Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 5

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 9

THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION

The provision of counselling, education and training in counselling, and the promotion of better mental health and pyschological wellbeing.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£1,957	£1,705	£252	£0	£1,211	£1,125	7.9	65	5
31/12/22		£1,709	£1,561	£147	£0	£959	£816	6.3	63	2
31/12/21		£1,710	£1,494	£217	£0	£812	£649	5.2	64	3
31/12/20		£1,648	£1,497	£152	£0	£595	£433	3.5	64	1
31/12/19		£1,546	£1,584	£-38	£0	£540	£388	2.9	61	1
31/12/18?		£2,226	£2,217	£9	£0	£578	£432	2.3	60	0
31/08/17		£1,539	£1,492	£47	£0	£569	£436	3.5	29	0
31/08/16		£1,074	£1,053	£21	£0	£522	£388	4.4	26	0
31/08/15		£869	£988	£-119	£8	£501	£367	4.5	22	0
31/08/14		£979	£978	£2	£8	£620	£486	6	22	0
31/08/13		£831	£880	£-49	£9	£619	£440	6	14	0
31/08/12		£822	£833	£-11	£18	£667	£489	7	12	0
31/08/11	*	£821	£745	£76	£17	£678	£499	8	11	0
31/08/10?		£1,205	£1,235	£-29	£41	£602	£250	2.4	20	0
31/03/09		£806	£791	£15	£28	£632	£280	4.2	18	0
31/03/08		£698	£683	£15	£25	£617	£265	4.7	15	0
31/03/07		£674	£643	£31	£14	£601	£250	4.7	14	0
31/03/06		£626	£632	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£569	£578	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£572	£557	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 35%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 7.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 32 years

www.counsellingfoundation.org

foundation@counsellingfoundation.org

03003036690

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Bedford, Hertfordshire, Luton,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Hertfordshire Community Foundation	£35,000
Co-Operative Group	£12,754
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Department for Work and Pensions	£5,426

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Supporting Victims of Crime
£5,000	05/01/2023 6	The grant would fund the cost of 12 counselling sessions to 20 referred victims of crime. The group would cover the cost of clinical supervision.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Counselling Foundation - Luton
£2,322	22/10/2022	We would like to provide high quality counselling to the people of Luton, regardless of their ability to pay.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Working with Increasingly Complex Needs including young and elderly people
£5,000	20/09/2022 12	Grant to The Counselling Foundation
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Counselling for Groups from Marginal Groups - those with protected characteristics to level up mental health inequalities
£10,000	21/07/2022 12	Grant to The Counselling Foundation
Department for Work and Pensions - THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION
£5,426	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Long term counselling for complex needs
£5,000	11/11/2021	Long term counselling for people with complex needs offered on a sliding scale of fees to offer affordable sessions to all.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Counselling Foundation - Bedford
£3,932	23/10/2021	We want to ensure everyone has someone to talk to during and after the pandemic, whether it is for counselling or bereavement support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Funding for Counselling Services
£10,000	19/01/2021 9	The funding will be used to continue delivering low cost counselling sessions for people experiencing mental ill health due to the negative impact of Covid-19. The project aims to improve people’s health and wellbeing.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Covid-19 Counselling and Bereavement Support
£10,000	17/11/2020	Grant to The Counselling Foundation
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Counselling Foundation – Stevenage
£2,822	24/10/2020	These funds will enable Stevenage people on low incomes to benefit from counselling and make long-term changes in their lives.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Counselling Foundation – Bedford
£3,677	24/10/2020	The project will enable people on low incomes to benefit from counselling and make long-term changes to their lives.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Covid-19 Counselling and Bereavement Support
£5,000	05/06/2020	Grant to The Counselling Foundation
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Counselling Foundation - Broxbourne
£3,716	15/11/2019	We want to provide long-term, professional counselling in Broxbourne to anyone who needs it, regardless of ability to pay.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Counselling Foundation
£6,708	17/12/2018 11	Grant to The Counselling Foundation
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to The Counselling Foundation - Stevenage
£4,500	12/12/2018 11	Bereavement Support
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Bereavement Counselling
£5,000	25/09/2018 12	Grant to The Counselling Foundation
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Bereavement Counselling
£5,000	09/08/2018 12	Grant to The Counselling Foundation

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 54-62

ANNE MARKEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: University Dean And Architect

ANTONY GEORGE CATES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

DR WENDY MOLEFI-YOURI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Private Gp

JACQUELINE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Supervisor

MANDY MACQUEEN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Global Head Of Business Solutions

RICHARD CLARKE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Corporate Finance

SEAN ROBINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Writer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/10/1992, number: 1014988
Registered at Companies House on 12/05/1992, number: 02713806

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR11: 24 days late,

Main office

1 COLLEGE YARD
LOWER DAGNALL STREET
ST ALBANS
HERTS AL3 4PA
AL3 4PA

Objectives

PROVISION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF:I)RELIEF OF SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES BY THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC COUNSELLING,II)EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS IN THE PRACTICE OF THERAPEUTIC COUNSELLING, ANDIII)THE PROMOTION OF BETTER HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE HERTS AND BEDS

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