Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

BATH MIND 

To promote good mental health throughout Bath and surrounding area and improve the lives of anyone living with mental ill health. We provide housing with support and care, welfare benefits advice, training packages for businesses and Mental Health First Aid courses, community groups and social enterprises such as Greenlinks gardening group, Food for Thought Open Opportunities and Friends in Need.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 26 years

www.bathmind.org.uk

admin@bathmind.org.uk

01225316356

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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£2,681£2,835£-154£24£915£5152.211740
31/03/22£2,485£2,166£318£20£1,069£5252.99148
31/03/21£1,842£1,585£257£23£751£4793.67152
31/03/20*£1,314£1,058£256£38£493£3654.15846
31/03/19£865£816£49£13£237£1632.44145
31/03/18£601£631£-29£0£188£1713.3170
31/03/17£519£502£17£0£217£2125.1140
31/03/16£494£458£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£397£483£-86£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£527£563£-35£3£251£2134.5130
31/03/13£607£569£38£3£286£2485.2160
31/03/12£530£513£17£3£248£2114.9160
31/03/11£560£534£25£2£232£2104.7160
31/03/10£486£454£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£422£402£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£393£357£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£393£385£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£393£375£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£406£398£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£532£567£-35£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 34%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 56%
Reserves/Spending: 2.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 117 employees
  • 40 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Wiltshire,

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£343,086
Co-Op Foundation£115,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
Quartet Community Foundation£35,230
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bath Mind
£5,000 01/02/2023
For our longstanding football well-being group to continue to run and support people with their mental health and well-being.
Somerset Community Foundation - Contribution towards core running costs
£1,500 01/11/2022
Grant to Bath Mind
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bath Mind
£1,824 22/10/2022
We would like to be able to support more local people through our Greenlinks site, by purchasing the necessarily materials and plants to improve our facilities.
Co-Op Foundation - Room 627
£45,000 13/10/2022
The project will work with an additional 4 schools to deliver co-created creative wellbeing sessions and resources, where Wellbeing Ambassadors will share their experience with younger pupils. The ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 22/04/2022
Welfare Benefits & Financial Wellbeing
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bath Mind
£1,942 23/10/2021
We would like to provide ecotherapy, gardening skills and new horticultural projects from Monksdale Road Allotments for people facing mental health and physical health challenges.
Quartet Community Foundation - Run with Bath Mind
£1,000 25/06/2021
"Hannah the Runner" and her team will deliver a weekly running group for Bath Mind's clients, to support their mental health and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bath Mind ‘Live Learn Share’.
£278,736 10/03/2021
48
The funding will cover Bath Mind’s core services over 4 years. It will allow them to continue providing responsive mental health services and to pioneer new approaches bringing about a better ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Eco Project Forest Garden for Greenlinks
£1,330 21/01/2021
People with mental health challenges will plant up a "Forest Garden".
Quartet Community Foundation - Building Resilience in Young People - Safe Space Youth Group
£5,000 16/12/2020
For a new youth group, Safe Space, which will provide specific activities to engage and support young people's mental health and wellbeing.
Co-Op Foundation - Bath Mind  #iwill School Transitions application
£70,000 19/11/2020
To design ‘Creative Kindness’ workshops in North East Somerset with older pupils, who will then tour these workshops across their link schools, culminating in a collectively designed ‘Manifesto ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bath Mind
£10,000 29/07/2020
To appoint an Office Manager to take over much of the managerial administration that is currently being handled primarily by the CEO.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 29/07/2020
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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Mind - Bath
£5,000 23/07/2020
Grant to Mind - Bath meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bath Mind 'Live Learn Share'
£55,000 02/06/2020
5
The funding will enable the project to set up a 'compassionate community hub' which will support the most vulnerable through Covid-19 by offering food parcels and specialist support with mental ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£30,000 07/05/2020
Bath Mind Moving Forward
CAF - Grant to Bath Mind
£4,000 29/04/2020
3
Grant to Bath Mind to support the organisation through COVID19
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bath Mind
£10,000 27/04/2020
To provide crucial benefits & emotional support to individuals experiencing acute stress & symptoms of mental ill health because of their financial situation, which has been impacted because ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Cabinet Of Compassion
£9,350 23/03/2020
12
The project will engage young people in mental health issues through a participatory arts experience. This will tackle stigma, discrimination and improve wellbeing.
Quartet Community Foundation - Monksdale ' Mindfully Making More'
£2,900 14/01/2020
9
Toward the cost of a Greenhouse and the reskinning of a polytunnel to be used for training and and food production in support of the Greenlinks eco-therapy allotment project and the Food for Thought ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Mind - Bath
£14,000 20/09/2019
12
The charity supports people with mental health issues. The grant will fund additional staff capacity for the charity to develop a theory of change, new outcomes framework and implement a database.
National Lottery Community Fund - Commovers
£100,000 28/02/2019
24
The project prevents and reduces social isolation in rural areas by connecting isolated people with experiences, other people and their wider communities to boost wellbeing, improve health, improve ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Kindness Prescriptions
£2,500 23/05/2018
7
For a professional high quality artist to provide 2 days of drop in workshops around self compassion, kindness, stress and well-being for 150+ people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Greenlinks The Garden Allotment Project
£10,000 14/03/2018
12
The funding will be used to run gardening sessions for people with mental and physical health conditions. The project aims to provide social support and increased wellbeing.
Quartet Community Foundation - Evening Safe Space - The Haven
£2,500 10/11/2016
4
To carry out an initial 5 month scoping exercise to establish evidence for a Safe Space (Haven) within B&NES.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Mind - Bath
£15,000 28/03/2014
Bath Mind supports adults with lived experience of mental illness. This request will enable the charity to take on more volunteers to act as mentors and provide a listening service for people in ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-71
  • DAVID GOODALL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Barclays Regional Head
  • EMILY MCKAY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Manager
  • PIP GALLAND (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/05/1998, number: 1069403
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/03/1998, number: 03531040
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 1 days late,
Main office

10 Westgate Street
Bath
BA1 1EQ

Objectives

(A) 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. (B) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER AND EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS AND TO OBTAIN AND MAKE RECORDS OF AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SAME AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING T O MENTAL HEALTH (C) THE ASSOCIATIONS AREA OF BENEFIT IS BATH AND SURROUNDING AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BATH AND SURROUNDING AREA.

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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