125 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£29,245
DCMS	£9,935
Masonic Trust	£5,000
Herefordshire Community Foundation	£4,070

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Recruitment, Training and Mentoring in Herefordshire.
£4,070	08/11/2023	Grant to Mentor Link
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,250	31/10/2022	Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Therapeutic Mentoring for Vulnerable Children and Parents
£9,537	23/09/2022	The funding will be used to expand the mentoring service for the local community. The project aims to increase the level of support provided to children and families.
National Lottery Community Fund - Post-Covid Restart - Staffing Costs for Mentoring Project
£9,718	16/07/2021	The funding will be used to re-instate the organisations core activities and increase its peer mentoring capacity responding to a huge rise in referrals as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and ....more The funding will be used to re-instate the organisations core activities and increase its peer mentoring capacity responding to a huge rise in referrals as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and restrictions with service delivery. The project aims to recommence face to face support and promote positive wellbeing and mental health as well as provide young people with coping strategies.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,000	26/05/2021	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,935	03/07/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Monitoring outcomes for young people
£9,990	24/04/2020 10	The funding will be used to create a monitoring database. The project aims to improve the efficiency of the organisation through more effective evaluation of their work with service users.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health Training Project
£9,724	15/10/2018 12	This funding will be used to deliver mental health training sessions to teachers and parents at schools. The project aims to increase understanding of mental health issues experienced by young people ....more This funding will be used to deliver mental health training sessions to teachers and parents at schools. The project aims to increase understanding of mental health issues experienced by young people and improve relationships though better communication.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Costs of recruiting mentors
£500	10/11/2017	Towards the costs of recruiting mentors to encourage young people to use art activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sales and Marketing campaign
£9,975	28/06/2017 12	This group will use the funding to conduct research on the profiles of schools that engage with their services and use this to build a business model to target new schools. This will ensure the group ....more This group will use the funding to conduct research on the profiles of schools that engage with their services and use this to build a business model to target new schools. This will ensure the group can meet the increasing demand of one to one social and emotional support to over 300 children per year.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mentor Link
£67,700	08/06/2017 36	towards three years' running costs of an organisation that provides dedicated one to one social and emotional support to distressed, disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people in the West ....more towards three years' running costs of an organisation that provides dedicated one to one social and emotional support to distressed, disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people in the West Midlands
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500	06/06/2017	WCA Winner 2017-2018 Cohort

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR HELEN CHAPLIN Appointed: 2024

KATY ROGERS Appointed: 2022

PETER GRIEVE Appointed: 2024

MARCUS HART Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeships: THE CHADDESLEY CORBETT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS FC FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/09/2016, number: 1169026

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

Mentor Link
The Forum
Anchor Drive
Worcester Road
STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN
DY13 9BZ

Objectives

To advance the education of those young people in the West Midlands (Region) who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging themselves from the community and mainstream education. In particular but not exclusively by provision of a mentoring, training and development and talking therapies services for the young people and their families with the aim of re-engaging young people back into their learning so that they are better able to identify and meet their needs, participate more fully in society and make a successful transition to adulthood.

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