Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 29 ?

MIND IN HARROW 

Mind in Harrow provides services to people experiencing mental health problems who live in the London Borough of Harrow.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 26 years

www.mindinharrow.org.uk

info@mindinharrow.org.uk

02084260929

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,437£1,529£-92£30£768£6695.3405
31/03/22£1,498£1,470£28£26£860£6835.63065
31/03/21£1,462£1,452£10£24£831£6875.731100
31/03/20£1,298£1,259£38£33£822£6636.328100
31/03/19£1,057£1,084£-27£32£783£6847.625100
31/03/18£1,045£973£71£17£810£6988.6230
31/03/17£1,047£961£86£18£739£6558.2230
31/03/16£1,035£962£73£17£652£5717.1220
31/03/15£869£764£105£34£617£5218.2200
31/03/14£652£700£-48£36£512£4728.1170
31/03/13£707£733£-26£32£560£4968.1170
31/03/12£718£645£73£35£586£4618.6160
31/03/11£705£646£59£33£513£4358.1230
31/03/10£686£642£44£36£454£3827.1210
31/03/09£674£631£43£35£410£3827.3100
31/03/08*£529£451£78£35£367£3318.8100
31/03/07£504£468£36£28£289£2656.890
31/03/06£444£434£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£523£483£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£460£481£-21£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 9.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Harrow,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 40 employees
  • 5 volunteers

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£419,173
Comic Relief£413,302
City Bridge Trust£345,000
Henry Smith Charity£88,800
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£77,900
London Marathon Charitable Trust£42,000
DCMS£32,751
The London Community Foundation£32,343
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Stepping Stones
£42,000 30/08/2023
towards the delivery of the Stepping Stones physical activity and exercise programme in Harrow
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Mind in Harrow
£95,400 15/06/2023
£95,400 over 2 years (£49,600; £45,800) towards the cost of strengthening the voice and leadership skills of Harrow residents with mental ill health so that they can better influence and shape ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - HeadsUp
£379,602 27/04/2023
This project will use funding to deliver their local place-based consortium which will work to provide mental health pandemic-recovery support for children and young people across North West London.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mind in Harrow - Pandemic Recovery Helpline & Information Service
£9,949 28/07/2022
The funding will be used to recruit train and support volunteers for their mental health helpline and information service. The project aims to provide emotional support and signposting to help people ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 26/11/2021
Mind in Harrow Befriending Project
Sport England - COVID 19 RETURN TO PLAY
£7,940 27/08/2021
5
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID 19 RETURN TO PLAY . This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mind in Harrow
£88,800 06/05/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'On Your Side' project, providing volunteer peer advocacy for adults with enduring mental health problems in the London Borough of Harrow.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Mind in Harrow
£50,000 01/03/2021
£50,000 core funding over 12 months to cover the shortfall in key salaries across the team.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Mind in Harrow
£199,600 07/01/2021
36
£199,600 over two further and final years (£99,100; £100,500) for the costs of the Early Intervention and Project Coordinator (35hpw) at MiH and three posts (0.9 FTE) across the remaining ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Side by Side
£9,666 06/11/2020
6
The funding will be used to deliver a digital support service for people living with mental ill health. The project aims to improve their wellbeing and coping skills during Covid-19.
Comic Relief - Mind in Harrow Recovery Funding
£40,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£32,751 20/05/2020
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
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Mind In Harrow
£32,343 04/05/2020
The funding is to set up transformed mental health information, support and services AND increase our reach and capacity for local people experiencing poor mental health, exacerbated by the impact of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Befriending - Mind in Harrow
£9,976 22/04/2020
12
The funding will be used to run a befriending service for people living with mental ill health. The project aims to improve confidence and well-being.
Comic Relief - Heads Up Harrow Phase II Expansion
£373,302 21/01/2020
48
Heads Up aims to provide tailored therapeutic support to the most marginalised young people aged 11-24 in Harrow. The project will also provide mental health schools-based education and support to ....more
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Mind in Harrow
£77,900 08/10/2019
24
Community-led project empowering the Somali community and key health workers to understand and deal with mental ill-health.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mind in Harrow - Volunteer Training Programme
£9,980 26/04/2019
12
The funding will be used to train volunteers enabling them to befriend and support people experiencing mental ill health. This will increase participants' skills and create peer friendships.
Sport England - Stepping Stones
£9,980 09/10/2018
9
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Stepping Stones. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 25/07/2018
Stepping Stones
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Mind in Harrow
£292,300 23/11/2017
36
£292,300 over three years (£96,200; £97,600; £98,500) for the full time Outreach and Early Intervention Coordinator at MiH and three posts across the remaining consortia members, evaluation, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Early Help For Mental Health - Harrow Helpline & Roadshow
£9,900 15/11/2017
12
This project will increase the capacity of the group’s mental health helpline and publicise its services through a roadshow, helping people with issues such as depression to receive support.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mind in Harrow
£83,900 08/06/2017
30
towards three years' continuation funding of a project providing support, advice and advocacy to Somali refugees, asylum seekers and their families who experience poor mental health in the London ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Head for Work
£304,506 22/02/2017
35
This group is developing a project which aims to improve the self-confidence, employability and life skills of people with long-term and severe mental health problems, helping them to access flexible ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - HOPE - Helping Our People Engage
£10,000 13/07/2016
12
The group will use the funding to deliver volunteer opportunities for people who are living with mental health issues. This will lead to improved confidence and better chances in life.
Comic Relief - Nedaye Zan Campaign: Justice For Afghan Women (Nedaye Zan means 'voices of women' in Dari)
£116,197 16/03/2016
36
Nedaye Zan (means voices of women in Dari). An estimated 10,000 Afghan’s live in the London Borough of Harrow (5% of the population). Afghan women experience multiple disadvantages, poor mental and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mind in Harrow
£44,500 11/06/2015
24
towards two years' running costs of a project providing support, advice and advocacy to Somali refugees , asylum seekers and their families who experience poor mental health in the London Boroughs of ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Mind: Harrow
£60,000 13/04/2015
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the Bridging Cultures project which works to improve access to mental health support for people from 'hard to reach' refugee and migrant communities in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Hayaan Project
£10,000 07/05/2014
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Head For Work
£266,623 03/12/2013
37
This is a continuation project by MIND in Harrow (MH) which increases access to training and employment opportunities for long-term unemployed Harrow residents with severe and enduring mental health ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - HAPPI - Harrow Active Peer Project for Inclusion
£10,000 22/03/2012
12
This is a project by a charity in Harrow. The group will use the funding to recruit and train a group of volunteers to run a series of social events for people with mental health issues. This will ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mind in Harrow
£22,500 14/03/2012
towards one year's running costs of advice and advocacy support for the Somali community in the London Boroughs of Harrow and Brent
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Mind In Harrow
£24,000 28/07/2011
the salary and on costs of the Service Manager
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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-76
  • COLIN POWELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Operations Director
  • KANCHAN DESAI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired School Teacher
  • KOMAL RAJA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketing Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/01/1998, number: 1067480
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/04/1997, number: 03351324
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

132-134 COLLEGE ROAD
HARROW
MIDDLESEX
HA1 1BQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) AND IN ACCORDANCE E WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF MIND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HARROW

Data Sources

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