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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Removed: -50
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    TAKE OFF

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    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
    31/03/23*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/22£242£268£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21£298£233£65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20£255£223£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/19£220£231£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£195£196£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/17£171£144£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/16£156£160£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/15£127£125£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/14*£108£121£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/13*£85£86£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/12*£84£95£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/11*£76£70£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/10£66£61£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/09£54£55£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/08*£56£64£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/07*£58£48£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/06*£61£64£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05*£50£50£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/04*£3£0£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 26 years
    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Accommodation/Housing
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Services for people with disabilities
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Kent, Medway,
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who supports 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
    DCMS£21,792
    National Lottery Community Fund£19,612
    Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
    The Clothworkers Foundation£8,470
    Co-Operative Group£856
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 13/10/2023
    Take Off - supporting people with mental health problems
    National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health Peer Support Groups
    £10,000 12/05/2023
    The funding will be used to continue running peer support groups and creative activities for young people and adults living with mental ill health. The project aims to improve people’s confidence ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Take Off
    £770 30/11/2022
    Grant uplift 'Cost of Living crisis': refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people with disabilties in Kent
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Take Off
    £7,700 18/02/2022
    refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people with disabilties in Kent
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Take Off - Peer Support
    £856 23/10/2021
    We would like to provide opportunities for those experiencing loneliness and anxiety to visit outdoor areas and go for walks to promote wellbeing, including those who struggled with lockdown.
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £12,000 14/08/2020
    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
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £9,792 24/07/2020
    "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
    National Lottery Community Fund - Mood and Food
    £9,612 17/10/2019
    12
    Mood and Food
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Take Off
    £15,000 14/03/2018
    24
    towards two years' running costs of the 'Patients' Council' a project that provides support for individuals at a psychiatric hospital in Kent
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Take Off
    £2,860 29/11/2017
    We want to transform our backyard to complement our other existing and future projects and make it a pleasant meeting place.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Mood and Food
    £9,200 10/05/2017
    12
    This project will run regular self-help and healthy eating groups for people experiencing mental health problems and provide one-to-one support for people at risk of self harm. This will encourage ....more
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Canterbury & District Mental Health Forum
    £20,000 04/12/2014
    24
    towards two years' running costs of a drop in 'Crisis Cafe' providing advice and support for people with mental health problems in Kent
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/06/1998, number: 1069836
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR23: 82 days late, AR14: 36 days late, AR13: 104 days late, AR12: 198 days late, AR11: 43 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 138 days late, AR06: 8 days late, AR05: 18 days late, AR04: 24 days late,
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    Objectives

    TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD MENTAL HEALTH AND TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE CANTERBURY CITY COUNCIL AND FAVERSHAM TOWN AREAS (THE AREA OF BENEFIT), PROVIDED THAT IN SO DOING, THE FORUM WILL NOT RELIEVE THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY OR ANY NATIONAL HEALTH TRUST OF THEIR STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    CANTERBURY CITY COUNCIL AND FAVERSHAM TOWN AREAS

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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