Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

SUTTON MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION CHARITY COMPANY 

Sutton Mental Health Foundation provides:- A drop-in for people with mental health problems living independently in the London Borough of Sutton to find friendship and support in a relaxed and unstructured atmosphere- Peer Support and Recovery training- Welfare and benefits advice- Basic skills computer training
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
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
29/03/23£668£592£76£0£848£67213.6207
29/03/22?£650£521£129£0£773£67115.51512
30/09/20*£240£210£30n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/09/19£201£203£-2n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/09/18£213£190£24£0£0£0n/a05
30/09/17£207£237£-31£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£261£284£-23£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£265£265£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£281£239£42£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£245£247£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£254£259£-5£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£553£237£316£2£592£49725.1120
30/09/10*£294£236£58£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£230£223£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08*£185£222£-38£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£149£169£-19£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£150£163£-14£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£175£155£20£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£213£207£6£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: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 79%
Reserves/Spending: 13.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 4.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 26 years

www.smhf.org.uk

admin@smhf.org.uk

02087700172

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sutton,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
  • 7 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 44-75
  • DOMINIKA SKWAREK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Egulatory Performance Officer & Project Support Of
  • PETER THOMAS (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Physiotherapist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/06/1998, number: 1069945
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/04/1998, number: 03549053
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 3 days late, AR10: 11 days late, AR08: 9 days late,
Main office

63 DOWNS ROAD
SUTTON
SM2 5NR

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND THEIR CARERS RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (2) FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES, IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON

Data Sources

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