Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 1
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

MIND IN BEXLEY AND EAST KENT LTD 

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 within Kent, and in particular, Bexley, East Kent and its environs, in association with the Charity MIND and in accordance with the aims and objects of the Charity MIND.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board is completely female

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£4,743£4,095£648£39£5,144£3,90411.47890
31/03/22£5,109£3,826£1,283£29£4,495£3,30010.47550
31/03/21£4,803£3,805£998£40£3,213£2,6118.278100
31/03/20£3,732£3,353£379£93£2,215£1,7376.26880
31/03/19£3,336£2,950£387£92£1,836£1,5026.16950
31/03/18£2,656£2,497£159£76£1,449£1,2986.2610
31/03/17£2,301£2,216£85£0£1,291£1,1936.5450
31/03/16£2,467£2,211£256£0£1,205£1,1186.1670
31/03/15£2,245£2,004£241£64£949£8014.8470
31/03/14£1,910£1,725£185£57£708£5974.2440
31/03/13£1,410£1,302£108£54£524£4664.3360
31/03/12£1,070£978£92£39£415£3704.5360
31/03/11£865£726£139£26£323£2934.8310
31/03/10£681£566£115£32£184£1753.7260
31/03/09£304£303£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£253£250£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£263£252£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£242£241£2£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
Reserves/Spending: 11.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 59.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 19 years

www.mindinbexley.org.uk

dpalmer@mindinbexley.org.uk

02083038932

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bexley, Kent,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 78 employees
  • 90 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kent Community Oasis Garden (partnership EKM & UKC)
£1,522 21/10/2023
We would like to set up a tool library, make disability accessible planting beds, buy seeds, compost and seasonal plants for these beds and rabbit-proof our sensory wellbeing space.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Revival café & Well-being peer support and mentoring
£1,943 22/10/2022
We wish to pay for mental health first aid and mentoring/peer support training for 20 staff/volunteers and provide ongoing clinical supervision for our outreach and mental health support to locals.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Mind in Bexley
£6,300 04/05/2020
A grant of £6,300 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.

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: 36-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/06/2005, number: 1110130
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/03/2005, number: 05393807
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

2A Devonshire Road
BEXLEYHEATH
DA6 8DS

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 WITHIN KENT, AND IN PARTICULAR, BEXLEY AND ITS ENVIRONS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CHARITY MIND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY MIND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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