Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 26 ?

LANCASHIRE MIND LIMITED

to promote the preservation of mental health and to assist in relieving and rehabilitating persons experiencing mental health conditions requiring advice or treatment, in association with Mind (the National Association for Mental Health) (hereinafter called "Mind") and in accordance with the aims and objects of Mind
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Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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£1,932£1,831£100£73£1,156£1,1037.24335
31/03/22£1,538£1,505£33£67£1,308£1,00384030
31/03/21£1,588£1,358£230£39£1,275£1,0028.93329
31/03/20£1,791£1,571£220£34£1,045£8476.53429
31/03/19£1,373£1,306£66£27£825£6906.331256
31/03/18£1,278£1,139£140£32£758£5706290
31/03/17£844£950£-106£64£619£5276.7270
31/03/16£1,073£1,032£41£30£724£6187.2330
31/03/15£812£970£-158£51£683£6237.7300
31/03/14£1,099£951£148£11£840£7018.9330
31/03/13£927£1,030£-104£14£692£5786.7320
31/03/12£819£804£15£11£796£71110.6220
31/03/11£658£624£34£11£781£73014170
31/03/10£625£646£-21£12£746£68212.7180
31/03/09£741£551£191£10£767£65614.3170
31/03/08£592£544£48£15£576£57612.7180
31/03/07£567£590£-23£17£529£52710.7190
31/03/06£574£493£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£481£376£105n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£478£378£100n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 23%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 7.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 24 years

www.lancashiremind.org.uk

admin@lancashiremind.org.uk

01257231660

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen, Blackpool, Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£290,035
BBC Children in Need£199,538
Co-Op Foundation£112,873
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy£42,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Lancashire Mind Limited
£116,562 06/10/2023
This grant will fund a range of support for 12-18 year olds with poor mental health in Burnley and Pendle, Lancashire. This will lead to improved coping strategies, support networks and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Healthy Minds for All
£290,035 19/04/2023
The funding will be used by Lancashire Mind to provide mental health support and raise awareness among over 1000 people aged 16+ from minoritised communities in East Lancashire over 3 years. Activities include group sessions for most beneficiaries ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Resilient Transition
£43,262 13/10/2022
The project will extend the Resilient Transition project to primary schools. The resilience training element will be delivered to the whole Year 6 cohort to support their ability to cope with challenging situations by introducing concepts including ....more
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Business Health Matters
£42,800 01/04/2022
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10004473
Co-Op Foundation - Lancashire Mind #iwill School Transitions application
£69,611 19/11/2020
To deliver a resilience programme for young people in East Lancashire, followed by a ‘Wellbeing Challenge’, where pupils will form peer support groups and take ownership of issues around transition
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Lancashire Mind Limited
£79,476 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This project will deliver resilience and wellbeing programmes for children and young people living in poverty in Burnley, whose transition to high school is affected by Covid-19. This will improve their wellbeing, confidence and sense of ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Lancashire Mind Limited
£3,500 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund wellbeing support for children and young people in Lancashire who have mental health issues and are isolated due to Covid-19. This will help improve their emotional wellbeing.
Department for Work and Pensions - Journey to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
£16,530 01/04/2018
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Sport England - Social Inclusion Football Group
£9,465 01/06/2017
15
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Social Inclusion Football Group. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellbeing Challenge
£399,193 03/05/2017
36
This youth-led project aims to improve health and wellbeing whilst strengthening school communities. Young people will be provided with the structure and support to design and implement projects that tackle wellbeing issues that matter to them. ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - Jobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)
£37,499 01/04/2017
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Lancashire Mind
£83,400 09/03/2017
24
towards two years' running costs of the Wellbeing Coach at a support project in Preston for people experiencing, or at risk of developing, mental health conditions
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Lancashire Mind Limited
£102,840 11/10/2016
36
A Children and Young People's Wellbeing Service working with 120,10 to 18 year olds experiencing or at risk of mental health issues and/or self harm to develop coping strategies, increase confidence and build positive relationships and support ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Facing Up
£174,838 29/04/2013
60
This new project will provide support services targeted at adult men who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, mental health issues and living in and around Blackburn with Darwen. It will be rolled out as a peer support, drop in service, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Lancashire MIND
£26,200 28/03/2013
a large mental health charity looking to deliver a range of group activities that will enable beneficiaries to develop coping strategies & learn new skills in order to improve their wellbeing
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 28-63
  • ALISON DAWN MOORE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Strategic Programme Manager
  • BRYONY LITTLER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Health And Wellbeing Business Partner
  • FAHEEM MUSA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • FAYE BILLINGTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Hr And Safeguarding
  • IAN REED Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Executive Director Corporate Resources
  • MICHAEL JAMESON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Independent Consultant
  • MICHAEL WEARDEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Managing Director
  • SIMON GEORGE RAINE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • VICTORIA SMITH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Health And Care Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/07/2000, number: 1081427
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/12/1999, number: 03888655
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
  • Investment
  • 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; all on time
Main office

80-82 Devonshire Road
CHORLEY
PR7 2DR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED ARE: TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING PERSONS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF LANCASHIRE, INCLUDING BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN AND BLACKPOOL, IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) (HEREINAFTER CALLED MIND) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF MIND;

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF LANCASHIRE, INCLUDING BLACKBURN AND BLACKPOOL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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