Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

NETWORKS OF WELLBEING LTD 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 31 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
Total income £107,795 £118,148 £213,215 £155,495 £180,950 £107,035
Total spending £115,678 £136,625 £128,530 £132,295 £153,190 £159,689
Surplus/deficit -£7,883 -£18,477 £84,685 £23,200 £27,760 -£52,654
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of health
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Aberdeenshire
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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
National Lottery Community Fund£283,298
Foundation Scotland£82,010
Scottish Government£7,645
DCMS£4,960
Corra Foundation£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Connecting Communities
£25,000 24/10/2023
To support the delivery of the wellbeing services provided by Networks of Wellbeing to enable them to build resilience, increase wellbeing for clients and address the challenges that the people in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting People and Communities 2
£133,389 22/06/2023
This group will continue to deliver and develop a programme of free community-based work supporting people with poor mental health to become more resilient and re-connect with others. The services ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Networks of Wellbeing Ltd
£50,000 26/04/2023
To allow time and resources to be given to understanding their service provision and needs of the community and to work in partnership with Gordon Rural Action to examine drivers of inequalities in ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,960 07/10/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Networks of Wellbeing Ltd
£4,960 07/10/2020
to create two new roles to support the increase in demand for support and services, including a counselling coordinator and a peer support facilitator.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Networks of Wellbeing Ltd
£2,050 17/06/2020
To purchase a laptop and smart phones so that staff can continue to provide counselling services across the NHS Grampian area and to fund an additional 22 hours of emergency counselling to ....more
Scottish Government - Networks of Wellbeing Ltd
£7,645 19/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting People to Communities
£149,909 27/01/2020
11
This group will continue to deliver and develop a holistic programme of community-based activities supporting people with poor mental health. People living with mild, severe or enduring mental health ....more
Corra Foundation - HDG-19/535
£4,000 01/06/2019
Towards the salary of the Services Manager to support people with poor mental health.
Robertson Trust - Running costs of Networks of Wellbeing
£15,500 12/03/2019
Running costs of Networks of Wellbeing
Corra Foundation - HDA-17/385
£5,000 05/10/2017
Towards the core running costs of the charity, i.e. rent and electricity.
National Lottery Community Fund - “Care IS the community” – growing mental health recovery services
£149,750 05/11/2016
36
This funding will allow the organisation to run a number of existing activities plus introduce some new ones at the request of participants. In addition to one to one support activities they will be ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 32-78
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 06/09/1993, number: SC021861
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/11/2001, number: SC225268
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

34 West Park Street, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, AB54 8DY

Objectives

The Company's charitable not for profit objectives are: To advance health and relieve need through or by: (a) Supporting members of the community (as defined in section 1(e)) to improve and maintain their resilience, mental health and wellbeing. (b) Providing and promoting mental health and wellbeing services for people of all ages regardless of whether a mental health condition has been formally diagnosed or not. (c) Contributing to and informing local, regional and national community based mental health policy and practice (d) Any other charitable objective that can be carried out from time to time by a charity that is registered with OSCR

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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