Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

MIND IN TOWER HAMLETS, NEWHAM AND REDBRIDGE 

Mind in Tower Hamlets and Newham provide a range of community and in-patient services for people who are experiencing mental health and emotional issues living in the London boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Newham. We work with people through one to one support and group work, counselling, advice and advocacy, employment and training as well as complementary therapies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 32 years

www.mithn.org.uk

michelle.kabia@mithn.org.uk

02075101081

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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£3,305£3,382£-77£5£762£55128740
31/03/22£3,045£2,883£162£1£839£6062.57855
31/03/21£2,495£2,415£80£0£554£2961.566120
31/03/20£2,041£1,993£48£0£475£2111.36368
31/03/19£1,702£1,685£17£0£427£14214360
31/03/18£1,237£1,238£-1£0£410£1041280
31/03/17£979£1,037£-58£0£411£851280
31/03/16£960£1,120£-160£0£469£1111.2320
31/03/15£1,106£1,223£-117£34£782£3263.2270
31/03/14£1,354£1,432£-79£44£899£3853.2280
31/03/13£1,197£1,271£-74£35£977£4284260
31/03/12£1,363£1,327£36£28£1,051£4374280
31/03/11£1,229£1,225£4£18£1,015£4574.5240
31/03/10£1,464£1,478£-13£22£1,011£4663.8300
31/03/09£1,164£1,102£62£44£1,024£4765.2300
31/03/08£954£816£138£34£962£4035.9220
31/03/07£841£785£56£27£824£2804.3190
31/03/06£980£999£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,027£1,007£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,032£1,092£-59£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 30%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 87 employees
  • 40 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
City Bridge Trust£157,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,910
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 07/10/2022
Our Voice
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Mind in Tower Hamlets and Newham
£49,200 22/02/2021
£49,200 over one year to employ two part-time workers (£41,638 for two positions, a Community Engagement Manager at 28 hours a week, and a Community Engagement Worker at 14 hours), with additional ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Mind in Tower Hamlets and Newham
£107,800 23/10/2020
36
£107,800 over three years (£36,600; £35,000; £36,200) for the salary of a p/t (28hpw) Project Worker and project costs of the New Horizon’s Project.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Mind in Tower Hamlets
£4,500 09/04/2020
The funding is to support our clients to access online information, resources and services and maintain contact with friends, families, providers during isolation. Many of our clients have no access ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Mums Matter
£9,910 27/03/2020
12
The funding will be used to deliver a group programme for women experiencing postnatal mental health issues. The project aims to increase confidence, empower and engage both women and their partners.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Mind in Tower Hamlets and Newham
£25,000 04/02/2020
refurbishment of a cafe for a charity which works wuith people with mental health issues in Tower Hamlets
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Mind in Tower Hamlets and Newham
£45,000 15/11/2018
36
Mums Matter; A peer led self referral group for women experiencing mental health issues in the postnatal period.
National Lottery Community Fund - Inspire Wellbeing Programme
£9,900 20/12/2017
12
This project will create five additional support groups for young people who are experiencing the effects of mental ill health, enabling them to access open forums, education and skills development, ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to MIND Tower Hamlets and Newham
£94,300 08/06/2017
24
towards two years' continuation funding of the running costs of the 'Community Engagement Programme', providing support services to people with mental health problems in the London Borough of Newham
National Lottery Community Fund - The LEAP Project
£415,900 17/05/2017
60
This project will improve the quality of life of people with mental health. It will provide opportunities for those supported to become Community Peer Leaders to then facilitate and develop social ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to MIND Tower Hamlets and Newham
£94,400 12/03/2015
24
towards two years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing support services to people experiencing mental health problems in the London Borough of Newham
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to MIND Tower Hamlets and Newham
£84,000 13/06/2013
24
towards two years' continuation funding of a support service for people with mental health problems in the London Borough of Newham
National Lottery Community Fund - The MITHN Wellbeing Centre
£299,925 15/08/2012
36
This new project will support adults with mental health needs in Tower Hamlets, helping them to improve their confidence, independence and life skills through a range of positive activities. Clients ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-58
  • ANGIE SHANNON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Strategic Communications Adviser
  • GRANT MARTIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Internal Auditor
  • JAMES KYNE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Youth Worker
  • VANDANA SINEY (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Compliance Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/03/1992, number: 1006927
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/09/1991, number: 02643905
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Mind in Tower Hamlets and Newham
13 Whitethorn Street
London
E3 4DA

Objectives

4. 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, WITH DUE CONSIDERATION TO GENDER, RACE SEXUALITY, AGE, CULTURE AND DISABILITY, REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS, THE LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM, THE LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE AND SURROUNDING BOROUGHS (HAVERING, BARKING AND DAGENHAM), IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF MIND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS, LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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