Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 2

MENS ACTION NETWORK

The Group is established to promote the health and well-being of men in the North West area of Northern Ireland and to offer advice, counselling and support in a range of issues such as health education and health promotion.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 9 years

www.man-ni.org

admin@man-ni.org

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Year end	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Income	£171,540	£202,015	£215,219	£267,958	£261,887	£168,858
Spending	£163,348	£186,813	£213,068	£229,434	£219,511	£237,589
Surplus/deficit	£8,192	£15,202	£2,151	£38,524	£42,376	-£68,731

Listed activities

The advancement of health or the saving of lives, The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

How it operates

Advice/advocacy/information, Community development, Counselling/support, Education/training, Gender, Human rights/equality, Relief of poverty, Volunteer development, Welfare/benevolent

Where it operates

Northern Ireland

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who it helps

Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse), Adult training, Community safety/crime prevention, Ex-offenders and prisoners, General public, Homelessness, Men, Mental health, Older people, Parents, Sexual orientation, Specific areas of deprivation, Travellers, Unemployed/low income, Victim support, Voluntary and community sector, Volunteers, Youth (14-25 year olds)

Who works here?

7 employees

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

Henry Smith Charity	£185,400
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£40,000
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland	£3,000
Community Foundation for Nthn Ireland	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Men's Action Network (MAN)
£40,000	22/07/2021 48	Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Men's Action Network
£59,400	29/03/2021	towards one year's running costs of an organisation providing a range of support services, including counselling, for men impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the North West of Northern Ireland.
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - WORTH - Wellbeing. Opportunity. Resilience. Transforming. Healthiness
£3,000	01/09/2020	towards bespoke training packages, accreditation costs, Benefits Assessor & Coordinator costs.
Community Foundation for Nthn Ireland - Community Link - 50+
£2,500	31/03/2020 4	towards a befriending and counselling helpline for older men in the North West.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mens Action Network (MAN)
£126,000	10/12/2019 36	towards three years' salary of a Crisis Intervention Counsellor and an Administrator/Receptionist at a project providing support to men experiencing suicidal ideation/actions in the North West of ....more towards three years' salary of a Crisis Intervention Counsellor and an Administrator/Receptionist at a project providing support to men experiencing suicidal ideation/actions in the North West of Northern Ireland
National Lottery Community Fund - Men's Action Network - Fathering Families
£698,767	25/06/2015 68	Menâ€™s Action Network is working with Fermanagh Womenâ€™s Aid on the five-year Fathering Families project. It is supporting families who may have experienced issues including poverty, ....more Menâ€™s Action Network is working with Fermanagh Womenâ€™s Aid on the five-year Fathering Families project. It is supporting families who may have experienced issues including poverty, separation, divorce, addiction and domestic violence in the Derry/Londonderry, Enniskillen, Dungiven, Magherafelt and Omagh areas to be healthier, happier and stronger. The project is working with other agencies to deliver parenting and communication skills, peer support, play and art therapy and signposting to other services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Renewal
£10,000	09/06/2011 12	The group, which works to improve the health and well being of men in the North West, will use the grant to carry out an independent evaluation and buy a range of office furniture.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 25/03/2015, number: NIC101617

Main office

Lower Ground Floor, 100 Patrick Street, Londonderry, Bt48 7El, BT48 7EL

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