Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 4

Poor Liquidity: -1
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 7

MAYFIELD NURSERIES

Mayfield is a working horticultural nursery which provides training and therapy for people with mental health issues. We are working with at least 40 people at any time. The nursery is open to the public for plant and other sales, we run a market stall selling plants and produce, and we present at a number of local horticultural shows.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Established: 15 years

www.mayfieldnurseries.org.uk

DAngus@solentmind.org.uk

02380 447743

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	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£679	£697	£-18	£1	£143	£93	1.6	14	15
31/03/22		£496	£488	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/21		£414	£334	£80	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/20		£270	£293	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/19		£316	£315	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/18		£277	£260	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£235	£226	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£220	£220	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£196	£196	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£184	£185	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£293	£293	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£246	£233	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£172	£165	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£232	£180	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 65%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Hampshire, Southampton City,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

14 employees
15 volunteers

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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 Mayfield Nurseries and Wellbeing Centre
£2,348	22/10/2022	We will offer a safe environment for people living with dementia and their carers to connect with nature through gardening and other practical activities, meet others and socialise and get outdoors.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mayfield Seedlings Project
£9,722	17/06/2022	The funding will be used to develop a programme of groups and wellbeing activities that would encompass a whole family approach to mental wellbeing improving parental mental health and outcomes for ....more The funding will be used to develop a programme of groups and wellbeing activities that would encompass a whole family approach to mental wellbeing improving parental mental health and outcomes for babies and young children. The project aims to support early intervention and prevention of perinatal and parental mental health issues.
National Lottery Community Fund - Plants for People
£260,643	24/03/2020 36	The funding will be used to expand the reach of this partnership project that combines community development work with gardening to enable lasting positive change for people living within social ....more The funding will be used to expand the reach of this partnership project that combines community development work with gardening to enable lasting positive change for people living within social housing estates in the city. A community worker brings pockets of communities together to share the common goal of improving their environment by taking ownership of small plots of land. This improves social networks, skills, and physical and mental well-being and also rebuilds confidence and sense of worth.
Comic Relief - Beyond Grants Pilot
£28,700	10/02/2019 3	Gardening for better mental health. A plant nursery in Southampton, at its heart Mayfield's model focuses on providing a place for people with mental health issues and learning disabilities to ....more Gardening for better mental health. A plant nursery in Southampton, at its heart Mayfield's model focuses on providing a place for people with mental health issues and learning disabilities to develop new skills and be part of a supportive, friendly community & growing & selling a range of award winning plants at affordable prices. The proposal that came into The Sustainability Fund focuses on scaling up their Plants for People Project by increasing footprint in Southampton and extending this offer to other areas primarily through Local Authorities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Forget Me Nots
£9,987	06/02/2019 12	The project aims to support people affected by dementia using horticulture therapy sessions to help retain cognitive skills, reduce social isolation and loneliness and increase self-confidence.
Comic Relief - CrowdMatch
£5,000	27/09/2017 12	Crowdmatch funding to support a therapeutic project for veterans in Southampton.
Comic Relief - Helping Mayfield Nurseries to blossom
£39,620	30/11/2016 24	Mayfield Nurseries is a social enterprise that locates its work with vulnerable adults in a garden-nursery. Based in Southampton, it offers people with mental health problems horticultural therapy - ....more Mayfield Nurseries is a social enterprise that locates its work with vulnerable adults in a garden-nursery. Based in Southampton, it offers people with mental health problems horticultural therapy - in other words, community-based support that uses gardening tasks as a method to calm the mind, increase resilience and build skills. Services include 1-1 support for those with enduring or complex needs, and 'gardening on prescription' providing more structured opportunities. Each week around 30 people are supported; support is intensive and life-changing. The grant will help to strengthen investment in the social enterprise aspects of the Nursery; this will help to ensure that Mayfield Nurseries can continue to provide this crisis support.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mayfield Nurseries
£10,000	11/06/2015 12	towards one year's salary of a Support Worker at a project providing mental health support, work activity and training to people with differing mental health needs in Southampton

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DEBORAH CARROLL Appointed: 2021

FAY QUAYLE (Chair) Appointed: 2021

ROBIN GOATER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: SOLENT MIND, FRIENDS OF ST CROSS HOSPITAL WINCHESTER,

SYEDA AYSHA RAHMAN Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/03/2009, number: 1128592
Registered at Companies House on 03/02/2009, number: 06808517

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR23: 22 days late,

Main office

Mayfield Nurseries
Mayfield Park
Weston Lane
SOUTHAMPTON
SO19 9HL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING ANDREHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL ORMENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT PRINCIPALLY IN SOUTHAMPTON AND ALSOIN HAMPSHIRE AND BORDERING AREAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORMENTAL HEALTH (HEREINAFTER CALLED MIND) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS ANDOBJECTS OF MIND; ANDTHE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH IMPAIRED MENTAL ABILITY WHETHER RESULTING IN PHYSICALMENTAL OR LEARNING DISABILITIES AND PERSONS SUFFERING HARDSHIP OR NEED AS A DIRECT ORINDIRECT RESULT OF SUCH CONDITION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE

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