Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

CHICHESTER COUNSELLING SERVICES 

Providing Counselling services and Counsellor Training in West Sussex and Hampshire
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/22£226£204£23n/an/an/an/an/a13
31/08/21£217£180£36n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/08/20*£220£177£43n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/08/19£143£162£-19n/an/an/an/an/a26
31/08/18£221£191£30£0£0£0n/a030
31/08/17£194£188£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£175£156£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£227£156£71£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£173£185£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£170£193£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£179£210£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£220£187£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10£230£203£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£252£193£59£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/08£200£218£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07*£192£178£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06£178£170£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£160£170£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£148£148£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

www.ccs-counselling.org.uk

office@ccs-counselling.org.uk

01243789200

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 13 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
Henry Smith Charity£20,000
DCMS£9,955
Sussex Community Foundation£4,976
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Chichester Counselling Services
£20,000 07/08/2020
24
towards two years' running costs of a project providing counselling sessions for people dealing with a range of mental health issues in Chichester.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,955 07/08/2020
"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 ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Chichester Counselling Service
£4,976 29/06/2020
Chichester Counselling Service aim to promote positive mental health and to improve the well-being of their community in West Sussex by offering an accessible and affordable counselling service to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Chichester Counselling Services
£8,500 04/12/2014
towards one year's running costs of a project providing counselling sessions in West Sussex for financially vulnerable people with mental health problems
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Chichester Counselling Services
£7,000 05/12/2012
towards one year's running costs of a mental health counselling project in West Sussex

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 62-73
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/01/1996, number: 1052264
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/08/1996, number: 03242075
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 2 days late, AR07: 22 days late,
Main office

106-108 The Hornet
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 7JR

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE THE MORAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN WEST SUSSEX AND HAMPSHIRE BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING A SERVICE IN THE AREA FOR THE GIVING TO SUCH PERSONS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING AND PRACTICAL ADVICE AND;2. TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR COUNSELLORS WORKING IN EITHER PROFESSIONAL OR VOLUNTARY SETTINGS, WHETHER FULL OR PART-TIME, WITH A VIEW TO RAISING THE STANDARDS OF COUNSELLING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR OF THOSE WHO ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF COUSELLING

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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