Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

MINDSPACE LIMITED 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
Established: 42 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £35,299 £510,266 £532,316 £672,089 £804,494 £904,002
Donations & Legacies £386,636 £31,102 £21,389 £18,059 £46,461
Other Income £3,310 £24,642 £44,215 £13,308 £5,441 £2,593
Investment Income £1,056 £1,217 £1,196
Total income £425,245 £566,010 £597,920 £704,512 £857,613 £938,795
Charitable activities spending £446,243 £497,396 £598,357 £639,854 £735,855 £850,866
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £446,243 £497,396 £598,357 £639,854 £735,855 £850,866
Surplus/deficit -£20,998 £68,614 -£437 £64,658 £121,758 £87,929
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of health
  • The promotion of equality and diversity
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Perth And Kinross
Who it helps
  • People with disabilities or health problems

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£179,700
National Lottery Community Fund£138,937
Tudor Trust£55,000
Foundation Scotland£51,950
BBC Children in Need£30,182
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Mindspace
£1,295 21/10/2023
We'd like to increase the number of young people we support in our groups. Our groups increase their understanding of mental health, teach them coping skills, and help them connect with others.
Foundation Scotland - Womenspace
£30,000 06/10/2023
To cover the cost of the sessional Counsellor, clinical supervision costs and general overheads to deliver Womenspace, a project providing one to one specialist counselling for women and girls who ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mindspace
£179,700 22/09/2022
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towards three years' running costs of a project providing counselling services for adults and young people, who have sought help with managing their mental ill health across Perth and Kinross, ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£3,000 15/09/2022
Donation from Susie Johnston Fund
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 01/09/2022
Monthly donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 01/08/2022
August donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 01/07/2022
July donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/06/2022
Monthly donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/05/2022
Unrestricted monthly donation from Susie Johnstone
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/04/2022
Unrestricted donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Womenspace
£14,750 15/03/2022
To provide one-to-one specialist counselling for women and girls who have experienced violence, abuse or trauma at any time in their lives.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/03/2022
Donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/02/2022
Donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/01/2022
Donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/12/2021
Donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/11/2021
Donation from Susie Johnston
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 08/10/2021
Mindspace Adult Counselling
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/10/2021
Donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/09/2021
Donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/08/2021
Donation from Susie Johnston
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£30,182 30/07/2021
This project will provide support including talking therapy, art therapy and play therapy for 120 young people aged 10-18 who experience poor mental health. Young people will have improved emotional ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/07/2021
Donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 10/06/2021
Donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/05/2021
Donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/04/2021
Donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/03/2021
Donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/02/2021
Donation from Susie Johnston
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£200 08/01/2021
Donation from Susie Johnstone
National Lottery Community Fund - Mindspace Peer Support Hub
£138,937 06/12/2019
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This group will deliver a Peer Support Service for people living with or experiencing mental health difficulties. Fully trained and qualified Peer Support Workers, with lived experience of mental ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MINDSPACE LTD
£2,911 15/11/2019
We want to develop our service to give more people with mental health issues the tools to self-manage and live a meaningful life.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Mindspace
£55,000 27/06/2019
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over two years as continuation funding towards the core costs of a mental health support charity in Perth, Scotland
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£2,948 19/11/2018
We would like to extend our mental health provision within the Perth & Kinross local community.
Robertson Trust - The Tackling Young People's Self Harm Project
£32,000 30/04/2018
The Tackling Young People's Self Harm Project
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Mindspace Limited
£137,424 17/10/2017
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A programme of group support and counselling sessions to support young people experiencing a range of mental health issues in Perth and Kinross. This will help them to understand and cope with their ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Mindspace
£70,000 27/03/2017
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over two years towards salaries and associated costs at a growing mental health project covering Perth and Kinross
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Young People's counselling service
£34,130 30/11/2016
Time limited professional counselling to improve mental wellbeing of young people aged 11 to 18 who have been abused or at risk of abuse. Based in Perth with outreach to rural areas of Perthshire. ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 33-68
  • IMRAY, Callum Scott
    Appointed: 2023
    Occupation: Senior Active Schools &Community Sport Coordinator
  • JARVIE, Jane
    Appointed: 2023
    Occupation: Corporate Communications Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 17/12/1981, number: SC002072
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/11/1997, number: SC180643
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Gateway, North Methven Street, Perth, PH1 5PP

Objectives

3.1 The Charitable Purposes of the Charity ('the Charitable Purposes') are. 3.1.1 to promote positive mental wellbeing in Perth & Kinross. 3.1.2 to promote the understanding of mental ill-health and self-management, promote co-production working practices with people with lived experience of mental ill-health and disseminate information on the facilities and services available for those affected by mental ill-health. 3.1.3 to promote knowledge of rights, and in partnership with those affected by mental ill-health, foster self-advocacy, choice, control and equal opportunities for all. and 3.1.4 to advance health by promoting the values of the Charity and influencing the development of mental health policies, strategies, and plans locally and nationally.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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