Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 5

BEDFORD COUNSELLING CENTRE

Affordable counselling for Bedfordshire

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be 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
31/12/23	*	£45	£47	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£47	£62	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£40	£57	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£78	£54	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£79	£78	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£56	£53	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£54	£46	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£34	£35	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£24	£22	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£65	£46	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Show more rows -->

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.bcat-team.org.uk

ENQUIRIES@BCAT-TEAM.ORG.UK

01234219905

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Outpatient support services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Bedford,

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	£29,822
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	£9,757
Harpur Trust	£4,150
CAF	£3,650

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Core Staff Costs
£5,607	29/09/2020 5	Grant to Bedford Counselling and Training
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,607	23/09/2020	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 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.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£24,215	11/08/2020	"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 "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 Bedford Counselling Centre
£3,650	07/05/2020 3	Grant to Bedford Counselling Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Stream 2 - Core Costs
£4,150	17/04/2020 3	Grant to Bedford Counselling and Training
Harpur Trust - Bedford Counselling and Training
£4,150	15/04/2020 12	Cover core costs due to loss of funding from covid-19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

AVRIL SCOTT Appointed: 2021

CHRISTIE MORRALLEE Appointed: 2022

NICK PANDYA Appointed: 2023

RACHEL KNOX Appointed: 2023

YVONNE WALKER (Chair) Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/10/2013, number: 1154339

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR23: 5 days late,

Main office

2 Southfields
Roxton
BEDFORD
MK44 3EX

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (1)TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A COUNSELLING CENTRE FOR ADULTS IN BEDFORDSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS; (2) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THROUGH THE PROVISION LOW-COST COUNSELLING TO PERSONS WHO THROUGH LACK OF MEANS WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH COUNSELLING;(3) TO PROVIDE CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES TO THE COUNSELLORS INCLUDING TRAINEE COUNSELLORS, WHO ARE CONTRACTED AT BEDFORD COUNSELLING CENTRE AND TO THOSE PRACTISING IN OTHER ORGANISATIONS OR PRIVATELY, IN BEDFORDSHIRE OR BEYOND; (4)TO ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF COUNSELLING BY PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL SUPERVISION FOR QUALIFIED AND TRAINEE COUNSELLORS, IN ORDER TO STAY AT THE FOREFRONT OF GOOD CLINICAL AND ETHICAL PRACTICE.

Data Sources

Watch Inspiring Videos

Save the upside down forest

Change the ending - the pain of Alzheimers

Help Dads in prison stay in touch with their children