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VOLUNTARY SECTOR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS FORUM (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

Company number: 05536120 Charity number: 1120222

VOLUNTARY SECTOR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS FORUM

REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

Contents Page
Trustees’ Report 1 – 14
Independent Examiner’s Report 15
Statement of Financial Activities 16
Statement of Financial Position 17
Statement of Cash Flows 18
Notes to the Financial Statements 19 – 28

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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

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Status: The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 15 August The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 15 August The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 15 August
2005 and registered as a charity on 24 July 2007.
Company Number: 05536120
Charity Number: 1120222
Registered Office and 3rdFloor Watson House, 54 Baker Street, London, W1U 7BU
Operational Address:
Trustees The Directors of the charitable company are its Trustees for the purposes of charity law.
The Trustees who have served from 1 April 2020 up to the date of approval of these
financial statements were as follows:
Stephen Shrubb - Chair
Sanjay Shah - Treasurer
Aileen Edwards - CEO Second Step
Brendan Hill - CEO Mental Health Concern (resigned 31 March 2021)
Derek Caren - CEO Richmond Fellowship
Mark
Winstanley-		 - CEO Rethink Mental Illness
Kimmis
Rachel Peacock - CEO Making Space
Julie Layton - CEO Advance UK
Sarah Hughes - CEO Centre for Mental Health
Steve Gilbert - Independent Consultant
Steve Appleton - CEO Contact Consulting
Linda Bryant - CEO Together for Mental Wellbeing
Margaret Hanson - CEO Imagine Independence
Sarah Maguire - CEO Choice Support
Ashwin Mathews - CEO Centre for Better Health

Chief Executive Officer Kathy Roberts and Company Secretary: Bankers: CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4QT Independent Michael Tourville Examiner: Beever and Struthers 15 Bunhill Row London EC1Y 8LP

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TRUSTEES’ REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

The Trustees present their report and the examined financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. The Trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (FRS 102) published in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011 and the Companies Act 2006 in preparing the annual report and financial statements of the charity.

Structure, governance & management

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 15 August 2005 and registered as a charity on 24 July 2007.

The company was established under a memorandum of association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its articles of association.

Aims and public benefit

Voluntary Sector Mental Health Providers Forum trading as the Association of Mental Health Providers (The Association), formerly Mental Health Providers Forum, is a representative organisation for providers of mental health and wellbeing services. The Association want service users to have access to joined up, seamless services from the organisations that support them, and are committed to working in equal partnership with statutory agencies involved in providing health and social care support for people with mental health needs.

We facilitate this through supporting and promoting effective service delivery, information exchange and the sharing of best practice across the voluntary, statutory and private sectors.

Our charitable objects:

To relieve the needs of people with mental health conditions in England and Wales by:

Our values

A society where everyone with mental health concerns has the right to get the support they need from a wide range of providers, implementing demonstrable values which include:

Statement of Public Benefit

The Directors confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission in determining the activities undertaken by the charity. How the charity delivers public benefit is explained under section 3 “Current Activities and Work Programmes” below.

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1 Strategic overview

Association of Mental Health Providers continues to be the leading representative body for voluntary sector providers of mental health services with members drawn from national, regional and locally based organisations operating across England. As the only representative body for mental health VCSE providers, The Association is ideally placed to work across all types of service provision. Our members provide services covering the full range of provision from crisis care, liaison and diversion services, substance misuse services, complex needs, to advice and counselling to people with lived experience. Specialisms amongst our members include BME mental health, children and young people’s mental health, housing and homelessness, employment support, IAPT and secure pathways – taking a whole-life and whole-person approach. Our members are united by their desire to improve the quality of care for people with mental health needs and the outcomes of the services provided.

2 Strategic priorities, objectives and activities

Overarching priorities

Strategic objectives

Support to members

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3. Achievements and Performance

3.1 Social Care and Mental Health

Our CEO, Kathy Roberts, was invited to co-chair the Department of Health and Social Care’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Advisory group, reporting to the Social Care Taskforce chaired by David Pearson, Director of Social Care at DHSC. The Advisory group met four times between July and August and submitted a final report with their advice and recommendations to be considered by the Social Care Taskforce/DHSC. The themes that were discussed during the sessions included the impact of Covid-19 on people with mental health needs; impact of Covid-19 on mental health service providers and commissioners; and the capacity and wellbeing of the workforce and volunteers. Membership of the Advisory Group consisted of VCSE mental health service providers, ADASS, LGA, NHSE&I, PHE, DHSC, people with lived experience, and others.

The Social Care Task Force has now been reconstituted as an advisory and implementation group, which Kathy continues to represent the mental health and social care sector on. The Association continues to support the work of the Group through the Mental Health and Wellbeing Policy and Oversight Group (replacing the advisory group), which continues to be chaired by Kathy Roberts.

