Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

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:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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
  • 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:

  • 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
31/10/23£344£342£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/22£254£246£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/21£313£252£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/20£193£163£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/19?£128£127£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18*£143£140£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£115£104£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£101£103£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/15£103£104£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£96£97£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/13£92£92£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/12£84£83£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/11£85£75£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/10£78£84£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/09£81£82£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/08£90£93£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/07£93£94£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/06£103£103£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05£109£105£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04£99£96£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 30 years

www.scctaunton.org.uk

info@scctaunton.org.uk

01823337049

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
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
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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
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 mental health challenges this crisis brings ....more
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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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-61
  • 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
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
20 returns made; AR18: 35 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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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