Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 14
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • CC Inquiry: -2Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +14

MERMAIDS 

Mermaids overarching aim is to create a world where gender diverse children and young people can be themselves and thrive; to this end, our goal is to relieve the mental and emotional stress of all those aged 19 years and under who are transgender, nonbinary and gender variant, as well as to promote education and awareness.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Charities Commission has initated an Inquiry into this charity (see details below)
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 9 years

www.mermaidsuk.org.uk

info@mermaidsuk.org.uk

08088010400

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UN SDGs
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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£2,295£2,431£-137£262£955£9434.744106
31/03/22£1,950£1,824£126£108£1,124£1,0737.13470
31/03/21£1,848£1,181£667£81£983£9549.72345
31/03/20£902£1,041£-139£41£303£26231831
31/03/19£715£407£309£0£461£41512.27128
31/03/18£318£200£117£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£128£123£5£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16£84£52£32£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 44 employees
  • 106 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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£275,500
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£223,000
Esmee Fairbairn£120,000
DCMS£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Follow on Funding
£133,000 25/10/2023
Mermaids works with and on behalf of transgender and gender variant children and young people in England, Scotland and Wales. It provides support to young people and their families, offers training ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mermaids
£95,500 15/06/2022
36
towards three years' salary of a Helpline Service Officer at an organisation providing information and support for young people aged 19 and under who are transgender or gender-nonconforming, and ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Mermaids
£120,000 01/04/2021
36
Towards unrestricted core costs to ensure the voice of young people who are transgender or gender diverse is heard in policy making forums, services and the media.
LGBT Consortium - Grant to Mermaids
£10,000 29/09/2020
A series of 12 podcasts, focusing on everyday issues faced by trans children and young people, helping to tackle anxiety and isolation during the covid pandemic.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mermaids
£180,000 16/09/2020
36
towards three years' continuation funding of an organisation providing information and support to young people who are transgender or gender-nonconforming, and their families, across the UK.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Mermaids Risk, Data Protection and Security Management
£90,000 13/07/2020
Mermaids works with and on behalf of transgender and gender variant children and young people across the UK. Demand for Mermaids’ support has grown exponentially in recent years and additional ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Mermaids
£5,000 11/06/2020
COVID19 : Upgrade of an online forum for a charity that supports transgender and gender varient children nationally
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£10,000 28/02/2020
Watford Residential for transgender young people and their families
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£5,000 28/02/2020
Watford Residential for transgender young people and their families
National Lottery Community Fund - Embrace, Empower and Educate transgender children and young people
£500,000 08/03/2019
60
The funding is for a project designed to support young people who are transgender or gender non-conforming. The project aims to reduce loneliness and isolation by helping parents and young people ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Mermaids - Pride of Place
£10,000 27/03/2018
12
The group will attend 25 Pride festivals to raise awareness of the issues faced by gender variant children and young people.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Mermaids
£94,000 19/03/2018
24
over two years towards the salary of a new legal advisor post at a national charity working with young people with gender identity issues and their families
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 14/11/2017
Core Support
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Volunteering engagement to empower and support transgender young people
£60,000 25/09/2017
24
Mermaids works with and on behalf of transgender and gender variant children and young people in England, Scotland and Wales. It plans to recruit a Volunteer and Events Manager to expand its ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mermaids
£91,800 07/09/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing information and support to young people who are transgender or gender-nonconforming, and their families, across the UK
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering Mermaids
£10,000 03/08/2016
12
The organisation will use the funding to extend their provision of residential weekends to deal with the increase in demand for their services to support families dealing with gender identity issues. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - A4A - Reaching out
£10,000 13/05/2015
12
The organisation will use the funding to pay operator costs to extend the hours of their helpline for children and young people with gender identity issues and their families. This will enable the ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/02/2015, number: 1160575
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Public Reports
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Regus
Princes Exchange
2 Princes Square
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS1 4HY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL STRESS OF ALL PERSONS AGED 19 YEARS AND UNDER WHO ARE IN ANY MANNER AFFECTED BY GENDER IDENTITY ISSUES, AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE SAME.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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