Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 0

Good reserves management: +3
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 15

NORTH STAFFS MIND

North Staffs Mind works to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress, primarily in North Staffordshire. The organisation has three main service areas providing support to individuals in various ways: counselling for adults, children and young people, and parents; supported housing; and training and development activity to raise awareness of mental health issues.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

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
31/03/23		£2,122	£2,023	£99	£27	£1,203	£1,171	6.9	84	4
31/03/22		£1,975	£1,850	£125	£0	£1,104	£1,101	7.1	76	1
31/03/21		£1,647	£1,590	£57	£0	£978	£954	7.2	74	0
31/03/20		£1,946	£1,944	£2	£0	£922	£922	5.7	81	26
31/03/19		£1,840	£1,843	£-3	£0	£920	£908	5.9	80	40
31/03/18		£1,698	£1,725	£-27	£0	£923	£919	6.4	81	0
31/03/17		£1,813	£1,790	£23	£0	£950	£950	6.4	85	0
31/03/16		£1,860	£1,746	£113	£0	£927	£927	6.4	81	0
31/03/15		£1,722	£1,664	£59	£11	£814	£814	5.9	57	0
31/03/14		£1,576	£1,489	£87	£11	£755	£755	6.1	55	0
31/03/13		£1,226	£1,192	£34	£12	£669	£669	6.7	51	0
31/03/12		£1,138	£1,084	£55	£11	£634	£634	7	48	0
31/03/11		£1,283	£1,174	£108	£11	£580	£580	5.9	48	0
31/03/10		£1,171	£1,076	£95	£11	£471	£471	5.3	46	0
31/03/09		£903	£838	£65	£15	£376	£385	5.5	35	0
31/03/08		£698	£680	£18	£14	£311	£311	5.5	28	0
31/03/07		£628	£634	£-5	£19	£293	£278	5.3	27	0
31/03/06		£615	£725	£-110	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£617	£624	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£540	£508	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 6.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5

Asset Split ?

Established: 35 years

www.nsmind.org.uk

reception@nsmind.org.uk

01782262100

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

84 employees
4 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Parents in Mind
£496,248	12/01/2011 60	This project provides support to parents struggling to cope with parenting as a result of their own mental health or emotional needs and circumstances. It will offer one-to-one support including ....more This project provides support to parents struggling to cope with parenting as a result of their own mental health or emotional needs and circumstances. It will offer one-to-one support including on-going counselling and the delivery of a parenting programme. The project will also provide social support opportunities, group workshops on topics identified as relevant by parents including stress management and dealing with anger. Volunteer counsellors and parent mentors will assist the project workers.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-66

JONATHAN PHELAN (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Financial Services

SARAH BURNS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Headteacher

AMY SPRUCE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Social Care Assessor

DR MARK POULSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Doctor

JAMES ABERLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: KINGSLEY VILLAGE HALL,

KISHORE CHANDIRAMANI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of Emotions Clinic

LINDA JANE HOLT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Independent Social Worker And Consultant

LYNNE INGRAM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: MID CHESHIRE MIND,

NEIL JAMES DINGLEY Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Accountant

STUART FISHER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: MID CHESHIRE MIND,

SUSAN ELIZABETH DAVIES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Housing Director

SUSAN MOFFAT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Theatre Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/11/1988, number: 700788
Registered at Companies House on 08/09/1988, number: 02294089

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

20 returns made; AR05: 15 days late,

Main office

83 MARSH STREET
HANLEY
STOKE ON TRENT
STAFFS
ST1 5HN

Objectives

The Charity's objects are:2.1.1 to promote the preservation of mental health by working with and supporting people with mental ill-health to feel enabled and empowered to live with and manage their mental health; and2.1.2 to relieve the needs of people with mental ill-health by working to increase understanding of mental health, raising awareness and challenging stigma and discrimination

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HEALTH DISTRICT

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