Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 4

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 6

WARWICKSHIRE COUNSELLING CENTRE

We offer a confidential and professional counselling service for adults, children and young people from throughout Warwickshire but especially Nuneaton, Bedworth and the surrounding areas. We offer counselling in schools, childrens centres, and in our centre in Nuneaton. We offer training workshops in bereavement, anger awareness courses and an Introduction to Counselling Skills (ICSK-L2) course.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

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

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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
31/03/23		£280	£230	£50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/22		£221	£191	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/03/21		£182	£169	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/03/20		£213	£196	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/03/19		£208	£184	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/18	*	£182	£165	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£159	£136	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£133	£113	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£95	£98	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£103	£99	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£89	£82	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£95	£95	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£64	£52	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

www.sycamorecounselling.org.uk

sycamorecounselling@yahoo.co.uk

02476744544

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Coventry City, Warwickshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£37,236
BBC Children in Need	£2,903
Heart Of England Community Foundation	£2,800

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£34,333	05/08/2020	"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 ....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."
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Warwickshire Counselling Centre trading as Sycamore Counselling Service
£2,903	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - This grant is for staffing and technology. It will benefit young people experiencing distress due to bereavement and Covid-19. The aim is to explore emotions, develop strategies to cope ....more COVID19 - This grant is for staffing and technology. It will benefit young people experiencing distress due to bereavement and Covid-19. The aim is to explore emotions, develop strategies to cope with difficult emotions, and build confidence.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,903	28/05/2020	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 ....more 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 on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Warwickshire Counselling Centre T/A Sycamore Counselling Service
£2,800	22/04/2020 2	Requesting funding so they can provide a drop in telephone counselling services 7 hours a week offering 30-minute slots for free. Mental health issues will increase during the pandemic.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-84

EMMA WILLIAMS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Counsellor

JOHN BRUCE MCKENZIE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

KEITH JAMES DRINKWATER (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: NUNEATON CHILDRENS CONTACT CENTRE, ARLEY STROKE CLUB, COVENTRY AND NUNEATON METHODIST CIRCUIT,

LORNA BEEDHAM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: LIFE CHURCH (EUROPE),

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/08/2010, number: 1137623
Registered at Companies House on 14/04/2010, number: 07223795

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR11: 2 days late,

Main office

12 RIVERSLEY ROAD
NUNEATON
WARWICKSHIRE
CV11 5QT

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS RESIDENT INWARWICKSHIRE BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ON THE SUBJECT OF HOW TOBETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS,IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WARWICKSHIRE

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