Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 3

WESSEX COUNSELLING SERVICE

Wessex Counselling Service provides low cost professional psychodynamic counselling in Frome the surrounding area Bath, Bristol and Street. We also provide counselling training at our premises in Frome

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
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
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Established: 28 years

www.wessexcp.co.uk

office@wessexcp.co.uk

01373453355

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£276	£287	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	34
31/08/21		£248	£226	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	36
31/08/20		£237	£220	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/08/19	*	£235	£207	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	23
31/08/18	*	£205	£197	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	27
31/08/17		£184	£175	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£179	£179	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£172	£157	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14		£191	£164	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£141	£143	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12		£52	£43	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11		£143	£141	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10		£142	£129	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/09		£113	£120	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/08	*	£138	£124	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/07	*	£114	£138	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/06		£109	£112	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/05		£102	£107	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/04		£124	£117	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Somerset, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
34 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Somerset Community Foundation - Contribution towards the overheads of a community counselling service in Frome, which have risen due to the cost-of-living crisis
£3,000	01/02/2023	Grant to Wessex Counselling and Psychotherapy
Somerset Community Foundation - Counselling sessions for young people in Frome
£4,000	09/06/2022	Counselling sessions for young people in Frome
National Lottery Community Fund - Improvements to new building to make it more accessible.
£9,675	05/11/2021	The funding will be used to make improvements to the buildings entrance for people with mobility difficulties and disabilities. The project aims to improve access to counselling in the wake of the ....more The funding will be used to make improvements to the buildings entrance for people with mobility difficulties and disabilities. The project aims to improve access to counselling in the wake of the pandemic.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Wessex Counselling & Psychotherapy
£28,365	13/03/2018 36	This project will provide counselling sessions for children and young people experiencing issues with their wellbeing. It will increase their self-esteem, improve their relationships with friends and ....more This project will provide counselling sessions for children and young people experiencing issues with their wellbeing. It will increase their self-esteem, improve their relationships with friends and family and increase their ability to manage emotions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Changing Course
£10,000	06/03/2014 12	This is a project by a charity in Frome, Somerset. The group will use the funding to delvier counselling session for disavantaged young people. This will enable beneficiaries to build resilience and ....more This is a project by a charity in Frome, Somerset. The group will use the funding to delvier counselling session for disavantaged young people. This will enable beneficiaries to build resilience and develop coping stategies to improve their emotional health and wellbeing._x000B_

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 62-77

ANTONY PERRY (Chair) Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired

ANDREW PULLIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

DAVID DAVIES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

ROBERT KELSO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

SARAH-JANE TILLARD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Psychotherapist

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/06/1996, number: 1056310
Registered at Companies House on 13/03/1996, number: 03171892

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR19: 98 days late, AR18: 86 days late, AR08: 12 days late, AR07: 35 days late,

Main office

5
King Street
Frome
Somerset
BA11 1BH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PSYCHOLIGICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH: 1) BY PROVIDING COUNSELLING TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM PHYSCOLOGICAL OR EMOTIONAL ILLNESS OR DISTRESS. 2) BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH COUNSELLING. 3) BY UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO AND STUDY OF SUCH ILLNESS AND DISTRESS AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND STUDY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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