Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 2

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -2

ACORN PREGNANCY COUNSELLING CENTRE LIMITED

Crisis pregnancy and pregnancy loss counselling service. Our charity also works in local secondary schools on their PSHE education.

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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
28/02/23		£16	£19	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
28/02/22		£17	£20	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
28/02/21		£28	£16	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
29/02/20		£25	£18	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
28/02/19		£14	£20	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
28/02/18		£24	£21	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/17		£17	£16	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/16		£15	£16	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/15		£14	£21	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/14		£24	£20	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/13		£26	£20	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/12		£22	£23	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/11		£25	£18	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/10		£12	£17	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/09		£16	£12	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/02/08		£16	£15	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/07	*	£13	£14	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/06?		£10	£11	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05?	*	£7	£10	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/02/04		£7	£8	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 22 years

www.acornworthing.org.uk

office@acornworthing.org.uk

01903 823893

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

West Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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

Co-Operative Group	£5,737
Sussex Community Foundation	£5,000
DCMS	£4,542

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Acorn Pregnancy Counselling Centre
£2,500	20/03/2023 11	Funding was provided towards core costs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Acorn Pregnancy Counselling Centre
£5,737	24/10/2020	We provide support to those coping with unplanned pregnancy and pregnancy loss, and help young people consider relationship issues.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,542	04/09/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Acorn Pregnancy Counselling Centre
£2,500	24/03/2020 11	Funding was provided for core costs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Acorn Pregnancy Counselling Centre
£4,384	29/11/2017	We are looking to fund half the cost of each person's college fee, plus the cost to us of special ongoing training in our specific area.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Acorn Pregnancy Counselling Centre
£3,352	04/08/2017	We've helped women deal with pregnancy for over 21 years. We want our space to help women feel relaxed and share their feelings.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 64-72

GILLIAN MARY WOODWARD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Self Employed

PATRICK STEPHEN WOODWARD Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Radio Producer

PAUL CROSS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Church Leader

PAMELA MARY AYLWIN DENMAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

RICHARD WILLIAM JOHN MARSHALL (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Bank Manager, Other trusteeship: THE NORA JOAN MARSHALL CHARITABLE TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/10/2002, number: 1094389
Registered at Companies House on 02/04/2002, number: 04407431

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR07: 36 days late, AR05: 196 days late,

Main office

Acorn Pregnancy Counselling Centre
51-63 St. Dunstans Road
WORTHING
West Sussex
BN13 1AA

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO RELIEVE WOMEN AND MEN PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF WORTHING BY:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF PREGNANCY AND THE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY AND INTO THE EFFECTS THEREOF UPON WOMEN AND THEIR PARTNERS WHETHER PHYSICAL, MEDICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL.2. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH.3. THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN AND THEIR PARTNERS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS, DISTRESS OR POVERTY DURING OR AS A RESULT OF PREGNANCY OR FOLLOWING AN ABORTION, MISCARRIAGE, COT DEATH, STILL BIRTH, LOSS OF A CHILD OR SEXUAL ABUSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST SUSSEX - WORTHING

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