Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Qualified accounts: -3
Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 6

NOTTINGHAM COUNSELLING SERVICE

The NCS activities focus on recovery and management of psychological problems and life's changes and challenges as presented by individual clients. It provides public benefits to the local communities in Nottinghamshire and East Midlands by supporting individuals and their families with access to safe, caring, affordable professional counselling.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

The latest accounts were qualified
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
?31/03/23	*	£357	£416	£-59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£388	£323	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£370	£253	£116	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£202	£223	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£186	£222	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£218	£222	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£203	£190	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£200	£207	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£236	£221	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£233	£234	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£249	£246	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£551	£258	£293	£2	£303	£-7	-0.3	5	0
31/03/11		£188	£299	£-111	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£283	£227	£56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£230	£228	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£230	£217	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07		£200	£188	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£200	£165	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£167	£199	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£182	£190	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 19%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

Established: 30 years

www.nottinghamcounsellingcentre.org.uk

info@nottinghamcounsellingcentre.org.uk

01159501743

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Outpatient support services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire,

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

DCMS	£90,000
Postcode Places Trust	£24,490
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
CAF	£1,310

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Postcode Places Trust - Upgrading the skills and competencies of our volunteer counselling staff
£24,490	27/05/2022	The project upskilled the Nottingham Counselling Service volunteer counselling workforce to better serve the residents of Nottinghamshire.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£90,000	09/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
CAF - Grant to Nottingham Counselling Service (NCS)
£1,310	01/05/2020	Grant to Nottingham Counselling Service (NCS) to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - BREAKING THE SILENCE PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT GROUP
£10,000	27/11/2019 11	The funding will be used to deliver support sessions for people living with the effects of abuse. The project aims to help develop confidence, build healthy relationships and aid recovery.
National Lottery Community Fund - Improve Client Management
£9,999	23/08/2018 12	This funding will be used to implement a new system connecting service users, therapists and support staff through digital technology. The project aims to improve service user experience within mental health services.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Nottingham Counselling Service
£10,400	11/07/2017 12	The charity provides a range of counselling services and support to victims of sexual abuse. The grant will enable pay for consultancy service, quality audit and some promotional initiatives to enable them to better engage with corporate ....more The charity provides a range of counselling services and support to victims of sexual abuse. The grant will enable pay for consultancy service, quality audit and some promotional initiatives to enable them to better engage with corporate organisations

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

CHRISTOPHER JULIEN BOUYER SIMS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Higher Education Manager

DR MARIA AUGUSTA BORGES CURSINO DE FREITAS ARRUDA Appointed: 2021

HILARY RAPINET Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Hr Practitioner

MAEVE FITZPATRICK (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Research Manager

MARTYN ROBERT GROVES-WILLIAMS Appointed: 2023

SAM NICHOLS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Policy Manager

SHAHIN MEAH Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/04/1995, number: 1045464
Registered at Companies House on 14/07/1994, number: 02948386

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 5 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Unit 5
Victoria Court
Kent Street
Nottingham
NG1 3LZ

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POPULATION PRIMARILY WITHIN THE COUNTIES OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND EAST MIDLANDS AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS AND SICKNESS ASSOCIATED WITH EMOTIONAL, PERSONAL, MARITAL, FAMILY OR RELATED PROBLEMS.(B) IN SUPPORT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES, TO PROVIDE A CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING SERVICE,EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND SUPPORT FOR COUNSELLING AND TO DEVELOP COUNSELLING RESOURCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF NOTTINGHAM AND ITS ENVIRONS

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