The Group continues to provide us with a vehicle to convey concerns for members as they endeavour to ensure business and service continuity in both NHS and LA commissioned mental health and wellbeing services. We have also been able to take the opportunity of the work of this Group to explore with LGA colleagues the potential for an improvement plan for social care and mental health and wellbeing services during and beyond the pandemic.

3.2 Recovery and Prevention

One of the key objectives of The Association is to promote recovery of mental health conditions. There is growing awareness that this should take in all areas of individuals’ lives, a holistic process that focuses on more than clinical recovery. There is an emphasis on improved self-management, stronger social relationships, suitable and settled accommodation, improved chances in education and higher employment rates.

The Five Year Forward View also stated that there needs to be prevention plans in every community across England to help integrate public health, social care and housing and improve health outcomes, with mental health campions in every community.

The Association has continued to work with the Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England to build resilience and promote prevention so that more people are supported earlier. The Association is also a founding partner of the Mental Health Challenge programme, and has continued its involvement in the delivery of support to Champions in Local Authorities.

In order to deliver improved prevention, crisis support and recovery The Association continues to promote whole system solutions and a more collaborative and integrated approach to the provision of services, with involvement in service transformation planning, case studies and knowledge and working closely with system partners

Public Benefit

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3.3 Programmes

Health and Wellbeing Alliance

The Association became a key partner of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance in April 2017, which is jointly managed by the Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England, and NHS England. The programme follows on from the Department of Health Third Sector Strategic Partnership Programme, which we were partners in from April 2010 – March 2017. The Association has been the lead partner, in both programmes, of a group of voluntary sector mental health organisations – the Mental Health Consortium - including Centre for Mental Health, Mental Health Foundation, Mind, National Survivor User Network, and Rethink Mental Illness. Together, we work to promote better outcomes for mental health service users and carers, making information and best practice more accessible. The Health and Wellbeing Alliance is made up of 20 other not-for-profit partners that represent communities who share protected characteristics or that experience health inequalities, and through our individual networks, the partners can link with communities and VCSE organisations across England. Through the Programme, the Mental Health Consortium links with System Partners to undertake specific agreed work programmes aimed at benefiting the strategic development of the not for profit mental health, and wider health and social care, sector.

The Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Alliance has been established to:

The objectives of the Programme are to:

The Mental Health Consortium partners worked collaboratively to support the development of health and social care policy across government in order to:

Our work programmes with other Health and Wellbeing Alliance partners, leading to March 2021 have been diverse and each of the projects for 2020-2021 have made significant progress:

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Public Benefit

Enterprise Development Programme

The Association were chosen as the mental health sector partner for the EDP and is managing the programme until September 2022. It offers grant and learning support for SME social sector organisations operating in England, to help them test, implement or scale enterprise activities, in turn helping a diversification of income and increased organisational sustainability. Furthermore, there will be great opportunity for The Association to collect and communicate learning for the benefit of the wider Mental Health sector such as the critical factors of different enterprise models.

Between April 2020 and March 2021, we have welcomed two cohorts of 26 organisations in total to the Programme to receive learning and grant support. The variety of organisations offers good diversity in terms of geography, trading ideas, and types of mental health support services offered. We have supported these organisations by allocating £510,000, with an average of £19,000 per organisation, where 42% of grants allocated have been for increasing capacity. 60 days of support have been given by strategic finance consultants to improve financial systems and processes. All organisations in the first intake were given access to a “core learning programme” (a block of 9 modules across 6 months focused on the fundamentals of running a successful enterprise, provided by School of Social Entrepreneurs. This also had elements of peer networking / learning built into the design.)

The application window for the third cohort was also launched in this financial year, with this cohort welcomed in June 2021. Going forward, the diversity of organisations to date is encouraging but we want to continue this. As we launch further application windows, we want to increase the representation of user-led organisations and those specifically ethnic minority communities. As we move out of Covid restrictions, we want to consider how the programme support may want to operate in comparison to fully remote nature to date. For example, in what scenarios is there. As we continue to design learning opportunities for participants, we’re keen to Increase our pool of ‘expert witnesses’, i.e. leaders from the Mental Health sector with experience in trading / enterprise income models who can share their experience to supplement workshops. Moving into Year 2, a key consideration is how we capture learning around enterprise models so other organisations in the Mental Health sector can benefit. Initial ideas being considered at the moment are ‘a enterprise model library’, ‘an enterprise idea generator tool’.

Mental Health Sustainability Programme

In response to the pandemic, The Association, in coalition with 15 other leading mental health charities and social enterprises launched the Mental Health Sustainability Programme to help VCSE mental health service providers sustain their services during and after the pandemic. The Programme particularly seeks to support communities who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic due to existing health inequalities, such as minoritised communities, LGBT+, children and young people, older people, new mothers, and those in contact with the criminal justice system.

