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Description
Mermaids overarching aim is to create a world where gender diverse children and young people can be themselves and thrive; to this end, our goal is to relieve the mental and emotional stress of all those aged 19 years and under who are transgender, nonbinary and gender variant, as well as to promote education and awareness.
Also known as
- Mermaids
- Mermaids
CCEW Charity number
Registered
Postcode
LS1 4HY
Website
Domain
mermaidsuk.org.uk
Latest income
£2,294,682 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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- mermaidsuk.org.uk
- Charity Commission England and Wales
- CharityBase
- Giving is Great
- Twitter: @Mermaids_Gender
- Facebook: facebook.com/MermaidsGender
- Wikipedia: Mermaids (charity)
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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.
Areas of operation in the UK
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1160575 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Child and youth services
D11
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Beneficiary group
BE» ChildrenBE102 -
Beneficiary group
BE» LGBTQ+BE105 -
Beneficiary group
BE» Young peopleBE115 -
Education
ED
Theme (CCEW)
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Education/training
102 -
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Children/young People
201
Activities (CCEW)
-
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-02-20 |
CIO registration |
|
| 2016-04-05 | 83,755 | 52,108 |
| 2017-03-31 | 127,922 | 123,229 |
| 2018-03-31 | 317,575 | 200,435 |
| 2019-03-31 | 715,326 | 406,698 |
| 2020-03-31 | 902,437 | 1,041,326 |
| 2021-03-31 | 1,847,868 | 1,181,244 |
| 2022-03-31 | 1,949,606 | 1,823,594 |
| 2023-03-31 | 2,294,682 | 2,431,272 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 44 | 34 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 1 | 1 |
| Volunteers | 106 | 70 |
| Trustees | 10 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 1,995.8 | 1,659.1 |
| Legacies | 33.0 | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 2,028.8 | 1,659.1 |
| Income from charitable activities | 187.0 | 201.1 |
| Income from other trading activities | 47.2 | 19.4 |
| Income from investments | 29.9 | 19.0 |
| Other income | 1.7 | 50.9 |
| Total | 2,294.7 | 1,949.6 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 262.4 | 107.8 |
| Spending on raising funds | 262.4 | 107.8 |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 2,168.9 | 1,715.8 |
| Charitable activities | 2,168.9 | 1,715.8 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 2,431.3 | 1,823.6 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (136.6) | 126.0 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 0.8 | 19.3 |
| Investment assets | 430.7 | 649.9 |
| 431.6 | 669.1 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | 174.4 |
| Cash | 402.9 | 174.5 |
| Other current assets | 242.7 | 150.1 |
| 645.6 | 499.0 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (122.4) | (43.9) |
| Net current assets | 523.2 | 455.1 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 954.8 | 1,124.2 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 954.8 | 1,124.2 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 11.9 | 51.0 |
| Unrestricted funds | 942.8 | 1,073.2 |
| 954.8 | 1,124.2 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| None recorded | ||
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 14,517 | 9,445 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Number of government grants | 2 | 1 |
Received 18 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Investing in Young People - Youth Fund & FoF |
£133,000
2 years |
Follow on Funding
Oct 2023 to Oct 2025 |
||
|
The Henry Smith Charity
COVID-19 Long-Term Support |
£95,500
3 years |
Grant to Mermaids | ||
|
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant |
£120,000
3 years |
Grant to Mermaids | ||
|
LGBT Consortium
LGBT+ Futures: NET Fund |
£10,000 | Grant to Mermaids | ||
|
The Henry Smith Charity
Improving Lives |
£180,000
3 years |
Grant to Mermaids | ||
|
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Investing in Young People - Youth Fund |
£90,000
3 years |
Mermaids Risk, Data Protection and Security Management
Jul 2020 to Jul 2023 |
||
|
The Clothworkers' Foundation
Clothworkers' Emergency Capital Programme |
£5,000 | Grant to Mermaids | ||
|
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Youth Accelerator Fund 1920 |
£10,000 | UK Youth Fund YAF | ||
|
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Youth Accelerator Fund 1920 |
£5,000 | UK Youth Fund YAF | ||
| The National Lottery Community Fund | £500,000 | Embrace Empower and Educate transgender children and young people |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Cabinet Office (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Clothworkers Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Henry Smith Charity (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- LGBT Consortium (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (4 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Tudor Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.
This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.
- The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence
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