**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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|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|
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||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:
- Improving the range, quality and volume of services for people with mental health needs
- • Contributing to policy development with a view to improving services • Sharing information and experience with a view to improving services.
## **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:
- Respecting service user perspectives, empowerment and choices
- Believing in and supporting recovery and social inclusion
- Commitment to collaboration, sharing and partnership
- Commitment to service excellence, innovation, evidence-based practice and continuous improvement
- • Developing and promoting the unique value-based contribution of the voluntary mental health sector.
## **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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## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
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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**
- Valuing the Voluntary and Community Sector and influencing sector growth
- Improving practice in mental health
- Increasing membership.
## **Strategic objectives**
- Representing Members and Service User Involvement & Engagement
- Influencing Policy and Strategy
- Best Practice Profiling
- Shaping and Growing the Market for the Sector
- Facilitating Networks and Engagement
- Fostering Partnerships and Collaboration
- Development of Frameworks and Guidance
- Supporting Safer Practice
- Developing Positive Outcomes
- Supporting Equality and Parity in service Development and Implementation.
## **Support to members**
- An authoritative, representative voice to policy makers and commissioners
- Access to key decision making forums, expertise, policy makers and influence
- Translation between policy and practice
- Breaking down complexities of the market place
- Market intelligence and access to new markets
- Innovative products & tools
- Support and navigation in difficult and changing times
- Collaborative development opportunities
- Confidence in strength of numbers.
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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**
- Better outcomes and service user leadership
- Improved understanding of value of VCSE input
- Improved commissioning
- Safety Planning and Information Sharing
- Values based Commissioning
- Service user involvement and influence on commissioning objectives
- Supporting quality in service delivery for members
- Taking forward research and learning which is publicly shared and widely accessible
- Foundational underpinning for person centred practice
- Supporting members with commissioning and regulation
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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:
- Facilitate integrated working between the voluntary and statutory sectors
- Support a two-way flow of information between communities, the VCSE sector and policy leads
- • Amplify the voice of the VCSE sector and people with lived experience to inform national policy
- Facilitate co-produced solutions to promote equality and reduce health inequalities.
The objectives of the Programme are to:
- Encourage co-production in the creation of person-centred, community-based health and care which promotes equality for all;
- Enable the voice of people with lived experience and those experiencing health inequalities to inform national policy making and shape the delivery of services;
- Build evidence of sustainable, scalable solutions to mitigate and prevent inequalities impacting on the health and wellbeing of communities.
The Mental Health Consortium partners worked collaboratively to support the development of health and social care policy across government in order to:
- Influence change in health and social care to benefit those who access and rely on services, especially individuals needing mental health support
- Champion the cause for service users and carers with mental health conditions
- Interpret government policy for third sector mental health organisations for local application
- Mapping the health and social care reforms to facilitate engagement and input to the process of quality assurance and outcomes
- Advise and inform Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and Public Health England about key issues in the health and social care field affecting the third sector
- Achieve shared objectives in improving health and well-being and reducing health inequalities
- Provide methods for disseminating information, policy developments and key programmes – enabling third sector organisations to engage in the delivery of health and well-being objectives.
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:
- VCSE Data and Intelligence
- Improving well-being by reducing parental conflict
- • Ageing Well
- Levelling up and tackling health inequalities
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## **Public Benefit**
- This work assists other charities to represent the concerns of the people they serve by providing wider information about policy initiatives and sectoral representation into key areas of public policy development
- • It also creates a two-way conduit whereby the mental health voluntary sector can positively influence and advocate with statutory bodies enabling the not for profit sector to have an active voice into decision making
- Fosters a culture of collaboration with strategic partners across all sectors and specialisms.
## **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:
- A ‘Learning Portal’, hosted in the members’ area of the Association’s website, providing access to useful resources on all of the following topics: legal issues, governance and regulatory, fundraising and bidwriting, marketing and communications, strategy and services support, and race(ism);
- A monthly peer to peer support forum, chaired by the Programme’s Community Engagement Officer, which is open to, and well attended by, the Providers enrolled in either the volunteering or the grants functions of the Programme; and
- A monthly webinar, hosted by the Association in partnership with our private sector partners, on key areas of interest to Providers. To date, we have run webinars on marketing, wellbeing, and returning to face to face delivery.
## **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
- **Coronavirus:** working with CPA members, central and local government to lobby for the crucial support care providers and their staff need. Developing guidance and addressing Provider issues
- **Business continuity:** developing a range of guidance to support business continuity.
