Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
      • Grant maker support: +9
      Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

      AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 

      ACMHS is a community based organisation providing free confidential and culturally appropriate services to African and African Caribbean people suffering from mental ill health. Main activities are assessment and management of care, Mental health services, IAPT, CBT, Advocacy, Volunteering, Carers Group, Student Placement, Advice and Support, Counselling, Drop-ins, Befriending/peer support
      Analysis by Giving is Great

      Positives:

      • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
      • 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
      Established: 26 years

      www.acmh.services.co.uk

      admin@acmhs-blackmentalhealth.org.uk

      01612269562

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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£523£424£98£0£244£1434127
      31/03/22£455£381£75n/an/an/an/an/a6
      31/03/21£415£388£27n/an/an/an/an/a20
      31/03/20£307£363£-57n/an/an/an/an/a27
      31/03/19£358£365£-7n/an/an/an/an/a21
      31/03/18£356£323£33£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/17£331£307£24£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/16£260£262£-2£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/15*£303£315£-12£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/14£303£333£-30£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/13*£309£333£-24£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/12£403£436£-33£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/11*£552£574£-23£22£153£671.4130
      31/03/10£542£540£2£7£175£942.1110
      31/03/09£484£502£-18£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/08£453£422£31£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/07*£375£352£23£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/06*£472£394£78£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/05*£385£335£50£0£0£0n/a00
      31/03/04£350£366£-16£0£0£0n/a00

      Financial Ratios
      Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
      Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
      Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
      Liabilities/Assets: 16%
      Liabilities/Income: 9%
      Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 58%
      Reserves/Spending: 4 months
      Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
      Quick Ratio: 4.5
      Asset Split ?
      Listed activities
      • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
      How it operates
      • Provides advocacy/advice/information
      • Provides services
      Where it operates
      • Manchester City,
      Who it helps
      • Children/Young People
      • Elderly/Old People
      • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
      • People With Disabilities
      Who works here?
      • 12 employees
      • 7 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£197,186
      Tudor Trust£90,000
      Indigo Trust£50,000
      DCMS£46,730
      Forever Manchester£22,512
      Specific Donations
      Amount When
      Months
      To be used for
      Tudor Trust - Grant to African & Caribbean Mental Health Services
      £90,000 11/10/2021
      36
      over three years towards core costs for a charity providing free and culturally appropriate mental health support to African and African Caribbean communities across Greater Manchester
      National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Vibrations
      £197,186 16/04/2021
      The project aims to offer wellbeing music workshops primarily to people of African and Caribbean decent with mental health needs. Funding for the group will enable the delivery of the project.
      Forever Manchester - Meeting COVID Demand
      £18,060 21/09/2020
      Mental health support service
      DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
      £18,060 21/09/2020
      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 ....more
      Indigo Trust - Mental health support services for communities in Manchester
      £25,000 16/09/2020
      Core unrestricted funding to support its work during the Covid-19 crisis
      Indigo Trust - Mental health support services for communities in Manchester
      £25,000 16/09/2020
      Core unrestricted funding to support its work during the Covid-19 crisis
      DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
      £28,670 11/06/2020
      "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
      Forever Manchester - Wellbeing Outreach and Befriending
      £4,452 05/06/2020
      Peer-led online support services
      Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to African and Caribbean Mental Health Services
      £50,000 10/04/2019
      24
      A Mental Health Practitioner, will provide 1:1 support and guidance for adults from African and African Caribbean communities, with severe and enduring mental health issues, to prevent them from ....more
      MACC - Hospital Visiting and Advocacy Service
      £9,755 09/12/2016
      Expand current hospital visiting service for mental health patients. Funding will provide advocacy via an experienced advocate and trained volunteers to deal with issues, eg. Housing, benefits, ....more
      Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to African and Caribbean Mental Health Services
      £50,000 22/11/2016
      24
      A Mental Health Practitioner, will provide 1:1 support and guidance for adults from African and African Caribbean communities, with severe and enduring mental health issues, to prevent them from ....more
      National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Vibrations
      £195,263 10/02/2016
      36
      A project to use the medium of music to help people from BME backgrounds with mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, learning difficulties, autism and speech and hearing impairments to ....more
      National Lottery Community Fund - A4A - Reaching Out
      £10,000 23/09/2015
      12
      The organisation will use the funding to hold an event to recognise and reward the achievements of mental health organisations, service users, volunteers and carers across the region. This will ....more
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      Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

      How is it governed?

      Legal constitution
      • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/12/1997, number: 1067108
      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
      • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
      • 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; AR15: 2 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR07: 38 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
      Main office

      WINDRUSH MILLENNIUM CENTRE
      70 ALEXANDRA ROAD
      MANCHESTER
      M16 7WD

      Objectives

      TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY LIVING IN GREATER MANCHESTER WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT

      Defined Area of Benefit:

      GREATER MANCHESTER

      Data Sources

      Charity Commission for England and Wales
      360 Giving
      CharityBase
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