Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

CARRS LANE COUNSELLING CENTRE LIMITED

The Carrs Lane Counselling Centre exists to bring about the relief of persons in need, hardship or distress caused by physical or mental ill-health or by social or economic circumstances by establishing and maintaining a voluntary confidential counselling service.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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£45£67£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£34£63£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£86£49£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£66£55£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£47£58£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£50£48£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£50£50£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£44£51£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£42£42£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£45£40£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£37£37£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£39£29£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£36£26£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£38£30£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£35£29£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£27£27£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£27£27£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£29£31£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£29£26£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

www.carrslanecounselling.co.uk

counselling@carrslane.co.uk

01216436363

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton,
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
National Lottery Community Fund£28,371
DCMS£12,100
Heart Of England Community Foundation£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing
£10,000 08/09/2023
The funding will be used to continue the groups delivery of counselling sessions for people experiencing mental ill health. The project aims to support improved wellbeing the reduction of isolation and stronger relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Better Birmingham Mental Health For All
£10,000 25/02/2022
The funding will be used to deliver mental health counselling support to people in need in Birmingham. The service adapted the service last year to provide more telephone support and now want to move more into video counselling alongside in-person ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - EXPANSION OF COUNSELLING SERVICE FOR THOSE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
£8,371 05/02/2021
12
The funding will be used to fund a part time administrator for a counselling service that offers free and low cost counselling to those who can least afford it due to an increase in self-referrals as well as referrals from local GP practices and ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Core costs associated with rolling out new online counselling service
£2,000 04/02/2021
Towards the salary of the Centre Manager.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£7,100 02/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,000 10/08/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Client Connection and Inclusivity
£3,188 06/07/2018
12
This funding will be used to purchase equipment to assist clients with their counselling sessions. The project aims to provide beneficiaries with more tools to communicate, along with breaking down emotional barriers and improving relationships.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-77
  • ANNE HARRIS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • ANDREW JONATHAN LEO Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Railway Management
  • CHIMENE CODNER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Marketing Manager
  • CHRISTOPHER RINALDI Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant
  • DIANA MARY COTTINGHAM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Secretary
  • ELIZABETH BARBARA CUMMINGS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Psychotherapist
  • JOANNE LOUISE MCDONALD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Manager, Financial Services
  • JOHN CHARLES HORWOOD (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • PAUL GERALD TODMAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Deputy Head Of Finance
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/03/2004, number: 1102628
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/09/2003, number: 04894920
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
19 returns made; AR22: 92 days late,
Main office

CARRS LANE CHURCH CENTRE
CARRS LANE
BIRMINGHAM
B4 7SX

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH OR BY SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING A VOLUNTARY CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING SERVICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE LOCALLY IN THE WEST MIDLANDS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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