Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

YOU AND ME COUNSELLING

- Counselling- Bereavement- Anger management- Parental Separation/Divorce- Anti-social and truancy behaviour- One-to-one and group parental counselling- Bullying and gangs focus in counselling towards psychological adjustment- Adaptation programme for young offenders - Help and support for runaway children- Truancy patrol alongside the police in the community
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
29/02/24£424£306£118n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/23*£218£286£-68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/22£252£252£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/21£300£204£95n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/20?*£244£186£58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/18£107£71£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/17£46£61£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years
(12 years as a company)

www.youandmecounselling.org.uk

info@youandmecounselling.org.uk

01708477663

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
Greater London Authority£157,420
City Bridge Trust£145,400
BBC Children in Need£89,613
DCMS£29,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to You & Me Counselling
£145,400 27/10/2023
36
A grant of £145,400 over three years (£46,100, £48,400, £50,900) towards the Reboot Redbridge counselling project is recommended.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to You and Me Counselling
£89,613 06/10/2023
This grant will provide counselling and wider support for young people identified as high risk to improve their psychological and mental health. It will also improve cross-sector working to ensure the right support systems are in place.
Greater London Authority - You and Me Counselling
£51,370 29/07/2022
This is a partnership Programme between City Bridge Trust, the National Lottery Community Fund and the GLA. You and Me Counselling are a charity that works with children, young people, adults and their families who are facing emotional and ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£29,800 26/08/2020
"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
Greater London Authority - You and Me Counselling
£106,050 01/01/2020
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
National Lottery Community Fund - Stronger Together
£278,250 20/09/2019
60
Stronger Together
National Lottery Community Fund - Help at Hand
£9,450 20/12/2017
12
This project will increase the reach of the organisation through training volunteer counsellors to provide support to young people and their families. This will enable more people to access mental health support, enabling families to improve their ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • CHISOMO MBANGO Appointed: 2024
  • FELICIA BOSHORIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Ceo Of A Charity
  • JOY AMARACHUKWU OKORO Appointed: 2024
  • LISA FINDLAY Appointed: 2024
  • MICHELLE OTENG GYAN SAFO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Consultant
  • PASTOR ALOYSIUS CHRISTOPHER PETER (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Engineer & Minister Of Religion
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/09/2015, number: 1163561
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/06/2012, number: 08111152
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • 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
7 returns made; AR23: 40 days late, AR20: 275 days late,
Main office

24 North Street
Hornchurch
RM11 1QX

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN AND THROUGHOUT LONDON AGED BETWEEN 5 TO 25 YEARS.(1)THE RELIEF OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COACHING, MENTORING AND COUNSELLING SERVICES;(2)THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING SUPPORT WHICH DEVELOPS THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(3)THE PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ORDER BY PROVIDING COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR THE REHABILITATION OF YOUNG OFFENDERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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