Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE HAVEN PREGNANCY COUNSELLING CENTRE 

Providing counselling services for women with unplanned pregancies, post-abortion counselling, schools education services
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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 recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/05/23£8£14£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/22£17£15£2n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/05/21£14£12£2n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/05/20*£13£13£0n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/05/19£13£10£4n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/05/18£9£8£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/17*£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/16*£7£8£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/15*£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/14*£9£10£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/13*£5£10£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/12*£13£9£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/11£13£10£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/10*£6£9£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/09£4£9£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/08£12£6£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/07*£6£6£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/06£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/05£5£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/04*£3£4£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

www.havencentre.org.uk

info@havencentre.org.uk

01444233333

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Haven Pregnancy Counselling Centre
£4,270 17/11/2023
Funding was provided towards staff costs and overheads.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Haven Pregnancy Counselling Centre
£5,000 17/11/2021
12
Funding was provided towards staff and running costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Haven Pregnancy Counselling Centre
£4,000 24/03/2020
11
Funding was provided towards salary costs of the manager, volunteer training and development and running costs.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/12/2002, number: 1094932
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 6 days late, AR17: 19 days late, AR16: 31 days late, AR15: 28 days late, AR14: 34 days late, AR13: 30 days late, AR12: 28 days late, AR10: 57 days late, AR07: 16 days late, AR04: 26 days late,
Main office

54a Church Road
Burgess Hill
West Sussex
RH15 9AE

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) (IN THE COUNTIES OF EAST AND WEST SUSSEX (THE AREA OF BENEFIT)(I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF PREGNANCY AND THE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY AND INTO THE EFFECTS THEREOF UPON WOMEN WHETHER PHYSICAL MEDICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL,(II) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH(III) THE RELIEF OF 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, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST AND WEST SUSSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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