Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 13

FOCUS COUNSELLING (UK) LTD

Focus Counselling is able to deliver a professional counselling service provided by qualified and skilled counsellors. It is able to offer support to adults and children suffering from depression, eating disorders, abuse, relationship problems, bereavement and a wide range of life crises.It is our aim to alleviate despair and suffering without religious, sexual or racial prejudice.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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

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
31/03/23	£399	£392	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£345	£326	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£331	£312	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£372	£341	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£225	£218	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£183	£157	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/17	£149	£147	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16	£113	£111	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/15	£76	£85	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/14	£90	£70	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/13	£80	£58	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/12	£69	£55	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/11	£52	£47	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/10	£46	£43	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/09	£36	£38	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/08	£35	£31	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/07	£30	£30	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/06	£28	£27	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 19 years

www.focusbath.com

office@focusbath.com

01225330096

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

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	£30,000
Prudence Trust	£30,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Quartet Community Foundation	£14,237
DCMS	£6,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Open to All Bath and Frome
£10,000	10/02/2023	The funding will be used to continue to provide heavily subsidised or free counselling to children young people adults and families experiencing mental health problems and struggling financially in ....more The funding will be used to continue to provide heavily subsidised or free counselling to children young people adults and families experiencing mental health problems and struggling financially in the local area. The project aims to improve mental health and wellbeing.
Prudence Trust - Counselling support in Bath schools
£30,000	24/11/2022	The grant will fund provision of free counselling to students in three schools in Bath and Frome.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	18/02/2022	Providing subsidised counselling to residents in need in BANES and East Mendip
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Focus Counselling
£4,445	23/11/2021 11	To establish a fortnightly support group for women survivors of sexual violence to share their experiences, gain peer support and aid their recovery.
National Lottery Community Fund - Open to All
£10,000	20/08/2021	The funding will be used to continue to provide 1 to 1 subsidised counselling to children young people adults and families facing crisis.
Quartet Community Foundation - A safer environment for our counselling services in BANES
£4,292	27/01/2021 3	The costs of moving our Bath operation to Oasis Church providing a safe environment for staff, volunteers and clients and enabling us to meet some clients onsite during the pandemic.
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Focus Bath
£1,551	30/09/2020	Providing front line support for disabled people
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Subsidised counselling for families on low incomes
£3,000	11/09/2020 6	Grant to Focus Counselling
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000	10/09/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£3,000	22/07/2020	"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."
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	29/05/2020	Focus Frome
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Focus Counselling
£3,000	22/04/2020	To provide free counselling to clients experiencing a loss of income due to the Coronavirus pandemic
Quartet Community Foundation - Open to All Bath
£2,500	22/10/2019 11	A subsidised counselling service 'Open to All' for children, young people and adults in Bath delivered at our Bath centre.
National Lottery Community Fund - Open to All - Bath
£10,000	09/10/2019 12	Open to All - Bath

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 66-74

ANDREW STAFFORD (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

ELIZABETH SANDRA WHITCROFT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired (Hr)

PAMELA CRITCHLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

EDWARD WILLIAM GEORGE BAYNTUN-COWARD DL Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeships: WELLS CATHEDRAL PRESERVATION TRUST, American Museum & Gardens, Paper Foundation,

SIMON JOHN NEWTON HEALE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/03/2005, number: 1108331
Registered at Companies House on 19/08/2003, number: 04870759

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures

Filing Record

18 returns made; all on time

Main office

Oasis Church
Fountain Buildings
BATH
BA1 5DU

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING SERVICE IN BATH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BATH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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