Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 10

ACCESSIBLE COUNSELLING THERAPY LIMITED

BCCS provides a counselling service for the residents of the London Borough of Bromley that is affordable and accessible. It provides professional development opportunities for staff and volunteer counsellors working in the borough.

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 several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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 was 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
31/03/23		£149	£173	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	54
31/03/22		£173	£153	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	57
31/03/21		£193	£162	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/20		£163	£161	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/19		£167	£161	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/18		£151	£179	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£309	£335	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£351	£343	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£284	£251	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£214	£209	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£217	£216	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£204	£186	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£197	£185	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£209	£191	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£196	£192	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£195	£217	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07?		£273	£253	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
23/10/05		£180	£171	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

www.bccs.uk.com

finance@bccs.uk.com

02084607711

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Bromley,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
54 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£19,001
CAF	£5,000
Co-Operative Group	£3,131

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bromley Community Counselling Service
£3,131	23/10/2021	Through the purchase of new furniture, PPE, hand sanitisers and online equipment, we will be able to provide secure, clean rooms and virtual spaces for our clients to have low cost counselling.
National Lottery Community Fund - Accessible counselling during Covid-19
£9,008	13/11/2020 6	The funding will be used to provide counselling sessions for members of the community. The project aims to improve relationships and mental health and well-being.
CAF - Grant to Bromley Community Counselling Service
£5,000	08/07/2020 3	Grant to Bromley Community Counselling Service to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - New Tech & I.T equipment so we can support more people, more effectively
£9,993	10/02/2020 1	The project will use the funding to replace the IT equipment for the counselling service, which will improve the current facilities to support service users.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-55

CHARLOTTE PRIOR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Banking Executive

CHRIS BARRETT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Trustee

LAURA FERRE WODEHOUSE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Counsellor

SAMANTHA MERRY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Counsellor

VENETIA COOPER (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Banker, Other trusteeship: SURREY WEST COUNTY OF THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/05/2004, number: 1103861
Registered at Companies House on 23/10/2003, number: 04942090

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR17: 29 days late,

Main office

121A MASONS HILL
BROMLEY
BR2 9HT

Objectives

A. TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS IN DISTRESS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS, BY THE PROVISION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPY AND SUPPORTB. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETYC. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPYD. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF FREE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO, THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH EXPERT ADVICE

Defined Area of Benefit:

RESIDENTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY

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