Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • All male board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

WILTSHIRE MIND

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES TO PEOPLE IN WILTSHIRE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely male?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/24£164£163£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£146£193£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£153£212£-59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£100£184£-84n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£234£181£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£199£133£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£160£149£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£159£167£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£227£187£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£100£104£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£80£126£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£30£122£-92n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£90£191£-102n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£217£221£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£227£256£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£225£243£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£261£252£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.wiltshiremind.co.uk

office@wiltshiremind.co.uk

01225706532

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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
Postcode Local Trust£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,300
Wiltshire Community Foundation£11,140
DCMS£6,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Groups in Wiltshire
£10,000 11/08/2023
The funding will be used to deliver mental health sessions to the community. The project aims to support the local community to improve its mental health.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire MIND
£1,000 22/02/2023
Wiltshire MIND provides counselling and support groups for people with mental health issues. Funding will help meet the cost of counselling for children and young people
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire MIND
£5,140 21/02/2023
Wiltshire Mind provide services to anyone experiencing poor mental health, including peer support social groups and a reduced cost counselling service. The grant will contribute to the cost of counselling sessions for those unable to financially ....more
Postcode Local Trust - Mental Health Peer Support Groups Service across Wiltshire
£25,000 27/05/2022
Funding facilitated 7 weekly peer support groups to help improve the wellbeing of adults with severe and moderate mental health issues.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Wiltshire Mind - 21/02/22
£1,500 08/03/2022
Core Funding
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire MIND
£5,000 03/03/2022
Wiltshire MIND provides counselling and support groups for people with mental health issues. Funding will help meet the cost of counselling for children and young people
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health Peer Support Groups
£9,300 23/04/2021
The organisation will use the funding to continue to run mental health weekly peer support groups across Wiltshire for people suffering from poor mental health and emotional distress.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£6,000 25/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Wiltshire Mind
£4,340 19/11/2018
We plan to continue our ongoing peer support group to help adults in their recovery from mental health issues.
National Lottery Community Fund - Trowbridge Polish Counseling Service
£5,452 07/02/2018
12
The funding will be used for a one to one mental health counselling service for people from the Polish community. The project aims to provide wellbeing support and help people to address issues at the earliest possible stage.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Wiltshire Mind
£3,120 04/08/2017
Funding for our support group will help us to rehabilitate local people with mental health problems through activities and groups.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire MIND
£2,500 08/02/2017
12
Wiltshire Mind provides a friendly, safe places where anyone at risk of or experiencing mental health issues can find the support and respect they need and deserve. Funding was to support the costs of the Trowbridge Support Group.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire MIND
£5,000 15/05/2015
24
Wiltshire Mind provides a friendly, safe places where anyone at risk of or experiencing mental health issues can find the support and respect they need and deserve. The grant supported a counselling service to offer a Polish-speaking counsellor in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - New Counselling for adults suffering mental distress in Salisbury area
£10,000 13/11/2014
12
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Mind
£16,800 30/05/2012
the salary of an Office Administrator
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-72
  • BRIAN STABLES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director
  • JIM DONALD (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • JOE MCTIERNAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Office Manager
  • NIGEL CARTER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Counsellor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/04/2006, number: 1113751
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/07/2005, number: 05498430
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
  • 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
17 returns made; AR12: 51 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from COMBINED CHARITIES FUND FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED on 04/05/2023
Main office

Wiltshire Mind
Trinity House
Bryer Ash Business Park
Trowbridge
BA14 8HE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE 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 WILTSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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