A key element of the Programme, facilitated by the funding received, was the employment of the Community Engagement Officer who has been integral to the functioning and expansion of the Programme.

The Programme has successfully matched 9 Providers with private sector partner organisations, and most of those projects are ongoing. We have also welcomed a new cohort of Providers and are currently working with private sector partners to facilitate matches to support their needs.

In December 2020/January 2021, we ran a small grants funding round, awarding just over £100,000 to 34 providers to ensure all costs awarded would justifiably support the Providers’ sustainability. This was a very

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successful and impactful element of the Programme, and we are beginning to receive very positive feedback of funds having been spent and the benefit this has provided to the beneficiaries.

We have also established a matched funded partnership with Creative Minds, a charity hosted by South West Yorkshire NHS Foundation Trust, which develops creative activities in partnership with community organisations to improve the health and wellbeing of Trust service users. To date, they have used the Programme’s funding to train community reporters in partnership with People’s Voice Media, whose role it is to collect stories from communities in order to co-create relevant creative projects. They are now moving into project creation and we look forward to hearing more about these in the near future.

In response to frequently raised queries, the Programme has also developed to provide further services to the enrolled Providers, namely:

Care Provider Alliance

From August 2020, our CEO, Kathy Roberts has chaired the Care Provider Alliance, which is collective, national voice of adult social care providers in England. The CPA brings together the ten national associations which represent private, voluntary and community sector providers and speaks for the whole of the adult social care sector including care homes, home care services, Shared Lives schemes and retirement communities.

The CPA represents providers of support to adults with physical, sensory or learning disabilities, people with mental ill-health, and older people. CPA members cover almost 10,000 organisations, employ over 600,000 staff, and support an estimated 1 million people every day. The CPA has worked on the following priorities during 2020 -2021

The CPA’s role is to:

The CPA’s unparalleled reach into the care sector enables us to collect, collate and communicate insights about new developments, innovations and market trends, and their impact on care providers and the people they support. Working with our network of CPA members, developing and sharing practical advice and guidance for care managers, owners and staff.

3.4 Stakeholder Engagement

Our communications outputs enable The Association to make information accessible to promote the work of the organisation to a wider audience. This enables The Association to reach out to organisations across the voluntary, private and statutory sector. It promotes dialogue across the sectors and the sharing of ways of working that have an impact on the quality of care provision.

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During 2020/21 The Association hosted over 100 members meetings to foster engagement between the organisation and its membership, increase networking opportunities, outline our work programme to encourage involvement, as well as provide opportunities for VCSE providers to share best practice to improve service delivery. The meetings allowed members to share their experiences of the pandemic and the impact on service delivery, learn from and support each other, and share challenges and solutions. The engagement with members helped inform policy throughout the year. We have built on these engagement meetings by also hosting roundtable/ webinars events to inform the direction of mental health policy.

The Association has also developed two subgroups for members to participate in specific themed areas of work. Through our engagement with members, we established three new member-led workstreams which have informed policy and practice through events and publications.

Communications

The Association has improved communications with our members by sending regular updates to inform colleagues of our work. A monthly bulletin is sent that consists of relevant updates on strategic system changes and allows members to respond actively to government and national strategy. Members also receive detailed updates regarding our work across our priority areas and policy updates containing vital information about policy developments and further opportunities for engagement.

Profiling the Sector and The Association

Promoting the role of providers in the sector is a key role for The Association as well as a better understanding of the role of the organisation. The Association has continued to pursue opportunities to raise the profile the sector and the contribution it makes in providing mental health services. Among the main activities have been:

Public Benefit

3.5 Strategic Influencing

The Association has been in a good position to influence the shaping of mental health policy and practice and has undertaken several key tasks in order to ensure that the not-for-profit mental health provider community has a clear voice:

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3.6 Plans for Future Periods

The Association will continue to

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4. Governance

The Chief Executive is responsible to the Chair for organisational management and supporting the Governance. The Board of Trustees meets quarterly where quarterly performance and strategies are discussed. The Board of Trustees then delegate operational responsibility to the Chief Executive who is supported by staff in delivering The Association’s objectives.

Board of Directors/Trustees

The Association’s Board is elected from the membership at Chief Executive level of organisations involved in the mental health sector. Stephen Shrubb was appointed as Chair in September 2017. Sanjay Shah, Finance Director for Certitude was appointed as Treasurer in December 2009. Trustees are familiar with the aims of the organisation through their work in the sector. Training is provided as required to assist Trustees in making decisions to benefit the work of The Association.

