Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 26 ?

LEICESTERSHIRE ACTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT

Independent advocacy services for people seeking or using mental health services, & for carers of those experiencing mental distressInformation resources on mental health matters & comprehensive directory of mental health servicesCommunity mental health web siteSupport & training -user & carer forums for mental health service users & their carers to shape current & future service provision
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
30/09/23?£543£554£-12£21£93£601.3100
31/03/22£326£344£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£373£332£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£276£291£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£295£499£-204n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£389£478£-89n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£560£496£64£0£392£2816.8170
31/03/16£518£499£19£0£328£2265.4180
31/03/15£539£512£28£4£309£2044.8180
31/03/14£503£473£30£4£281£1864.7160
31/03/13£463£461£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£568£537£31£4£249£1453.3170
31/03/11£584£560£24£3£218£1072.3180
31/03/10£676£600£76£3£193£982180
31/03/09£398£369£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£341£339£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£298£294£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£278£274£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£276£283£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£303£306£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 18%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 40%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 65%
Reserves/Spending: 1.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 35 years

www.lampadvocacy.co.uk

financegroup@lampdirect.org.uk

01162556286

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Leicester City, Leicestershire, Rutland,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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£396,635
Henry Smith Charity£157,600
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Postcode Places Trust£50,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£10,788
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Lamp
£157,600 05/12/2023
towards three years‘ running costs of an organisation providing a mental health advocacy programme for people with mental health difficulties in Leicester, Leicestershire.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 07/08/2023
Community Mental Health Advocacy Core Costs
Postcode Places Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000 31/07/2023
The funding will enable us to continue to support the increasing number of people coming to us for help because of poor mental health.
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving data quality for organisational resilience
£10,000 19/08/2022
The funding will be used to help the organisation respond to the more complex calls they are now receiving by overhauling their data collection analysis and reporting processes as currently their data systems are not up to the task. This will give ....more
Postcode Places Trust - Staff salary - Marketing and communication support
£25,000 26/03/2022
Funding facilitated marketing and mental health awareness campaigns to educate, engage and support people in need of mental health advocacy
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 11/03/2022
Mental Health Advocacy
National Lottery Community Fund - Making the difference with Mental Health Advocacy
£326,934 15/12/2020
35
This project will use its funding to support people experiencing poor mental health as well as equipping their carer to deal with their circumstances and reduce the isolation experienced too.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 29/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project (LAMP)
£10,788 23/07/2020
Grant to Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project (LAMP) meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health Advocacy - COVID19
£49,701 15/05/2020
5
The funding will be used to meet the significant increased demand for services and the additional costs of provision and adaptation. The project provides non-statutory advocacy service for people with mental health conditions in Leicestershire and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Development Officer
£10,000 24/02/2020
12
The group will use the funding to hire a member of staff who will help the group develop and offer volunteering opportunities in the field of advocacy and mental health. This will address issues and help people reach their potential.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project
£100,000 27/03/2019
36
the grant will provide support for the core costs of this mental health charity to enable it to provide advocacy and one to one support for those with mental ill health in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Development Programme
£9,835 15/02/2019
12
This funding will be used to develop a volunteer programme to support people living with mental ill health. The project aims to build resilience and offer an advocacy service to the community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Online Information & Advice
£9,440 20/12/2017
12
This charity will develop a range of advice and information resources for people who experience mental health issues, to ensure they can access the support they need at the earliest opportunity.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project
£14,650 24/10/2017
12
This mental health charity will be supported to develop their fundraising strategy and digital presence to enable an increase in service users accessing information and online income by 25% as well as have diversified the funding base.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project
£22,700 25/10/2013
LAMP provides advocacy and support for those with poor mental health in Leicester and Leicestershire. The grant will support an Advocacy worker. This will enable clients to have a voice and access multiple support services to ensure their wellbeing.
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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

Age Range of Trustees: 43-73
  • ELIZABETH MANNING Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee
  • JONATHAN ROGER ANTHONY FARRELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Advisor
  • KATHRYN JOY HAINES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • KELLY LOUISE FEEHAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Professional Coach
  • MINAKSHEE RASIKLAL PATEL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Local Government Officer
  • PETER ROBERT MARTIN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Photographer
  • SHAUN JOHNSON (Chair) Appointed: 2004, Occupation: None
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/10/1989, number: 702057
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/08/1989, number: 02418362
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
  • 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; all on time
Main office

1 Meridian South
Meridian Business Park
LEICESTER
LE19 1WY

Objectives

The objects of the Charity are to promote the preservation, safeguarding, relief and rehabilitation of emotional, mental, and physical health by providing services to benefit people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, such health issues and their carers.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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