Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

SWANSEA MIND

Provide a range of services to people experiencing, or recovering from, mental health issues in Swansea.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£322£190£131n/a
31/03/22£262£202£60n/a
31/03/21£498£192£306n/a
31/03/20£0£0£0n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.swanseamind.org.uk

emma@swanseamind.org.uk

01792642999

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
National Lottery Community Fund£25,919
Masonic Trust£500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Swansea Mind
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Swansea Mind
£50,000 22/06/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Swansea Mind
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 09/11/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Swansea Mind flexible covid support
£25,919 17/09/2020
12
Swansea Mind has experienced a large increase from people seeking help to manage their mental health and avoid crisis. The project will employ an additional staff member for 12 months to focus on providing a flexible mixture of face-to-face and ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DR UMAKANT DAVE Appointed: 2024
  • KAROL KALNA PROFESSOR Appointed: 2020
  • ROBERT LEWIS GRAY Appointed: 2023
  • STUART ELPHICK Appointed: 2020
  • TONY CONDON (Chair) Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/06/2019, number: 1184072
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
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SWANSEA MIND ABERTAWE on 12/08/2020
Main office

SWANSEA MIND
66 ST HELENS ROAD
SWANSEA
SWANSEA MIND
66 ST HELENS ROAD
SA1 4BE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT, IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF MIND.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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