Staff

The Association employed a total of 8 staff during the year:

Kathy Roberts Chief Executive Officer - FT
Dania Hanif Policy and Communications Lead (until August 2020) Head of Policy and
Programmes (from August 2020) - FT
Duncan Tree Director of Policy and Partnerships – FT from February 2020
Greg Woolley Social Enterprise Development Manager – FT
Jyoti Shah Finance Officer - PT
Hayley Alton Community Engagement Officer (started September 2020)
Daniah Hafez Project Support Coordinator (started November 2020)
Caitlin McFee Project Lead, MHSP (one-year secondment funded by her employer Linklaters
LLP – started September 2020)

Membership

The Association has 230 members of which 122 are Local Mind Associations at year end. We also have 9 Associate Members who are not service providers but organisations with aligned values and mission. A full list of members on 31[st] March 2021 is given on pages 11-13.

5. Financial Review

The Association has continued to manage resources effectively particularly during the past 12 months where we have continued to see a significant tightening of funds available across the sector as we work through the impact of Covid19. We have seen some significant changes to our income base which was due to the organisation being asked to lead on the Mental Health Sustainability Programme which is to sustain services and improve and protect peoples’ mental health and wellbeing during and after the coronavirus pandemic. Donations were made from the private sector for this programme but it is grant income for AMHP, in total £504k was received. In addition, we received other grant income of £336k for a number of different programmes.

At the year end the financial statements show a surplus of £423,179 (2019/20: £42,577) mainly due to a surplus on grant income which will be utilised in 2021/22 and further. Expenditure has been managed very well leaving £73,329 of unrestricted reserves to be used next year if required.

Membership subscription in 2020/21 has decreased marginally to £80,114 (2019/20: £80,410). The full membership list is on pages 11-13.

Debtors have been managed very well during the year with membership fees and other income being paid on a timely basis. Creditors have been managed well by the team during the year thus maximising the overall cash position.

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Sanjay Shah as Treasurer liaises with the Chief Executive and Finance Officer on financial matters and advises the Board and the Executive Committee. We continue to receive the valued support and input of our independent examiners, Beever and Struthers.

Reserves policy

The Board have agreed to keep a minimum of 3 months operating costs as reserves to ensure the on-going viability of the organisation. The Association is reliant on membership and grant income which remains difficult to maintain and has fluctuated over the past few years. To ensure The Association can continue to provide good effective support to its members it needs to ensure it has sufficient reserves to manage further reduction in income and protect its core support that it provides.

Following the surplus generated for 2020/21, the general reserves have increased from £223,778 to £297,107. Restricted funds have increased from £67,917 to £417,767 as a result of large grants received during the year.

The reserves target is currently being exceeded with reserves of over 12 months based on 2021/22 budgeted expenditure.

Going Concern

We have set out above a review of financial performance and the organisations reserves position. We have adequate financial resources and are well placed to manage the business risks. Our planning process, including financial projections, has taken into consideration the current economic climate and its potential impact on the various sources of income and planned expenditure. We believe that there are no material uncertainties that call into doubt the organisation’s ability to continue. The accounts have therefore been prepared on the basis that the organisation is a going concern.

Detailed cash flow projections have been undertaken for the next 24 months and there are no material changes projected to both cash and reserves. We can manage our expenditure should the need arise where our income is reduced.

Staff Remuneration

Our approach to remuneration is designed to ensure we can attract and retain the talented and motivated people we need to achieve our mission and deliver our strategic goals. It is applied consistently across the organisation. We aim to pay competitively in the not-for-profit sector within the context of affordability. The Chief executive reviews and recommends pay reviews for all staff to the Board, the chair reviews and recommends the Chief Executive’s remuneration review to the Board.

Related parties

The organisations for which the Trustees hold Chief Executive Positions are also members of The Association with membership fees paid under the same terms as for all members. The Association holds the lead and coordination role for the Health and Wellbeing Alliance funded by the Department of Health and Social Care. Funds are distributed to the Mental Health Foundation, Mind National, National Survivor User Network, Rethink Mental Illness and Centre for Mental Health. Please see note 17 for related party transactions.

