Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

CONWY MIND 

Mental health resource centre offering various activiies such as self help groups, alternative therapies, art and crafts and many more
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 25 years

www.conwymind.org.uk

info@aberconwymind.org.uk

01492 879907

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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£575£541£34£0£615£59013.12115
31/03/22£450£545£-95n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£519£478£41£0£675£2766.91110
31/03/20£463£363£100n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19£409£470£-61n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/18£305£353£-48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£433£400£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£357£341£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£473£356£117£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£401£297£104£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£261£266£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£253£258£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£212£218£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£212£191£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£199£121£78£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£113£111£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£119£117£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£148£149£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£146£151£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£361£112£249£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: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 13.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 14 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 21 employees
  • 15 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Conwy, Gwynedd, Isle Of Anglesey,

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
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,440
Co-Operative Group£2,651
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Mindfulness
£9,700 04/09/2023
Conwy Mind will use the £9700 grant to deliver a series of mindfulness courses for people with mild to moderate mental health conditions with priority places given to people on low incomes. Bydd ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Conwy MIND
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Conwy MIND
£50,000 07/12/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Conwy MIND
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Conwy Mind
£2,651 23/10/2021
We'd like to offer counselling sessions free of charge to younger people, focusing on those aged 14-25, and recruit a family worker to offer a Mums Matter service and work with all family members.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£25,000 09/07/2021
Mental Health support for families and young people in Conwy County
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Conwy Mind mental health training
£9,740 22/06/2020
9
Conwy Mind will use £9740 to offer online mental health training focusing on resilience training mental health awareness raising and a range of courses to help with coping techniques. The project ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to MIND Aberconwy
£73,380 16/10/2018
36
To employ a Day Services Modernisation Officer to lead on the delivery of this Llandudno based charities Wellbeing programme of support, helping individuals on their mental health recovery.
National Lottery Community Fund - How to Deal With Anger - Skills and Tools
£9,960 23/04/2018
12
Project Summary :_x000D_ Aberconwy Mind in Conwy will use the grant to deliver a new programme of 4 six-weekly accredited training sessions designed specifically for those wanting to explore and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Aberconwy Mind
£2,859 29/11/2017
We want to hold a local community event to provide information and promote the health and well-being opportunities available in rural Conwy.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 14/11/2017
Recovery and Wellbeing in Mind
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to MIND Aberconwy
£14,498 22/09/2016
12
Undertaking an action based and academic research programme to review the impact of the charities recovery and wellbeing service along with registering for Investors in Volunteering accreditation.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Opening
£498,891 20/03/2013
36
The project, based in Llandudno, will improve the quality of life of those experiencing mental health problems by providing volunteering, work experience and employment opportunities through the ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-76
  • DR CAROLYN HINDS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Self Employed Clinical Psychologist, Dbt Trainer A
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/01/1999, number: 1073596
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/09/1998, number: 03630284
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 5325
North Wales Business Park
Abergele
LL22 8LJ

Objectives

The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following, in association with Mind (the National Association for Mental Health):(1) To promote the preservation of good mental health in particular by enabling and empowering everyone experiencing mental health problems to live with, manage and recover from their condition.(2) To relieve the needs of people with mental health problems by working to increase the understanding of mental health and mental health problems by gathering and disseminating information and working to raise awareness, promote understanding and challenge stigma and discrimination

Defined Area of Benefit:

ABERCONWY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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