Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

MENTAL FIGHT CLUB 

The promotion of social inclusion amongst people who are socially excluded from society as a result of mental ill-health. through the provision of creative events which foster social connection and allow for the exploration of mental illness, recovery and well-being for all. The main activity is the Dragon Cafe open Mondays in Southwark with other activities Recreate Psychiatry emerging from it.
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Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 10 years

www.mentalfightclub.art

coremfc@gmail.com

07973770273

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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
30/04/23£188£185£4n/an/an/an/an/a15
30/04/22£179£241£-62n/an/an/an/an/a15
30/04/21£264£223£41n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/04/20£274£273£1n/an/an/an/an/a148
30/04/19£237£198£39n/an/an/an/an/a107
30/04/18£226£186£40£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£196£198£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£195£183£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£207£185£22£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • 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
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
London Borough of Southwark£43,643
The London Community Foundation£30,468
National Lottery Community Fund£19,984
The Baring Foundation£12,000
DCMS£10,000
CAF£4,606
The Fore£3,500
Maudsley Charity£2,559
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£1,069 21/10/2023
We'd like to fund more wellbeing activities for all the community to access and benefit from.
National Lottery Community Fund - Singing To Be - Now and Forever
£9,984 21/04/2023
The funding will be used for singing and song writing activities for people living with poor mental health. This project aims to connect vulnerable people through a positive activity improving their ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£10,000 31/03/2023
Common Purpose grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£5,000 31/03/2023
Neighbourhoods Fund - North West grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department for Celebrating 10 years of The Dragon Cafe Through Song and Dance
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Mental Fight Club
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£10,000 31/03/2022
Common Purpose grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£4,850 31/03/2022
Neighbourhoods Fund - North West grant from the Environment & Leisure department for The Dragon Café
National Lottery Community Fund - Improve Wellbeing at The Dragon Cafe
£10,000 18/06/2021
The funding will be used to re-start face to face sessions. The project aims to reduce isolation and to improve wellbeing and confidence.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£10,000 18/02/2021
5
increasing and maintaining the participatory activities for the digital online Virtual Dragon Cafe wellbeing activities until we are able to meet physically.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£10,000 24/09/2020
the continuation of digital online Virtual Dragon Cafe wellbeing activities.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 24/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£12,000 14/09/2020
A development exercise, marking the tenth year of the MFC model, that aims to prepare us to meet the challenges of the post-Covid decade artfully
CAF - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£4,606 17/07/2020
3
Grant to Mental Fight Club to support the organisation through COVID19
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Mental Fight CLub
£3,500 11/06/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Mental Fight CLub, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Maudsley Charity - Virtual Dragon Café COVID-19 project: Safe Guarding Training for Online Activities with Vulnerable Adults
£2,559 08/05/2020
6
To fund training to develop safeguarding skills for online activities for The Virtual Dragon Cafe Team. This is needed so that Mental Fight Club can ensure safe and supportive online experiences for ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£10,468 29/04/2020
The funding is for connecting with & providing creative opportunities for The Dragon Café Patrons & Volunteers via weekly live broadcasts; arts & health activities via Zoom and an ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£9,000 01/04/2020
Common Purpose grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£4,793 01/04/2020
Neighbourhoods Fund - North West grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Southwark's Rebel Women
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£9,000 01/04/2019
Common Purpose grant from the Place & Wellbeing department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£9,500 01/04/2019
Neighbourhoods Fund: Borough Bankside & Walworth grant from the Housing & Modernisation department for Growing Together, Eating Together, Being Together + My Story
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£89,534 27/03/2019
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The grant will support the core function of the charity so they are able to deliver support to people with enduring and severe mental health conditions.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 07/03/2019
The Dragon Cafe
Maudsley Charity - Recreate Psychiatry at Dragon Cafe
£10,000 01/09/2018
11
Dragon Cafe is an initiative of Mental Fight Club and provides a programme of creative wellbeing-related events, exploring issues around mental illness, recovery and wellbeing. Recreate Psychiatry ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£21,000 11/07/2018
12
over one year towards the Recreate Psychiatry project run by this user-led mental health charity based in Southwark
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£39,541 04/07/2018
22
Create, Relate, Integrate, Wellbeing Services at The Dragon Cafe
National Lottery Community Fund - Mood Movies
£10,000 22/06/2018
12
The funding will be used to add film screening to the group's monthly activity programme for people living with the effects of mental ill health. The project aims to provide wellbeing support and ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£4,674 01/04/2018
Neighbourhoods Fund: Borough Bankside & Walworth grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£7,480 01/04/2018
Community Capacity grant from the Place & Wellbeing department
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£4,455 29/11/2017
We want funding for kitchen equipment and volunteers to help with the running of the Dragon Cafe.
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Re:Create Psychiatry
£87,595 24/08/2017
Development of Re:Create Psychiatry at the Dragon Café - Mental ill health is a significant local and national issue. We wish to tackle it by specifically addressing the difficulties of the ....more
London Catalyst - Mental Fight Club - 2
£2,734 15/06/2017
Let Your Voice be Heard – that’s how well you bounce
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£7,480 01/04/2017
Community Capacity grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£4,500 01/04/2017
Neighbourhoods Fund: Borough Bankside & Walworth grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
National Lottery Community Fund - Recreate Psychiatry
£10,000 11/01/2017
12
This project will use funding to run creative and artistic activities to develop a nurturing relationship between mental health professionals and service users. This will build on a pilot programme ....more
London Catalyst - Mental Fight Club - 1
£4,000 08/12/2016
Mindfulness and Well being programme
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Becoming commission ready 2
£20,000 03/09/2016
Continued strategic and capability development to make the Dragon Cafe commission ready
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Becoming commission ready
£20,000 04/04/2016
Strategic and capability development to make the Dragon Café commission ready
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£7,480 01/04/2016
Community Capacity grant from the Housing & Modernisation department for Dragon Café
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Mental Fight Club
£4,524 01/04/2016
Neighbourhoods Fund: Borough Bankside & Walworth grant from the Housing & modernisation department
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/10/2014, number: 1158926
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
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

Can Mezzanine
7-14 Great Dover Street
Southwark
London
SE1 4YR

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS THERE OF AS A RESULT OF MENTAL ILL-HEALTH, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CREATIVE EVENTS WHICH FOSTER SOCIAL CONNECTION AND ALLOW FOR THE EXPLORATION OF MENTAL ILLNESS, RECOVERY AND WELL BEING FOR ALL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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