Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Overall weighted support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    RENEW COUNSELLING

    Renew is established to improve emotional and mental health by providing counselling and psychotherapeutic support.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
    • 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 age

    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£946£1,014£-68£27£5,906£1551.87030
    31/03/22*£916£1,028£-112£26£4,983£2202.66917
    31/03/21£923£1,011£-88£18£5,093£3273.96982
    31/03/20£847£1,062£-215£27£5,181£4094.62422
    31/03/19£828£1,017£-189£27£5,318£6167.37619
    31/03/18£780£990£-210£8£5,480£7979.7250
    31/03/17£772£920£-147£16£3,695£80510.5750
    31/03/16£795£978£-182£28£3,223£3914.8710
    31/03/15£866£948£-83£172£3,465£5527260
    31/03/14£904£928£-24£177£3,120£6278.1270
    31/03/13£1,180£858£321£157£3,048£5547.7240
    31/03/12£877£907£-30£195£2,664£2192.9230
    31/03/11£961£1,048£-87£168£2,702£150.2410
    31/03/10£1,054£1,258£-203£166£2,781£2692.6360
    31/03/09£1,065£1,127£-62£136£3,704£4484.8300
    31/03/08*£987£966£21£97£3,913£290.4320
    31/03/07*£912£921£-9£97£3,936£1852.4280
    31/03/06£889£906£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05£812£806£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/04£607£689£-83n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 4%
    Liabilities/Income: 24%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 3%
    Reserves/Spending: 1.8 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.4
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 24 years

    www.renew.org.uk

    info@renew-us.org

    01245269335

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Ealing, Essex, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People With Disabilities
    • 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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Essex Community Foundation - Renew Counselling Ltd
    £17,500 18/01/2024
    towards the provision of free counselling for children at a school in the deprived Melbourne area
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Renew Counselling Ltd
    £17,280 02/02/2023
    towards the provision of free counselling for children at a school in the deprived Melbourne area
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Renew Counselling Ltd
    £672 14/06/2022
    to print a booklet of information and advice for parents with a child with anxiety in Mid and South Essex
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Renew Counselling Ltd
    £1,000 20/05/2022
    to help continue the development of the organisation and build on areas that have been identified whilst participating on the Thrive Programme
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Renew Counselling Ltd
    £18,432 02/12/2021
    to support the provision of free counselling to young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) and those affected by domestic abuse, from the Chelmsford and Basildon areas
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Renew Counselling Ltd
    £20,000 02/09/2021
    to support the provision of counselling to homeless individuals from the Chelmsford area who have lost jobs and homes as a result of the COVID19 pandemic
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Renew Counselling Ltd
    £20,000 25/03/2021
    to develop a hardship fund to provide assistance to people who cannot otherwise afford to pay for much needed counselling due to the pandemic
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Renew Counselling Ltd.
    £15,000 06/05/2020
    To set all counselling and services online to help vulnerable children and adults with mental health problems during the COVID19 pandemic
    Essex Community Foundation - Melbourne Project - Wisdom Group & Homework Group
    £4,304 09/09/2016
    11
    To employ counsellors to work with older people and also with a Homework group on the deprived Melbourne Estate in Chelmsford
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 29-73
    • DEIRDRA ARMSBY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Dir. Of Place Shaping &Town Planning Westminster
    • EMMA LOUISE PLUNKETT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Teacher
    • JO RASSELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Finance Director For The Oak Tree Coffee House
    • MATTHEW JAMES COOPER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Communications Developer - Bible Society
    • RUTH O'NEILL Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Brewery Owner
    • REVD CANON JANE RICHARDS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Vicar
    • SANDRA STOCKWELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Donor Relations Officer
    • TIM ROSE (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Company Director
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/02/2001, number: 1084940
    • Registered at Companies House on 31/10/2000, number: 04099810
    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
    • 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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR22: 15 days late, AR08: 18 days late, AR07: 1 days late,
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from YOUNG PEOPLE'S COUNSELLING SERVICE (YPCS) BRENTWOOD on 17/05/2023
    Main office

    SADLERS HOUSE
    2 LEGG STREET
    CHELMSFORD
    ESSEX
    CM1 1AH

    Objectives

    FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROVIDE COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC SUPPORT TO PERSONS OF SCHOOL AGE AND ABOVE, AND TO COUPLES, IN EAST LONDON AND ESSEX, WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUCH PERSONS.THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH, BUT NOT NECESSARILY RESTRICTED TO:· PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY, LOW COST, ACCESSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS TO SUCH PERSONS· TRAINING COUNSELLORS TO A HIGH PROFESSIONAL STANDARD· SUPERVISING AND TRAINING OTHER PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ENGAGED WITH EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    EAST LONDON AND ESSEX.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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