Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Good reserves management: +3
Multiple Deficits: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH

Centre for Mental Health undertakes research and development activities in the field of mental health. These activities are particularly focussed on mental health care in prisons and the criminal justice system and on issues relating to the employment of people with mental health problems. Findings and recommendations are aimed at creating improvements on a national scale.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
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:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 22 years

www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk

contact@centreformentalhealth.org.uk

07415119079

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
05/04/23	£1,462	£1,603	£-141	£196	£857	£631	4.7	27
05/04/22	£1,422	£1,306	£116	£162	£997	£782	7.2	24
05/04/21	£1,014	£1,298	£-284	£167	£881	£771	7.1	21
05/04/20	£1,761	£1,571	£190	£151	£1,165	£990	7.6	21
05/04/19	£1,808	£1,536	£272	£107	£975	£774	6	22
05/04/18	£1,114	£1,204	£-90	£105	£703	£624	6.2	18
05/04/17	£1,655	£1,676	£-21	£155	£793	£680	4.9	19
05/04/16	£1,702	£2,053	£-351	£179	£862	£724	4.2	23
05/04/15	£1,771	£2,082	£-310	£199	£1,214	£934	5.4	18
05/04/14	£1,944	£1,645	£300	£205	£1,524	£1,101	8	18
05/04/13	£1,741	£1,595	£146	£82	£1,224	£1,224	9.2	21
05/04/12	£1,942	£1,645	£297	£113	£1,078	£1,078	7.9	23
05/04/11	£2,386	£2,301	£85	£15	£781	£781	4.1	24
05/04/10	£2,417	£2,533	£-116	£57	£696	£689	3.3	28
05/04/09	£2,491	£2,767	£-276	£38	£813	£796	3.5	32
05/04/08	£2,517	£2,459	£58	£33	£1,088	£1,085	5.3	26
05/04/07	£3,685	£3,437	£248	£23	£1,030	£930	3.2	40
05/04/06	£5,929	£5,916	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/05	£4,507	£4,533	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/04	£4,330	£4,544	£-214	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 12.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 17%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 74%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

27 employees

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

Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£161,625
Lankelly Chase Foundation	£20,600
Maudsley Charity	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting a thriving civil society
£6,000	18/01/2023	Core funding for the centre in supporting the Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition to influence mental health support nationally and locally.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Strategy Refresh
£5,625	03/01/2023	Centre for Mental Health takes the lead in challenging policies, systems and society, so that everyone can have better mental health. Since their previous strategy development process, the mental ....more Centre for Mental Health takes the lead in challenging policies, systems and society, so that everyone can have better mental health. Since their previous strategy development process, the mental health policy landscape has changed considerably. This grant will fund work to refresh their strategy to reflect the changing mental health landscape and place the voices of their members, young people and parents/carers at the centre.
Maudsley Charity - Mental Health Research Group COVID-19 response
£10,000	01/10/2020 3	Project to address entrenched fragmentation of mental health research and ongoing tension across the sector, particularly regarding what constitutes evidence, who has it and what should be used to ....more Project to address entrenched fragmentation of mental health research and ongoing tension across the sector, particularly regarding what constitutes evidence, who has it and what should be used to inform both policy and practice. Pilot phase funding awarded to initiate the project concept, undertake the scoping work required and to test the membership profile of the Mental Health Research Group. This phase will create the evidence required for developing a robust funding proposal to engage key research funders for the remainder of the work. The Group will harness the expertise and experience across the sector, including, research funding agencies; researchers; people with lived experience; and all those providing support and services to understand: 1. How to build a cross sector view on priorities for mental health informed by wealth of data and evidence from across and beyond the sector; 2. How the mental health sector has and is responding to the needs of the most vulnerable and where the gaps are in research to support/help those in the greatest need; 3. Create a model of collaborative working that can be built upon for the future of mental health research.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Centre for Mental Health
£20,600	15/07/2020	Centre for Mental Health
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting a thriving civil society
£150,000	23/09/2019 60	Core funding for the centre in supporting the Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition to influence mental health support nationally and locally.
The Aim Foundation - Grant to Centre for Mental Health
£15,000	24/04/2019 36	A new 3 year commitment towards the work of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition to campaign jointly with leading chairitiess on these issues.
Department of Health - Equally well collaborative
£5,000	01/04/2018	To support the development of Equally Well UK
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards the core costs of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition
£45,000	30/11/2017 36	Towards the core costs of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition, which aims to influence policy and practice around children and young people's mental health.
Comic Relief - Up My Street: building mental health resilience of young African-Caribbean men.
£50,282	15/07/2015 18	Young African-Caribbean men are one of the most overrepresented BME groups in inpatient mental health services in England. An innovative approach to delivering mental health care called ....more Young African-Caribbean men are one of the most overrepresented BME groups in inpatient mental health services in England. An innovative approach to delivering mental health care called 'Streetherapy' will be used by three projects working in Birmingham with Young African-Caribbean Men (YACM), and evaluated by the Centre for Mental Health. Comic Relief will support the research costs, which includes young people being trained as peer researchers and facilitating focus groups. Robust evidence about how wellbeing and resilience among YACM can be improved will be shared with healthcare commissioners and policy-makers nationally, to help improve services and mental health care in the long-term.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Centre for Mental Health
£240,000	13/06/2012 36	towards three years' running costs of an employability scheme for ex-offenders with mental health problems in Shropshire and Staffordshire
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Centre for Mental Health
£187,405	30/09/2010 30	Towards Project costs Towards a programme to improve outcomes for children with conduct problems.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-73

ANDRE TOMLIN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Managing Director

CHRISTOPHER PAUL CHAPMAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Finance Director / Accountant

MICHAEL JOHN MORLEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Banker

MORGAN ELISABETH VINE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Policy And Influencing

PROFESSOR SUSAN BAILEY (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Doctor

PETER MALCOLM ORLANDO ALLEYNE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Equity, Inclusion And Involvement

PROFESSOR KAMALDEEP SINGH BHUI CBE Appointed: 2020

VICTORIA ELIZABETH BLEAZARD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Nhs Programme Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/03/2002, number: 1091156
Registered at Companies House on 13/02/2002, number: 04373019

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

12/09/2019 - Asset transfer in from LIGHTCLIFFE PRE-SCHOOL
05/11/2019 - Asset transfer in from INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON SPECIAL NEEDS OFFENDERS

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from LIGHTCLIFFE PRE-SCHOOL on 12/09/2019
Asset transfer in from INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON SPECIAL NEEDS OFFENDERS on 05/11/2019

Main office

Room AG.22
11-13 Cavendish Square
LONDON
W1G 0AN

Objectives

THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF MENTAL HEALTH IN PARTICULAR BY: (A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND LEARNING IN THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE; (B) PROMOTING RESEARCH THEREIN AND AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND (C) PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR THOSE IN NEED OF SUCH CARE .

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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