Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

VIETNAMESE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 

Established to preserve and protect the good mental health of person from Vietnam and their dependants resident in the UK. Services provided include: outreach; support to users/carers; day centre; Counselling; education/information and training to Vietnamese people about mental health issues, health/social care system; publishing booklets & Health Newsletter in Vietnamese, Chinese & English.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 33 years

www.vmhs.org.uk

info@vmhs.org.uk

02072340601

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£208£212£-4n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/22£228£187£41n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/21£232£212£20n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/20£230£229£1n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/19£227£240£-13n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/18£248£240£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£243£225£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£257£247£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£238£242£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£241£260£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£288£268£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£295£300£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£349£356£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£328£342£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£302£338£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£312£326£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£326£292£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£347£335£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£402£367£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£361£370£-9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 3 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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
Henry Smith Charity£135,600
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
The Clothworkers Foundation£9,100
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to The Vietnamese Mental Health Services
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to The Vietnamese Mental Health Services
£50,000 03/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of The Vietnamese Mental Health Services, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Vietnamese Mental Health Services
£135,600 10/12/2019
36
towards three years' project costs of a bilingual counselling project for Vietnamese refugees and victims of human trafficking with mental health issues in London
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Vietnamese Mental Health Services
£9,100 12/06/2019
purchase of photocopier, phone system and server for a charity which works with disadvantaged minority communities in the UK
National Lottery Community Fund - Vietnamese Users-Led Project
£6,578 03/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver English for speakers of other language classes. The project aims to improve the social interaction and language skills of Vietnamese people living with mental ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Vietnamese Mental Health Services
£90,550 28/01/2015
36
£90,500 over three years (£29,270; £30,360; £30,920) for the salary of a Bilingual Counsellor, plus admin support and associated running costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Day Centre Activities for Vietnamese mental health service users
£10,000 14/02/2013
12
This is a project by a charity in Southwark . The group will use the funding to deliver cooking, ESOL and health workshops for Vietnamese people living with mental ill health. This will promote ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-80
  • DR LILI LY (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Clinical Psychologist
  • SIU HAN LAU, Occupation: Retired Approved Social Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/02/1991, number: 1001991
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/01/1991, number: 02572955
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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

25 FAIR STREET
LONDON
SE1 2XF

Objectives

TO PRESERVE & PROTECT THE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH OF PERSONS FROM VIETNAM & THEIR DEPENDANTS RESIDENT IN LONDON.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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