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MEMBERSHIP

1. Action for Asperger’s
2. Addictions Northeast
3. Addictions UK
4. Advance Housing and Support Ltd
5. Al Hurraya
6. Anxiety UK
7. Anxious Minds
8. Arterne: Enriching the next generation CIC
9. Artlift
10. Asian Family and Counselling Centre
11. Asperger’s Children and Carers Together
12. Black Health Initiative
13. Blue Stone Consortium
14. Bridge Mental Health
15. Bridges for Children CIC
16. Brighton Housing Trust
17. Care in Mind
18. Cass Plus
19. Centre for Better Health
20. Centre for Wellbeing, Training and Culture
21. Certitude Support
22. Chapter Mental Health
23. Chasing the Stigma
24. Chilli Studios
25. Choice Support
26. Choices Islington
27. Coping with Cancer
28. Crea8ing Careers
29. Cygnus Support
30. Deaf-initely Women
31. Dementia Friendly Keighley
32. Growing Well
33. hArt
34. Headssup CIC
35. Home Start Elmbridge
36. Home Start South & West Devon
37. Hope for the Community
38. I Can Do That! CIC
39. Illuminate
40. Imagine Independence
41. Independent Mental Health Network
42. Just for Women
43. Kab's & Kabs cares CIC
44. Kanlungan Filipino Consortium
45. KeyRing
46. Kids Inspire
47. Kindred Minds
48. Living Well Consortium
49. Local Mind Associations (122 independent, affiliated charities)
50. Make a move
51. Making Space
52. ManHealth
53. Mashriq Challenge Resource Centre (MCRC)
54. Maytree Respite Centre
55. Mental Health Concern
56. Mental Health Matters
57. MHFA England

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  1. MhIST (Mental Health Independent Support Team) 59. Minds Ahead 60. Moodswings Network 61. Mosac 62. Mosaic Clubhouse 63. Multicultural Resource Centre 64. Mums Aid 65. Muslim Womens Council 66. Muslim Youth Helpline 67. N | Compass Northwest 68. Next Chapter NW CIC 69. NIWE Eating distress service 70. No5 Young People 71. North East Wellbeing 72. Oakleaf Enterprise 73. OCD UK 74. Open Briefing 75. Open Door Centre 76. Our Place Support CIC 77. Our Time 78. Radiate Arts C.I.C 79. Relate Chesterfield and North Derbyshire 80. Recovery Republic 81. Rethink Mental Illness 82. Richmond Fellowship 83. Recovery Republic CIC 84. Seaview Project 85. Second Step Housing Association Ltd 86. Self Help Services Ltd 87. Sheffield Flourish 88. Southside Rehabilitation Association 89. Studio Upstairs 90. Talk for Health 91. Taraki Wellbeing 92. The Cellar Trust 93. The Centre for Specialist Educational Assistance ltd 94. The Listening Place 95. The Parent House 96. The Parenting Project 97. The Recovery Circle 98. The Warrior Programme 99. Together for Mental Wellbeing 100. Triumph over Phobia 101. Turning Point 102. Tyneside Womens Health 103. Voades 104. VoiceAbility 105. Warrington Community Living 106. Wish 107. Working Well Trust 108. Yellow House 109. YiS Young People’s Mental Health

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

  1. Agenda – Alliance for Women and Girls at Risk

  2. Centre for Mental Health 3. FaithAction

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  1. Men’s Health Forum

  2. Mental Health Foundation

  3. Mental Health North East

  4. National LGBT Partnership

  5. National Survivor User Network 9. Volition

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Trustees’ Responsibilities in Relation to the Financial Statements

A resolution proposing that Beever and Struthers be re-appointed as independent examiners of the charity will be put to the Annual General Meeting.

The report of the Trustees has been prepared taking advantage of the small companies’ exemption of section 415(A) of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to the financial statements and comply with the charity’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland published in October 2019.

This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 20 July 2021 and was signed on its behalf, by:

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES

OF VOLUNTARY SECTOR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS FORUM

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

I report to the charity Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2021 which are set out on pages 16 to 28.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity Trustees of the company (and also its Directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your company’s financial statements as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

  3. the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the financial statements give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

  4. the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.

Michael Tourville ACA Beever and Struthers Chartered Accountants

15 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8LP

Date: 22 September 2021

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (incorporating the Income and Expenditure Account)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

Note
Income and Endowments from:
Investments:
Investment income
3
Charitable activities:
Grants receivable
Membership services, conferences and events
2
Total incoming resources
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
4
Total resources expended
Net incoming / (expenditure)
7
Transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Total
Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
2021
2020
£
£
£
£
153
-
153
350
6,206
834,286
840,492
302,279
80,114
-
80,114
80,410
86,320
834,286
920,606
378,559
86,473
834,286
920,759
378,909
13,144
484,436
497,580
336,332
13,144
484,436
497,580
336,332
73,329
349,850
423,179
42,577
-
-
-
-
73,329
349,850
423,179
42,577
223,778
67,917
291,695
249,118
297,107
417,767
714,874
291,695

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. All gains and losses recognised in the year are included above.

The notes on pages 19 to 28 form an integral part of these financial statements.

