Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

THE PHILIPPI TRUST FOR COUNSELLING AND TRAINING 

Counselling and Training
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£158£158£0n/an/an/an/an/a32
31/12/21£177£159£18n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/12/20£128£115£13n/an/an/an/an/a56
31/12/19£106£115£-9n/an/an/an/an/a52
31/12/18£119£119£1£0£0£0n/a044
31/12/17£134£91£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£71£120£-49£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£70£82£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£72£81£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£75£92£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£76£80£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£66£82£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£90£71£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£126£69£57£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£50£58£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£106£95£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£96£97£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£116£97£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£110£112£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 32 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/01/1993, number: 1016105
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR08: 185 days late,
Main office

HEAD OFFICE
63 PARK ROAD
ST HELENS
WA9 1DS

Objectives

1) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP, DISTRESS OR SICKNESS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ABUSE OR ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOUR, RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS, DEPRESSION AND LOW SELF ESTEEM2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CHRISTIAN COUNSELLING BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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