Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +10
    Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

    HEAR ME  

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
    Established: 11 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    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 £94,377 £109,550 £128,756 £183,449 £160,584 £154,382
    Total spending £71,460 £99,307 £114,658 £146,600 £159,615 £177,823
    Surplus/deficit £22,917 £10,243 £14,098 £36,849 £969 -£23,441
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of health
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Angus
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Older People
    • People with disabilities or health problems','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','Other defined groups

    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£175,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£102,436
    Foundation Scotland£48,678
    RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£46,480
    Scottish Government£5,000
    Co-Operative Group£3,704
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hear Me
    £111,000 15/03/2023
    36
    towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing trauma informed counselling and group programme for young people who have experienced sexual abuse in Angus, ....more
    RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Counselling for Children and Young People
    £46,480 24/11/2021
    Continuation funding towards our specialist outreach counselling project (including the salary costs of a 17.5hr per week counsellor for children and young people) who have experienced (or been ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Horizons Two
    £92,436 18/12/2020
    35
    The group will use the funding to continue and to expand their service providing support for survivors of sexual abuse throughout Dundee and Angus. The project will help survivors become volunteers ....more
    Scottish Government - Hear Me
    £5,000 25/11/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hear Me
    £3,704 24/10/2020
    We aim to deliver our 'Seasons for Growth' programme in Angus for survivors of sexual abuse (aged 10-16) to improve their mental health.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Hear Me
    £3,678 20/05/2020
    To enable Hear Me counsellors to deliver vital wellbeing support for survivors of sexual abuse.
    Foundation Scotland - Seasons
    £45,000 19/03/2020
    to contribute towards delivering 1:1 counselling sessions and facilitating an 8 week Seasons For Growth group programme.
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hear Me
    £64,000 10/12/2019
    36
    towards three years' salary of a Counsellor and Admin/Finance post at a project providing counselling for survivors of sexual abuse, aged 8-25, in Angus
    National Lottery Community Fund - Seasons
    £10,000 18/10/2019
    11
    This group will use the funding to continue providing trauma counselling and group work sessions for young survivors of sexual abuse in Angus. Counselling support will be delivered on an outreach ....more
    RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Children & Young People Project
    £30,000 28/11/2018
    Hear Me is a registered Scottish Charity, established in June 2013. The purpose is to provide a specialised counselling and support service in Angus to men, women and children (aged 8+) who have ....more
    Corra Foundation - HDA-18/428
    £4,000 04/10/2018
    Towards the Salary of the part-time Counsellor for Children and Young People
    National Lottery Community Fund - Horizons
    £55,819 25/06/2018
    24
    This group will use the funding to deliver their 'Horizons' project, which will develop a volunteering pathway for people who are survivors of sexual abuse. The service will predominantly work out of ....more
    Robertson Trust - Salary costs of the Pathways to the Future Support Workers
    £36,000 21/11/2017
    Salary costs of the Pathways to the Future Support Workers
    RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Hear Me Children and Young People
    £48,401 25/11/2015
    To provide free and confidential specialised counselling on an outreach basis, for children and young people age 8 to 18 years who have experienced (or been affected by) child sexual abuse at any ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 27/06/2013, number: SC044106
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    PO Box 7010, DD8 0BJ

    Objectives

    1 The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are advancing health (4.1 ? 4.7 listed below) and advancing education (4.8 listed below): 1.1 By enabling and supporting people who have experienced sexual abuse to self manage their own mental health 1.2 By enabling and supporting better mental health in all people who use our service 1.3 By enabling and supporting increased independence and autonomy in what people who use our service do 1.4 By enabling confidence in service users to have a say in matters of direct concern to their mental well being 1.5 By helping equip the service user with better and safer coping strategies to manage their mental health problems 1.6 By enabling the service user to have more awareness of opportunities and what they can hope for themselves 1.7 By enhancing the service users well-being, with increase in confidence, self-esteem and self belief 1.8 By the provision of training to volunteer counsellors and the wider community

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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