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COMPANY NUMBER: 05536120

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 MARCH 2021

Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
9
Intangible assets
10
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in hand
CREDITORS: amounts falling
due within one year
12
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL NET ASSETS
13
CHARITY FUNDS
Unrestricted reserves
14
Restricted reserves
15		 £
3,524
735,301		 2021
£
2,792
-
712,082
714,874		 2020
£
£
1,267
1,624
40,949
264,538
305,487
(16,683)
288,804
291,695
223,778
67,917
291,695
738,825
(26,743)
297,107
417,767
714,874

For the year ending 31 March 2021 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors’ responsibilities:

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime and in accordance with FRS 102 and the Charities SORP (FRS 102).

The financial statements on pages 16 to 28 were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees on 20 July 2021 and signed on their behalf, by:

Stephen Shrubb Chair

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Sanjay Shah
Treasurer
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The notes on pages 19 to 28 form an integral part of these financial statements.

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

Notes
Cash flow from operating activities
Net cash flow from operating activities
i
Cash flow from investing activities
Investment income
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing
activities
Cash flow from financing activities
Net Cash provided by/(used in) financing
activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the
year
Cash and cash equivalents brought forward
Cash and cash equivalents carried forward
Cash and cash equivalents consist of:
Cash at bank and in hand
Note i
Net movement in funds
Depreciation
Investment income
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Net cash inflow from operating activities		 2021
2020
£
£
473,845
5,816
153
350
(3,235)
(1,900)
(3,082)
(1,550)
-
-
-
-
470,763
4,266
264,538
260,272
735,301
264,538
735,301
264,538
423,179
42,577
3,334
2,258
(153)
(350)
37,425
(39,580)
10,060
911
473,845
5,816

The notes on pages 19 to 28 form an integral part of these financial statements.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Legal Status

Voluntary Sector Mental Health Providers Forum is a charitable company limited by guarantee (Charity number 1120222, Company number: 05536120) with the Charity Commission incorporated in England under the Companies Act 2006. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity. The address of the registered office is 3rd Floor Watson House, 54 Baker Street, London, W1U 7BU. The nature of the charity’s operations and principal activities are supporting voluntary sector mental health organisations in influencing mental health practice and policy.

Basis of Accounting

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Practice.

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost basis of accounting and are presented in sterling £.

As a public benefit entity, Voluntary Sector Mental Health Providers Forum, has applied the public benefit entity ‘PBE’ prefixed paragraphs of FRS 102.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost and represent amounts expended on capital items exceeding £500.

Depreciation is calculated so as to the write off cost of fixed assets over the estimated useful lives of the assets concerned as follows:

Computer equipment Over 3 years

Intangible fixed assets

Intangible fixed assets are stated at cost and represent amounts expended on capital items exceeding £500.

Amortisation is calculated so as to the write off cost of fixed assets over the estimated useful lives and their useful lifespans of the assets concerned as follows:

Software Over 3 years

Income

Membership income is recognised over the year to which it relates, net of VAT. Revenue grants are credited to the financial statements when received or receivable, whichever is earlier, unless they relate to a specific future year, in which case they are deferred.

Expenditure

Resources expended are recognised in the year in which they are incurred. Resources expended include attributable VAT which cannot be recovered. Costs are allocated to activities where directly attributable. Support costs are apportioned based on an estimate of staff time spent on each activity.

Governance costs include costs incurred in meeting constitutional and statutory requirements.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Fund accounting

The general fund comprises those monies that may be used towards meeting the charitable objectives at the discretion of the Trustees.

The restricted funds are monies raised for, and their use restricted to, a specific purpose, or donations subject to donor imposed conditions. Expenditure meeting the relevant criteria is charged to this fund.

Taxation

The company is a registered charity and therefore is not liable for income tax or corporation tax on income derived from its charitable activities, as it falls within the various exemptions available to registered charities.

Pension costs

The charitable company operates a defined contribution scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charitable company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable under the scheme by the charitable company to the fund. The charitable company has no liability under the scheme other than for the payment of those contributions.

Going Concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The Trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.

Financial instruments

Financial instruments such as loans, accounts payables, accounts receivables and cash are classified either as basic or complex. All financial instruments are initially measured at their fair values at the time the transactions occur. Subsequently all basic instruments are measured at amortised cost and all complex financial instruments are measured at a fair value through the comprehensive income.

Financial instruments held by the charity are classified as follows:

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have been made in the process of applying the above accounting policies that have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements:

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

2. INCOMING RESOURCES FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Grants receivable
Health and Wellbeing Alliance
Access
National Care Forum
NHS East of England
Health Education England
Voluntary Organisations Disability
Group
Santander Internship Funding
CPA Additional Work Funding
Mental
Health
Sustainability
Programme
Membership
services,
conferences and events
Membership subscriptions
Total		 Unrestricted
funds
2021
Restricted
funds
2021
Total
funds
2021
£
£
£
6,206
80,000
86,206
-
137,688
137,688
-
30,963
30,963
-
29,975
29,975
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
51,910
51,910
-
503,750
503,750
Total
funds
2020
£
210,545
35,442
23,654
10,000
15,000
5,792
1,846
-
-
6,206
834,286
840,492		 302,279
80,114
-
80,114		 76,280
80,114
-
80,114		 76,280
86,320
834,286
920,606		 378,559

In 2020, of the total income from charitable activities, £78,126 was unrestricted and £300,433 was restricted.

