Overall GiG Score: 24 ?
Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH 

Provision of mental health related services in Buckinghamshire and surrounding areas.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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
Established: 20 years

www.bucksmind.org.uk

info@bucksmind.org.uk

01494 463364

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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£2,039£2,014£24£33£1,096£1,0966.577243
31/03/22£1,907£1,868£39£2£1,095£1,095782863
31/03/21£1,503£1,407£96£1£653£6535.665524
31/03/20£1,315£1,259£56£3£513£5134.963751
31/03/19£1,132£1,110£23£3£511£5115.553570
31/03/18£1,084£1,053£30£36£497£4975.7310
31/03/17£853£831£22£32£477£4776.9270
31/03/16£771£771£0£28£198£380.6230
31/03/15£748£759£-12£19£198£270.4220
31/03/14*£783£754£28£18£198£270.4230
31/03/13*£548£571£-24£17£162£-2-0230
31/03/12£570£568£2£13£165£150.3180
31/03/11£601£618£-17£10£161£120.2190
31/03/10£694£714£-21£7£170£270.5200
31/03/09£683£720£-37£36£161£170.3200
31/03/08£692£720£-28£55£223£631200
31/03/07£724£677£47£21£266£1061.9220
31/03/06£700£644£56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£451£468£-16£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 24%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 77 employees
  • 243 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Slough, Windsor And Maidenhead,

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
Rothschild Foundation£205,000
Masonic Trust£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Buckinghamshire Mind
£150,000 06/12/2022
A new counselling service for children and young people aged 13 – 21 years focusing on key high deprivation wards across Buckinghamshire to provide support on mental health concerns.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mind the Gap: Mental Health Peer Support
£10,000 10/12/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a peer support service for adults struggling with their mental health. The project aims to provide a safe environment for clients to share experiences and support ....more
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Buckinghamshire Mind
£5,000 27/07/2021
36
To scope and design a pan-county counselling service for Children and Young People (CYP) which would be operating at scale over the next three years.
Masonic Trust - MCF Freemasons COVID-19 Community Fund
£25,000 05/07/2021
The grant will fund the peer mentoring scheme in 18 schools, providing support to 270 peer mentors and approximately 1,782 young people with one to one talking and listening sessions.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Buckinghamshire Mind
£50,000 07/04/2021
12
Subsidised counselling for people experiencing financial insecurity, as well as salary support for a Counselling Manager who will develop a sustainability plan and outreach programme for black and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Inclusion Project
£10,000 24/01/2018
12
The organisation will provide supported IT sessions across their centres for people with mental health problems and provide support for future employment.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Buckinghamshire Mind
£3,574 29/11/2017
We need support for our counselling service so we can continue to help people who who are experiencing a wide range of mental health issues.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Buckinghamshire Association for Mental Health
£73,740 17/03/2016
36
The charity provides mental health prevention, recovery and support services across Buckinghamshire. The grant will fund the salary of the Chief Executive, working on the charity's strategic ....more
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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: 36-67
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/04/2004, number: 1103063
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/12/2003, number: 05000185
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
  • 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
19 returns made; AR14: 22 days late, AR13: 292 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE WALTER HAZELL CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND on 18/02/2021
Main office

Wycombe Counselling Service
260 Desborough Road
HIGH WYCOMBE
Buckinghamshire
HP11 2QR

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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