Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 9

COTSWOLD COUNSELLING

Counselling offered to individuals, couples, children and home counselling.

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 a grant maker recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
The Board is predominantly female

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	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£213	£168	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/22		£140	£146	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	64
31/03/21		£160	£136	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	64
31/03/20		£178	£173	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/19		£156	£146	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/18		£140	£134	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£118	£118	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£116	£111	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£103	£107	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£98	£97	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£100	£91	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£82	£112	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£112	£104	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£111	£89	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£71	£85	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£81	£89	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£100	£95	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£99	£92	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 19 years

www.cotswold-counselling.org.uk

admin@cotswold-counselling.org.uk

01285885830

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
60 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Barnwood Trust - Gloucestershire Funders (Organisational & Group Funding)
£25,000	18/07/2022	Affordable counselling for vulnerable people in the Cotswolds
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	14/08/2020	"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."
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£10,000	28/04/2020	Counselling for vulnerable people

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-84

NICHOLAS LATIMER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Partner, Tax

NICOLA SELWYN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

ANNE ELIZABETH CLARK Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Retired

ELIZABETH HUTCHISON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

HELEN SLATOR Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Counsellor

JACQUI ERSKINE CRUM (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Counsellor

PAMELA ANN MEGARRY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Gentlewoman

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/04/2005, number: 1108979
Registered at Companies House on 09/03/2005, number: 05386830

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
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
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR07: 8 days late,

Main office

COTSWOLD COUNSELLING
SOUTH WING
COUNCIL OFFICES
TRINITY ROAD
CIRENCESTER
GL7 1PX

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL SUFFERING OR BY SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE COTSWOLD AREA BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES, FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COTSWOLDS.

Data Sources