Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

SOMERSET COUNSELLING CENTRE

To provide a Community based low cost Counseling service for those who seek relief from emotional difficulties and mental health issues.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 30 years

www.scctaunton.org.uk

info@scctaunton.org.uk

01823337049

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Financial Data ?

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
31/10/22		£254	£246	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/10/21		£313	£252	£61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/10/20		£193	£163	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/10/19?		£128	£127	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/07/18	*	£143	£140	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	15
31/07/17		£115	£104	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/16		£101	£103	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/15		£103	£104	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/14		£96	£97	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/13		£92	£92	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/12		£84	£83	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/11		£85	£75	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/10		£78	£84	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/09		£81	£82	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/08		£90	£93	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/07		£93	£94	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/06		£103	£103	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/05		£109	£105	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/04		£99	£96	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 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

Somerset Community Foundation	£69,232
DCMS	£9,720
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,360
CAF	£8,100

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Subsidised counselling for couples
£2,500	14/12/2020 3	Grant to Somerset Counselling Centre
Somerset Community Foundation - My Family Talking Gateway (MFTG)
£59,211	23/10/2020 36	Counselling for families in Taunton
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,720	15/09/2020	"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."
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Safety measures to re-establish social distance face-2-face sessions
£1,075	20/05/2020	Safety measures to re-establish social distance face-2-face sessions re coronavirus
National Lottery Community Fund - Therapy 4 All- Somerset
£9,360	24/04/2020 14	The funding will be used to provide individual and group therapy sessions to those struggling with the impact of Covid-19. The project aims to provide free support to community members dealing with ....more The funding will be used to provide individual and group therapy sessions to those struggling with the impact of Covid-19. The project aims to provide free support to community members dealing with mental health challenges this crisis brings building resilience and developing coping mechanisms whilst addressing inequalities in mental health provision.
CAF - Grant to Somerset Counselling Centre
£8,100	16/04/2020 3	Grant to Somerset Counselling Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Virtual counselling service for care leavers
£3,446	09/04/2020 2	Counselling for Care Leavers in Somerset
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Virtual counselling service for people with mental health needs
£3,000	30/03/2020 1	Virtual counselling service for those with mental health needs
Somerset Community Foundation - IMPROVING ACCESS TO AND AFFORDABILTY OF ACCREDITED COUNSELLING SERVICES IN SOMERSET
£2,500	14/07/2017 8	Subsidised counselling sessions for people on low income

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-60

ANDREW DAVID PALMER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

CAROLINE BARRETT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Counsellor

HELEN JANE FRY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

SIMON JAMES MALLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: General Manager

ZILLAH MORRIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Operations Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/06/1994, number: 1038975
Registered at Companies House on 09/05/1994, number: 02926858

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR18: 36 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from TAUNTON ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY on 02/03/2022

Main office

Apsley House
Tower Street
Taunton
TA1 4BH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING , PRIMARILY (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY:-1. THE PROVISION OF ACCESSIBLE COUNSELLING;2. THE PROMOTION OF GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALING;3. TRAINING AND EDUCATING OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE PRACTICE OF COUNSELLING; AND4. THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO EFFICACY OF THE METHODS AND PRACTICE OF COUNSELLING AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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