Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

BRENT, WANDSWORTH AND WESTMINSTER MIND 

Housing, community services, arts projects, counselling, befriending, peer-lead recovery, volunteering
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 39 years

www.bwwmind.org.uk

admin@bwwmind.org.uk

02072598100

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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
31/03/23£3,914£4,246£-332£59£2,630£2,6307.411718
31/03/22£5,101£5,192£-91£75£2,962£2,9626.812624
31/03/21£5,227£4,643£584£50£3,053£3,0517.91160
31/03/20£3,571£3,879£-309£24£2,469£2,4697.68920
31/03/19£4,122£3,954£168£46£2,778£2,7788.49620
31/03/18£3,863£3,447£416£98£2,609£2,6099.1960
31/03/17£2,772£2,722£50£91£1,848£1,8278.11030
31/03/16£3,825£2,907£918£55£1,798£1,7807.31070
31/03/15£2,326£2,323£4£32£1,083£1,0725.5380
31/03/14£2,167£2,206£-40£31£1,080£1,0785.9390
31/03/13£2,064£2,167£-103£31£1,119£1,1056.1390
31/03/12£2,121£2,117£4£28£1,222£1,1926.8460
31/03/11*£2,406£2,044£362£20£1,218£1,1887440
31/03/10£2,077£2,010£67£18£856£8305460
31/03/09£1,902£1,884£18£18£789£7584.8420
31/03/08£1,986£2,023£-37£19£771£7394.4390
31/03/07£2,191£2,160£31£15£808£6673.7380
31/03/06£2,066£2,123£-56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£2,071£2,054£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,029£1,896£133£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 7.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent, City Of Westminster, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 117 employees
  • 18 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Portugal Prints
£9,500 20/01/2023
The funding will be used to contribute towards core costs and support the delivery of a creative arts project for artists experiencing mental health difficulties. The project aims to provide ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Music in Mind
£8,924 05/02/2021
12
The funding will be used to deliver weekly music sessions for people living with mental ill health. The project aims to build positive relationships and improve their wellbeing and self-confidence.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Mind in Brent, Wandsworth & Westminster
£10,000 19/05/2020
A grant of £10,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Brent, Wandsworth and Westminster Mind
£10,000 03/07/2018
12
Towards a programme for young people leaving care that will include wellbeing workshops, creative therapies and 121 support to help them manage their emotions and build resilience.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-75
  • GAVIN MCCABE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Laboratory Technician
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/10/1985, number: 292708
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/03/1984, number: 01796928
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
20 returns made; AR11: 2 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from BRENT MIND (ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) on 03/03/2020
Main office

23 Monck Street
LONDON
SW1P 2AE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND THE SAFEGUARDING OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR DISABILITY OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH).

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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