Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

SUFFOLK MIND 

Supported housing services, including one residential care home. Community services offering groups and courses which include for example, anger and anxiety management, promoting self esteem, empowerment and recovery. A volunteer counselling service. All activities aim to improve the emotional and mental health of the people of Suffolk.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 33 years

www.suffolkmind.org.uk

info@suffolkmind.org.uk

03001116000

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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£3,782£3,889£-107£0£1,503£1,5034.611786
31/03/22£3,418£3,559£-140£0£1,610£1,6055.411370
31/03/21£3,215£2,998£216£0£1,751£1,7036.811294
31/03/20£2,848£2,914£-66£0£1,534£1,5256.310592
31/03/19£2,650£2,560£90£0£1,600£1,2645.95861
31/03/18£2,244£2,598£-354£0£1,413£1,3936.4920
31/03/17£2,593£2,630£-36£0£1,749£1,7087.8810
31/03/16£2,317£2,378£-61£0£1,602£1,5938970
31/03/15£2,667£2,633£34£15£1,671£1,6657.6480
31/03/14£2,153£2,426£-272£17£1,791£1,7868.8500
31/03/13£2,836£2,871£-34£15£2,037£2,0218.4600
31/03/12£4,757£4,733£24£42£2,058£2,0435.21120
31/03/11*£5,010£4,612£398£67£2,034£2,0085.21050
31/03/10£4,010£3,944£66£87£1,632£1,6104.9970
31/03/09*£3,638£3,600£38£44£1,543£1,5235.1870
31/03/08£3,447£3,171£276£56£1,538£1,4885.6860
31/03/07£3,083£3,034£49£142£1,272£1,1964.71260
31/03/06£3,061£3,181£-120£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£3,136£3,064£72£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,919£2,779£139£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 117 employees
  • 86 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£238,041
Suffolk Community Foundation£79,337
National Lottery Heritage Fund£48,900
Co-Operative Group£8,183
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Suffolk Mind
£2,878 21/10/2023
We would like to fund our vital GreenCare facilitator who runs all the allotments with our volunteers, along with activities like woodworking and garden planting.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Suffolk Mind
£2,618 22/10/2022
We plan to be able to provide our 'Get up and Grow' community allotments to aid mental, physical and emotional wellbeing and build a sense of community for local people with poor mental health.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 17/02/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Suffolk Work Well
£238,041 29/03/2021
33
The project aims to provide bespoke support for adults dealing with mental health issues. Funding for the organisation will enable them to continue to develop their free service.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 21/01/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Suffolk Community Foundation - The EARLY (Emotional Awareness and Resilience Learnt Young) Minds Project
£8,664 18/12/2020
2
To support the EARLY (Emotional Awareness and Resilience Learnt Young) Minds Project.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Telephone Support Service for Older People
£5,000 10/11/2020
1
Towards a Telephone Support Service for Older People.
Cheshire Community Foundation - 'Get up and Grow' Ecotherapy Allotment Ipswich
£4,990 04/11/2020
Suffolk Mind ‘Get up and Grow – Ipswich’ provides support to people with mental health problems through a weekly group based on an allotment. With volunteers and a trained mental health ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Suffolk Mind
£4,860 29/10/2020
12
To support the provision of 6 free sessions of telephone counselling to 18 male residents of Ipswich and Brandon.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Anxiety Management Telephone Counselling
£5,000 07/10/2020
1
Supporting Anxiety Management Telephone Sessions. C19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Virtual Evolve- Emotional Support for Transgender and Non-Binary population in Suffolk
£5,000 04/08/2020
4
For Suffolk MIND to employ a part time Trans & Non Binary Community Development worker for 5 months.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Suffolk Mind
£15,000 22/07/2020
6
To support the referrals from the Connect for Health programme (Social Prescribing).
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Suffolk Mind
£48,900 03/06/2020
COVID19 Suffolk Mind
Suffolk Community Foundation - Emotional Needs Resources Online
£5,000 20/05/2020
12
To develop an online Emotional Needs resource to help with mental health needs during the Covid 19 lock down.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Telephone Support Service for Older People
£4,975 03/04/2020
1
To provide Healthy Minds Counselling (HMC) to men. Covid19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Health Mind's Counselling (HMC) for Men
£5,999 01/04/2020
11
To support Healthy Mind's Counselling (HMC) for Men. Covid19
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Suffolk Mind
£2,687 15/11/2019
We want to fund our Haverhill 'Get up and Grow' community allotment project, designed to aid mental, physical and emotional wellbeing.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk Work Well- Saxmundham
£19,839 02/08/2019
12
Towards Suffolk Work Well - Saxmundham.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Suffolk Mind
£10,000 18/12/2018
Exploring the story of Captain Douglas Nicholls during WW1
Suffolk Community Foundation - Anger and Anxiety Management for vulnerable adults
£18,409 12/12/2018
11
To provide anger and anxiety management courses to vulnerable adults with mental health problems who have been affected by crime.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Education and skills development for Suffolk Mind Volunteers
£4,991 03/10/2018
12
To support volunteers to develop themselves to be able to support clients with poor mental wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Suffolk Mind Employment Support Service
£206,385 10/07/2018
24
The project will up skill employers in the Ipswich area. They will supply free places to their 'Your Needs Met' course, which aims to reduce attendees fear by altering attitudes and behaviours ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Anger and Anxiety Management courses for unpaid carers to improve their emotional health and wellbeing
£18,409 06/06/2018
10
Anger and Anxiety Management courses for unpaid carers to improve their emotional health and wellbeing
Suffolk Community Foundation - Telephone Counselling for Rural Suffolk
£4,005 28/03/2018
12
To continue the delivery of a telephone counselling service
Suffolk Community Foundation - Anger Management, Anxiety Management for anyone affected by crime
£19,617 15/03/2017
To provide a wellbeing support package for victims of crime who have mental health problems in Suffolk.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to MIND Suffolk
£60,000 13/06/2013
24
towards two years' running costs of a project in Suffolk that provides support to people with Personality Disorder
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 25-68
  • CHLOE LUDKIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Internal Communications Executive
  • GREER HILL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Student Services
  • IAN WHITE (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Managing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/06/1991, number: 1003061
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/05/1991, number: 02611510
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 0 days late, AR09: 13 days late,
Main office

Suffolk Mind
26 High Road West
FELIXSTOWE
Suffolk
IP11 9JB

Objectives

to promote and protect mental well being and to support and assist those experiencing mental ill health in association with Mind and in accordance with the aims and objects of Mind, subject to the approval of any branch of Mind already serving the same area in which SM wishes to operate.

Defined Area of Benefit:

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Data Sources

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360 Giving
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