Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

MOOD SWINGS NETWORK 

Mood Swings provides infomation advice and support to people with mental health problems, specifically mood disorders, and their carers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 25 years

moodswings.org.uk

info@moodswings.org.uk

01618343732

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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£180£186£-6n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/22£286£187£99n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/21£216£216£1n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£232£210£23n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/19£196£169£27n/an/an/an/an/a32
31/03/18£253£147£106£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£173£139£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£271£178£94£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£300£212£88£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£302£203£98£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£337£209£128£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£286£140£146£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£148£129£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10?£119£83£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£63£61£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£121£51£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£37£35£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£56£35£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£25£29£-4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 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£180,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£81,828
Masonic Trust£13,650
Manchester City Council£10,140
Forever Manchester£3,144
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - ALPS Project
£180,000 16/02/2023
This funding will enable Moodswings Network to support people with severe and enduring mental health problems and their friends family and carers to rebuild aspects of their life to improve emotional ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Mood Swings Network
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Masonic Trust - MCF Freemasons COVID-19 Community Fund
£13,650 05/07/2021
Grant to fund mentoring and workshops for 300 university students aged 18-25 in Manchester who are experiencing poor mental health. The workshops will focus on anxiety, poor sleep and self-esteem.
Manchester City Council - Covid Impact Fund 2021 grant to Moodswings
£10,140 10/02/2021
to increase use of remote services by North Manchester residents, plus digital inclusion support funding. Priority groups: North Manchester residents
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Mood Swings Network
£6,940 24/07/2020
Grant to Mood Swings Network meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Forever Manchester - Remote working
£3,144 07/05/2020
Online mental health support
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Mood Swings Network
£72,638 07/02/2020
36
the charity provides support to people with severe and enduring mental health problems, The recovery project is an intensive programme that provides people with an alternative to ‘living with mental ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Personality Disorders pilot project
£8,600 07/03/2019
12
The aim of this project is to create a personality disorder support group for people and families affected by the disorder to support each other with the aim of strengthening family ties and good ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Support group for members of people with Personality Disorders
£1,500 13/11/2018
Towards a support group for members of people with a diagnosis of Personality Disorders.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Moodswings
£35,000 14/06/2018
Extension to centre for people with mental health problems
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Moodswings
£6,080 29/11/2017
We wish to provide a year of recovery training and mentoring to people recovering from severe and enduring mental health problems.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Mood Swings Network
£92,638 28/03/2017
36
the charity provides support to people with severe and enduring mental health problems, The recovery project is an intensive programme that provides people with an alternative to ‘living with ....more
MACC - Recovery and Isolation Project
£8,380 09/12/2016
Develop existing service with: social skills courses to reduce social isolation; in-house workshop for people in Recovery course on volunteering; in-house training for Recovery course graduates to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Basement safety
£10,000 17/05/2016
12
The organisation will use the funding to carry out damp and remedial works to the basement of their building in order to preserve the area and prevent damp causing damage to the rest of the building. ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Mood Swings Network
£23,700 29/04/2014
The Mood Swings Recovery Worker provides 1-1 support information & advice to clients in order that they are better able to manage their mental health condition and as such play a fuller part in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Recovery Project Phase Two
£327,893 12/01/2011
60
This project supports people with mental health problems. People entering the Recovery programme receive one to one support over the phone and in a weekly support session with a dedicated recovery ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 48-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1999, number: 1077513
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/08/1999, number: 03833841
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

36 NEW MOUNT STREET
MANCHESTER
M4 4DE

Objectives

TO HELP PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE AFFECTED BY MOOD DISORDERS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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