3. INVESTMENT INCOME

Bank deposit interest Unrestricted
funds
2021
Restricted
funds
2021
Total
funds
2021
Total
funds
2020
£
£
£
£
153
-
153
350

In 2020 all income from investments was unrestricted.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

4. TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
Direct Direct Support 2021 2020
staff costs costs Total Total
costs
£ £ £ £ £
Charitable activities
Membership services, conferences and - - 13,144 13,144 50,793
events
Health and Wellbeing Alliance 77,642 2.358 - 80,000 247,305
Access 95,780 25,106 7,976 128,862 13,597
National Care Forum 8,963 14,453 2,539 25,955 3,845
NHS East of England 13,731 2,294 1,999 18,024 -
Health Education England - - - - 15,000
Voluntary Organisations Disability Group - - - - 5,792
CPA Additional Funding 1,032 13,632 2,596 17,260 -
Strategic Partnership Programme 14,311 - 813 15,124 -
Mental Health Sustainability Programme 46,438 152,773 - 199,211 -
Total resources expended **257,897 ** 210,616 **29,067 ** 497,580 336,332
Total support costs of £29,067 (2020: £84,277) are analysed in Note 5.
5. SUPPORT COSTS
2021 2020
£ £
Wages and salaries 14,186 59,242
Governance 3,524 11,623
Premises costs 4,203 6,181
Office costs 1,187 975
IT 5,967 6,256
29,067 84,277
Total governance costs of £3,524 (2020: £11,623) are analysed in Note 6.
6. GOVERNANCE COSTS
2021 2020
£ £
Travel, welfare, and sustenance - 7,244
Governance and Board Meetings 13 1,688
Consultancy and Legal Fees 1,774 1,112
Independent Examination 1,004 913
Accounts preparation 733 666
3,524 11,623

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

7.
NET OUTGOING RESOURCES BEFORE
TRANSFERS
This has been arrived at after charging (excluding VAT):
Independent Examiner’s remuneration
Accounts preparation		 2021
2020
£
£
1,004
913
733
666
1,737
1,579

In common with many other organisations of our size and nature we use our Independent Examiner to assist with the preparation of the financial statements.

8. STAFF COSTS AND KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REMUNERATION
2021 2020
No. No.
The average number of persons employed during the
year expressed in full time equivalents (35 hours per
week) was:
Number 7 5
Full time equivalents 6 3
2021 2020
£ £
Staff costs during the year were as follows:
Wages and salaries 231,869 144,941
Social security costs 20,739 12,257
Pension costs 18,279 11,221
270,887 168,419

The number of employees who received total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) of more than £60,000 is as follows:

2021 2020
Number Number
£60,000-£70,000 - -
£70,000-£80,000 1 1

No other employees earned over this amount (2020: 0). The highest paid staff member received pension contributions in the year of £6,195 (2020: £6,073).

The Charity considers its key management personnel comprise the Trustees and the Chief Executive Officer.

No Trustee received any remuneration in respect of their services (2020: £0). Trustees received expenses reimbursed during the year to the value of £0 in relation to travel costs (2020: 3 Trustees received £1,616).

The total amount of employee benefits received by other key management personnel is £83,633 (2020: £81,994).

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

9.
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Cost:
At 1 April 2020
Additions
Disposals
At 31 March 2021
Depreciation:
At 1 April 2020
Charge for year
At 31 March 2021
Net Book Value:
At 31 March 2021
At 31 March 2020
10.
INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Cost:
At 1 April 2020
Additions
Disposals
At 31 March 2021
Amortisation:
At 1 April 2020
Charge for year
At 31 March 2021
Net Book Value:
At 31 March 2021
At 31 March 2020
11.
DEBTORS
Trade Debtors
Prepayments
Accrued Income
All debtors are due within one year.		 Computer
Equipment
Total
£
£
3,078
3,078
3,235
3,235
-
-
6,313
6,313
1,811
1,811
1,710
1,078
3,521
3,521
2,792
2,792
1,267
1,267
Software
Total
£
£
4,874
4,874
-
-
-
-
4,874
4,874
3,250
3,250
1,624
1,624
4,874
4,874
-
-
1,624
1,624
2021
2020
£
£
2,700
40,739
824
-
-
210
3,524
40,949

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

12. CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year

CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year
Trade Creditors
Taxation and social security
Accruals and Deferred Income
Other creditors		 2021
2020
£
£
12,645
7,930
-
2,201
5,432
3,750
8,666
2,802
26,743
16,683

13. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Funds Total Funds Total Funds
Funds Funds 2021 2020
£ £ £ £
Fixed assets 2,792 - 2,792 2,891
Current assets 321,058 417,767 738,825 305,487
Creditors: amounts falling due within one (26,743) - (26,743) (16,683)
year
297,107 417,767 714,874 291,695
14. UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
Balance at Incoming Expenditure Transfers Balance
1 April Resources at 31
2020 March
2021
£ £ £ £ £
General Funds 223,778 86,473 (13,144) - 297,107
223,778 86,473 (13,144) - 297,107

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

15. RESTRICTED FUNDS

The income funds of the charity include restricted funds comprising the following unexpended balances of grants to be applied for specific purposes.

Strategic Partnership Programme
Health and Wellbeing Alliance
Access
National Care Forum
NHS East of England
CPA Additional Funding
Mental
Health
Sustainability
Programme		 Balance
at
1 April
2020
Incoming
Resources
Expenditure
Transfers
Balance
at 31
March
2021
£
£
£
£
£
16,263
-
(15,124)
-
1,139
-
80,000
(80,000)
-
-
21,845
137,688
(128,862)
-
30,671
19,809
30,963
(25,955)
-
24,817
10,000
29,975
(18,024)
-
21,951
-
51,910
(17,260)
-
34,650
-
503,750
(199,211)
-
304,539
67,917
834,286
(484,436)
-
417,767

The Strategic Partnership Programme was funded for three years by the Department of Health starting April 2010 to enable policy and practice collaboration bringing together seven national mental health networks co-ordinated by the Association of Mental Health Providers (formerly known as MHPF) to work with the Department of Health.

The VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance is a key element of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Programme; a partnership between voluntary sectors and the care system to provide a voice and improve the health and wellbeing for all communities.

Access are funding a three-year Enterprise Development Programme to support the small and medium sized enterprise sector in its diversification of income streams. The Association has been selected to deliver this programme as the main mental health sector partner.

National Care Forum, on behalf of the Care Provider Alliance, are sub-contracting The Association alongside 9 other CPA partner organisations, with funding provided by the Department of Health and Social Care, to support policy priorities through the collective representation of the health and social care sector.

NHS East of England has funded The Association to deliver a programme of work related to digital access to personalised mental health care. At year end, this work has been adapted to focus on the response to the pandemic.

Care Provider Alliance (CPA) Additional Funding covers grants from the Department of Health and Social Care and others to the CPA programme lead, which is the National Care Forum and they work with the 9 other CPA partners including us.

The Mental Health Sustainability Programme is to aim to sustain services and improve and protect peoples’ mental health and wellbeing during and after the coronavirus pandemic. Donations were made from the private sector for this programme.

16. LIABILITY OF MEMBERS

The charity is constituted as a company limited by guarantee. In the event of the company being wound up members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

17. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

All the Directors hold senior positions at organisations that are either members of The Association or related non-provider organisations. Membership fees are paid to the Forum under the same terms as for all members.

The Association holds the co-ordination role for the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance funded by the Department of Health and Social Care. The Association receives all funding and makes payments to the partners, these are:

Mental Health Foundation Mind (National) National Survivor User Network (NSUN) Rethink Mental Illness Central for Mental Health (CMH)

The Finance Officer, Jyoti Shah, is the wife of the Treasurer, Sanjay Shah. The Finance Officer received gross salary of £11,142 in the year and employer pension contributions of £891 (2020: gross salary £10,822 and employer pension contributions of £866). The Trustees are satisfied that the salary is at or below market rate for similar roles in the area.

18. TAXATION

By virtue of s.478 Corporation Tax Act 2010, the charitable company is exempt from Corporation Tax.

19. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Charity’s financial instruments may be analysed as follows
Financial Assets
Financial Assets Measured at Cost
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Financial Assets Measured at Amortised Cost
Trade Debtors
Accrued income
Total Financial Assets
Financial Liabilities
Financial Liabilities Measured at Amortised Cost
Trade Creditors
Other Creditors
Total Financial Liabilities		 2021
2020
£
£
735,301
264,538
2,700
40,739
-
210
738,825
305,487
12,645
7,930
-
2,802
26,743
10,732

20. OPERATING LEASES

The Charity had no operating lease commitments as at 31 March 2021 (2020: Nil).

21. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS

The Charity had no capital commitments as at 31 March 2021 (2020: Nil).

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

22. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET DEBT

Short and long term loan liabilities
Total loan liabilities
Cash and cash equivalents
Change in debt resulting from cashflows		 2020
Cash flows
2021
£
£
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
264,538
470,763
735,301
264,538
470,763
735,301

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