Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 4

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Volatile income -1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 11

INSPIRE COUNSELLING AND TRAINING LIMITED

The principal activities of the charity are the provision of professional Counselling Services with a Christian ethos, and provision of professional and informal training in counselling and related skills.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
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
31/08/23		£57	£62	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/22		£60	£53	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21		£58	£53	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20		£50	£51	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19		£121	£126	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18		£88	£98	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/17		£87	£92	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/16		£112	£108	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/15?		£151	£149	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/14		£62	£58	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/13		£53	£52	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/12		£55	£44	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/11		£55	£44	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/10		£39	£40	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/09		£45	£39	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
29/02/08	*	£40	£37	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/07	*	£30	£38	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/06		£39	£34	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
27/02/05		£29	£28	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
27/02/04		£34	£28	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 27 years

www.inspirecounselling.org.uk

contact@inspireipswich.org.uk

01473 217694

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Outpatient support services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Suffolk Community Foundation - 1) Bursary 2) 'Recovery Support Group - Covid 19 Loss'
£2,000	13/05/2021	Towards providing counselling for those who are unable to afford the cost and to also set up a 'Recovery Support Group - Covid 19 Loss'.
Suffolk Community Foundation - 1) Bursary 2) 'Recovery Support Group - Covid 19 Loss'
£3,000	17/04/2021 8	Towards providing counselling for those who are unable to afford the cost and to also set up a 'Recovery Support Group - Covid 19 Loss'.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 46-69

ALISON JANE BUCHANAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Business Owner

ADEYELOYE ADETUKASI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Health Service Administrator

ANDREAS CHRISTIAN MACFARLANE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant

CATHERINE BARRATT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Administrator

NICHOLAS JOHN WEAVER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Headteacher

REV ALAN WILLIAM FORSDIKE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Church Of England Priest

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/03/1998, number: 1068491
Registered at Companies House on 16/02/1998, number: 03510939

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR08: 121 days late, AR07: 117 days late,

Main office

PARISH OFFICE
THE FLETCHER CENTRE
2 CRESCENT ROAD
IPSWICH
IP1 2EX

Objectives

The charity’s objects are restricted specifically, only for the public benefit to the advancement of physical, spiritual and mental health in a manner consistent with the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Belief. [Please note that the Statement of Belief is set out in the articles of association].

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUFFOLK, ESSEX AND NORFOLK

Data Sources

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