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The charity's activities include a Christmas Party fundraiser.
We held a Summer Fayre in July 2024 and a Christmas Party fundraiser in December 2024
Service · Procedural statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 3
The charity has an unrestricted fund balance of £694 at the end of the year.
an unrestricted fund balance of £694
Financial · Funding statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 8
The charity's expenditure for the year was £54,980.
a total expenditure of £54,980
Financial · Funding statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 8
The charity's income for the year was £71,544.
The Receipts and Payments Accounts appended show a total income for the year of £71,544
Financial · Funding statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 8
The charity's activities have been pro-rated to fit within secured funds.
Activities have been pro rated to fit within the funds secured and additional activities will be added to the programme as match funds continue to be secured
Service · Procedural statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 8
The charity secured a five-year grant from The National Lottery Community Fund.
The charity was successful in being awarded The National Lottery Community fund grant funding for 5 years for the period Apr 25 – Mar 30 representing a significant portion of the resources needed
Commissioning · Funding statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 8
The charity aims to build up reserves equivalent to three months' running costs.
The charity’s reserves policy is to build up the equivalent of 3-months’running costs
Financial · Commitment statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 8
The charity has a detailed funding strategy for the next five years.
We have developed a detailed funding strategy to support the delivery of our activities over the coming 5 years
Strategic · Commitment statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 8
The charity's beneficiaries include people with enduring mental health conditions.
100% of our beneficiaries were people living with a mental health condition or have/are experiencing mental ill health
Service · Observational claim · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 6
The charity's activities have positively impacted the mental health of service users.
An independent evaluation has been carried out to gauge the positive impact these activities have on the mental health of Kindred Minds service users
Service · Observational claim · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 4
The charity's activities include yoga, Tai Chi, peer support groups, pottery and arts & crafts.
Details of our activities are as follows: o Yoga – delivered by a qualified Yoga instructor in person, 44 weeks x 1.15hrs in person weekly sessions. o Tai Chi – delivered by a qualified Tai Chi instructor online, 44 weeks x 2x1hr weekly sessions o Weekly peer support groups providing space for mutual support and problem solving, 48 x 2hrs
Service · Procedural statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 4
The charity has secured grants and donations to support its activities.
Our charitable work and programme in this period were supported by John Moores Foundation, Suicide Prevention Grant, Eleanor Rathbone Charity, National Lottery Community Fund, PH Holt Foundation, Pilkington Charity Fund, LCVS, Rotary Liverpool South
Commissioning · Funding statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 3
The charity held a Strategic Planning Day in December 2024 to plan for business delivery during funding transitions.
During this period, we held a Strategic Planning Day on 17th December 2024 which focussed on strategies to continue business delivery during a period of transition between funding sources
Strategic · Commitment statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 3
The charity is significantly volunteer-led.
The charity is significantly volunteer-led and has in-kind support from various stakeholders including Lee Valley Millennium Centre.
Operational · Procedural statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 2
Kindred Minds employs one part-time staff member and engages freelancers for support.
The charity employed one part-time staff member in the year under review as well as engaging freelancers/self-employed workers to support the trustees with the development of the charity and its programme
Operational · Procedural statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 2
The charity's board of trustees meets every six weeks.
The charity's board of Trustees meet every 6 weeks.
Governance · Procedural statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 2
The charity provides peer support, social inclusion activities, and a safe place for discussion.
A) The provision of help, support, and advice through peer support; B) The promotion of social inclusion by providing access to creative health and wellbeing activities; C) To provide a 'safe place' where information, problems and experience can be exchanged and discussed
Service · Policy statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 2
The charity's objects include relieving the needs of those suffering from mental ill health in Merseyside.
To relieve the needs and to promote and preserve the good mental and physical health of those suffering from any form of mental ill health resident in the Merseyside area
Service · Policy statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 2
Kindred Minds was incorporated as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in May 2015.
The charity was incorporated as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with the Charity Commission on 27/05/2015
Governance · Policy statement · From Kindred Minds — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 May 2025, page 2
The Men's Health Forum had a total of £3,724 in governance costs as of March 2025.
Governance costs 30.3.25 30.3.24 Communication and awareness Total raising activities £ £ Staff costs - 2,069 Accountancy 3,639 3,941 Communications 85 100 3,724 6,110
Financial · Funding statement · From Men’s Health Forum — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 14