Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Latest return overdue -5
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

TELFORD MIND

Telford Mind works to promote recovery; aiming to provide high quality services for people who are experiencing mental health issues and/or emotional distress. It also offers support to people undertaking caring roles. It provides one to one support on a drop in basis and support through an outreach service. Telford Mind promotes well being.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
  • and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years

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
31/03/22£716£553£162£0£308£3086.74115
31/03/21*£395£298£97n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£121£101£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£52£40£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£52£59£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£142£132£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£135£107£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£136£143£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£123£132£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£170£209£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£157£157£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£149£152£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£243£230£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£93£99£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£60£86£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£65£51£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£56£49£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£58£56£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 39 years

www.telford-mind.co.uk

talk2@telford-mind.co.uk

07434 869248

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Telford & Wrekin,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

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
DCMS£58,483
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
CAF£5,400
Co-Operative Group£3,191
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Telford Mind
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Telford Mind
£3,191 23/10/2021
We would like to employ a Community Volunteer Coordinator in order to ensure that we can provide a timetable of mental health and wellbeing peer support groups.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Telford Mind
£50,000 09/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Telford Mind, awarded under the Foundation's Mental Health funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£19,393 09/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£39,090 23/07/2020
"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
CAF - Grant to Telford Mind
£5,400 29/05/2020
3
Grant to Telford Mind to support the organisation through COVID19
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Telford Mind
£2,969 04/08/2017
Our Art Group Project will support people with their mental health building confidence and enabling social interaction and self-expression.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CLIVE BERTIL ASHLEY ELLIOTT Appointed: 2018
  • DR ELLEN MARY NOLAN Appointed: 2022
  • DR TERESA MCDONNELL Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/09/1985, number: 516444
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
18 returns made; AR21: 345 days late, AR20: 710 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 13 days late, AR12: 33 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR07: 262 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

TELFORD MIND
Court Street Medical Centre
Court Street
Madeley
TELFORD
TF7 5EE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND THE SAFEGUARDING OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIND (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF MIND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF THE DISTRICT OF WREKIN COUNCIL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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