- **EU Settlement Scheme:** developing guidance to help care providers to inform their staff and service users about the Scheme and how to apply.
## The CPA’s role is to:
- **coordinate** responses across all care providers
- **inform and influence** policymakers
- **provide leadership** to the sector
- **work in partnership** to improve care
- **build awareness** of the care provider sector
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:
- Influencing Government and Drivers at National, Regional and local level including; NHS England, interface with the DHSC and Public Health England, CQC, Care Provider Alliance, Think Local Act Personal Programme Board (TLAP), the Joint Commissioning Panel on Mental Health, Mental Health Strategic Partnership Board, and other National Forums
- Profiling Best and Better practice
- Facilitating Networks and engagement.
## **Public Benefit**
- Communicating about our work with our members and other stakeholders is central to sharing information and experience and contributing to policy development with a view to improving services and understanding the sector contribution and impact
- Allowing for wider engagement with The Association
- • Creating flexibility in dissemination and information sharing.
## **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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- Representation and Chair of the Care Providers Alliance
- Representation in the Mental Health Leaders Group
- Chair of the DHSC Social Care Task force Mental Health and Wellbeing Advisory Group
- Representation on the Think Local Act Personal Programme Board, co-chairing the Self-Directed Support Group
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- Representation and Participation in CQC External Reference Panels
- Care and Support Programme Board
- CQC ASC Trade association monthly meetings
- Representation and Participation in the All-Party Parliamentary Group sessions
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## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
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## **3.6 Plans for Future Periods**
The Association will continue to
- Advocate clearly so that ministers and system partners obtain a greater understanding of the breadth and depth of the Mental Health Voluntary and Community Sector to better utilise existing social capital
- Stand in an independent space to engage and be representative of the wider Mental Health and Community Sector of providers
- Emphasise equity, concentrating on creating a whole system service with an even spread across providers of mental health services; based on ability to deliver what people want and need irrespective type of provider.
- Produce guidelines and briefings for ministers and commissioners that contain a more consistent and clarified understanding of outcomes and benefits of services provided, including cost analysis, properly showcasing the added value of the voluntary and community sector
- Endorse and encourage a better understanding of integration and contribution to whole system solutions beyond looking at process and joint resources
- Endorse and encourage overall improved commissioning and viable contracting, that demonstrates a clear understanding of the needs of a changing and evolving health and care landscape
- Endorse and encourage a sustained commitment to better resourcing of prevention in mental health, with the foresight that such investment can save both resource and human lives
- Market widely the qualities of Mental Health Voluntary and Community Sector providers, and encourage their involvement in the development of regulation and statute, ensuring that there is an open and responsive dialogue between Voluntary and Community Sector practice and statute
- Endorse and encourage the current commitment to creating parity of esteem for mental health care, and would like to encourage Government to continue the commitment to a reduction in waiting times and standards for mental health, to improve access for people to appropriate care
- Encourage policymakers to take note of the weight that regulation and commissioning requirements can impose on high quality smaller scale voluntary and community sector organisations, resulting in an inability to retain or support workforce, and a reduction in the quality of overall practice and support
- Encourage policymakers to take note of existing innovation and pilot models already existing in the voluntary and community sector and to allocate resources for a wide range of mental health services, to ensure there is a choice for all
- Showcase and encourage developing partnership models that bring NHS and voluntary and community sector providers together effectively to create new and more flexible collaborative whole system vehicles delivering a more holistic range of person-centred services.
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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|
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|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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## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
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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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**VOLUNTARY SECTOR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS FORUM**
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
58. 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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## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
4. Men’s Health Forum
5. Mental Health Foundation
6. Mental Health North East
7. National LGBT Partnership
8. National Survivor User Network 9. Volition
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**TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **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:
**----- Start of picture text -----**
Stephen Shrubb Sanjay Shah
Chair Treasurer
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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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**VOLUNTARY SECTOR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS FORUM**
## **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:
- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476;
- The Directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
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**
**----- Start of picture text -----**
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:
- Financial assets such as cash are held at cost,
- Financial assets such as cash, current asset investments and receivables are classified as loans and receivables and held at amortised cost using the effective interest method,
- Financial liabilities such as bonds and loans are held at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **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:
- Depreciation rates for tangible fixed assets,
- Amortisation rates for intangible fixed assets.
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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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**VOLUNTARY SECTOR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS FORUM**
**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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