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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

CHELMSFORD COUNSELLING FOUNDATION

Chelmsford Counselling foundation provides affordable counselling to members of the community and trains counsellors to BACP accredited standards.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and 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
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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£290£294£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£336£298£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£330£328£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£284£321£-37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£328£326£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£313£315£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£351£300£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£339£270£70n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£253£226£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£233£236£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£236£257£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£248£288£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£255£253£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£428£367£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09£491£447£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/08£400£388£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/07£391£375£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/06£396£390£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£391£386£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£355£348£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years

www.chelmsfordcounselling.org.uk

admin@chelmsfordcounselling.org.uk

01245284890

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Chelmsford Counselling Foundation
£16,746 07/06/2021
for the costs of air purifiers and counsellor salaries at a Chelmsford based charity offering affordable counselling
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Chelmsford Counselling Foundation
£10,000 18/06/2020
to help run an adapted counselling service during the COVID19 crisis

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-63
  • ALISON COWEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Hr
  • ARVINDER PAUL SINGH MUDHAR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Information And Digital Officer
  • CAROLINE LOUISE TRAVIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • DIMITRA THEODOROPOULOU Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Therapist
  • JAGJEET PANESAR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Certified Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/08/2001, number: 1088283
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/01/2001, number: 04147006
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investment
  • 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; all on time
Main office

42 CEDAR AVENUE
CHELMSFORD
CM1 2QH

Objectives

1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS2) TO CONDUCT STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO METHODS OF TREATMENT OF SUCH PERSONS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH3) TO TRAIN PERSONS IN COUNSELLING SO THAT THEY MAY TREAT PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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