Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 4

THE BRIGHTON AND HOVE INDEPENDENT MEDIATION SERVICE

The Brighton and Hove Independent Mediation Service provides mediation and other conflict resolution services to persons, organisations and groups in and around the City of Brighton and Hove. We also deliver training and educational services that focus on mediation and conflict resolution practices.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£123,480	£110,467	£13,013	45
31/03/22	£108,597	£98,241	£10,356	50
31/03/21	£95,576	£97,967	£-2,391	45
31/03/20	£155,273	£87,698	£67,575	53

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

http://www.bhims.org.uk

mediation@bhims.org.uk

01273700812

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove, East Sussex,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton & Hove Independent Mediation Service (BHIMS)
£4,500	12/03/2021 12	Funding was provided to enable them to carry out necessary outreach and development work, and to implement the changes, including training staff and volunteers.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,700	05/10/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton & Hove Independent Mediation Service (BHIMS)
£4,900	22/06/2020	Brighton and Hove Independent Mediation Service is the recognised, community based mediation and conflict resolution organisation for Brighton, Hove, Lewes and surrounding communities. They offer a ....more Brighton and Hove Independent Mediation Service is the recognised, community based mediation and conflict resolution organisation for Brighton, Hove, Lewes and surrounding communities. They offer a range of mediation, dispute and conflict resolution services. Funding is for additional IT equipment and services to adapt to remote working, for the cost of additional staff time and for the production of public information films on conflict resolution.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BARBARA HILL Appointed: 2022

EMILY JAMES (Chair) Appointed: 2020

LAURENCE LITTMAN Appointed: 2019

SUSAN REGI Appointed: 2019

SUSAN TAYLOR Appointed: 2019

SOPHIE CLIFFORD Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/02/2019, number: 1181888

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Investing charity funds 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

4 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE BRIGHTON AND HOVE INDEPENDENT MEDIATION SERVICE on 31/01/2020

Main office

BRIGHTON & HOVE MEDIATION
LOWER GROUND FLOOR OFFICE
47
ECCLESDEN
GROVE HILL
BRIGHTON

Objectives

TO PROVIDE, PROMOTE AND FACILITATE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE CITY OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE:A) MEDIATION AND OTHER FORMS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION OR CONCILIATION FOR PERSONS, ORGANISATIONS OR GROUPS INVOLVED, OR LIKELY TO BE COME INVOLVED, IN DISPUTE OR INTER-PERSONAL CONFLICT;B) EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN METHODS OF MEDIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF DISPUTES AND THE MEANS TO MANAGE THEM.

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