Overall GiG Score: -7 ?
Finance Score: -9
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteers +3

THE LISTENING CENTRE 

The Listening Centre provides an affordable counselling service to individuals on limited incomes who live in and around Oxford. Counsellors & Psychotherapists in training support the service on an unpaid basis.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years
Established: 21 years

www.thelisteningcentre.org.uk

admin@thelisteningcentre.org.uk

01865794794

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
31/03/22*£41£41£-1n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/21*£37£22£15n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/20*£25£29£-4n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/19*£27£24£3n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/18£22£23£-1£0£0£0n/a011
31/03/17£17£21£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£19£21£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£10£23£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£19£18£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£12£14£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£20£15£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£23£14£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£32£18£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£37£43£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£36£38£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£32£24£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£43£49£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£68£68£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£40£44£-5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 24 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,

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
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£3,000 24/11/2015
The Listening Centre (TLC)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/07/2003, number: 1098571
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 59 days late, AR21: 16 days late, AR20: 9 days late, AR19: 11 days late, AR16: 9 days late, AR13: 89 days late, AR12: 6 days late, AR08: 67 days late, AR04: 327 days late,
Main office

Old Schoolhouse
Hertford Street
OXFORD
OX4 3AJ

Objectives

FOR THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH FOR PEOPLE IN NEED IN BLACKBIRD LEYS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING A COUNSELLING SERVICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BLACKBIRD LEYS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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