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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 5
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

REFLECTIONS COUNSELLING SERVICE

Reflections Counselling Service offers support for a broad spectrum of mental health issues, currently through counselling for adults (Age 18 and over). We aim to empower, educate and support our clients to enable them to improve their mental health and well-being. The geographic area we take referrals from is generally based in Bolton, Lancashire - dependent on funders geographic criteria.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Why is the Board completely female?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£27£34£-7n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

https://www.facebook.com/ReflectionsFreeCouns

reflectionscounsellingservice@hotmail.com

07539974949

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen, Bolton,
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£20,000
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust£15,840
Bolton CVS£14,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Reflections Counselling Service
£10,000 18/08/2023
The funding will be used towards the cost of rent and salaries for a counselling organisation. The project aims to be able to offer free counselling sessions for those most in need.
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Mental Health Counselling Hours
£15,840 27/07/2022
This funding enabled us to cover the cost of providing 400 counselling sessions, paying for session fees, rent, phones and office supplies.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reflections Counselling Service
£10,000 10/06/2022
The funding will be used to provide one days counselling per week to adults aged over 18 years old experiencing a range of issues based in Bolton. The counselling will be offered free and accessible to all. The project aims to improve resilience ....more
Bolton CVS - Grant to Reflections Counselling Service
£14,600 10/01/2021
To provide free one to one counselling for adults in Bolton suffering from issues including anxiety and depression, work-related stress, alcohol and drug misuse, bereavement and loss.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

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

  • KAREN OTTEWILL Appointed: 2020
  • LINDA CHARNOCK Appointed: 2020
  • LYNN CAWLEY Appointed: 2020
  • NINA ROCHELLE RUDNICK Appointed: 2020
  • RUTH WOOD Appointed: 2020
  • SHARAN CHARNOCK Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/11/2021, number: 1196742
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

393 BURY ROAD
BOLTON
Lancashire
BL2 6DE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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