Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Good reserves management: +3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 22

GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNSELLING SERVICE

To provide affordable professional counselling to the community of GloucestershireTo provide professional training in psychodynamic counselling to the people of Gloucestershire and its surrounds

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/08/23		£1,134	£1,055	£80	£53	£756	£686	7.8	90	40
31/08/22		£1,128	£1,017	£111	£46	£676	£672	7.9	93	0
31/08/21		£984	£805	£179	£8	£616	£534	8	93	0
31/08/20		£826	£660	£166	£6	£437	£352	6.4	78	1
31/08/19		£670	£560	£110	£7	£271	£243	5.2	64	1
31/08/18		£589	£575	£14	£4	£161	£146	3.1	64	0
31/08/17		£554	£586	£-32	£4	£147	£137	2.8	64	0
31/08/16		£436	£461	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£388	£398	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14		£366	£365	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£378	£371	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12		£403	£362	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11		£406	£391	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10		£352	£330	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/09		£361	£333	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/08		£371	£328	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/07	*	£344	£327	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/06	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 7.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8

Asset Split ?

Established: 19 years
(21 years as a company)

www.gloscounselling.org.uk

info@gloscounselling.org.uk

01453766310

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

90 employees
40 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

Barnwood Trust	£72,918
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Barnwood Trust - Access Audits
£1,440	08/12/2022	ReciteMe accessibility software for website
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Gloucestershire Counselling Service
£2,041	23/10/2021	We deliver over 10,000 affordable counselling sessions a year to children, families, couples and adults in Gloucestershire. We would like to subsidise our counselling for those in severe hardship.
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£20,000	17/08/2021	Digital infrastructure
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£3,695	19/01/2021	Counselling for vulnerable people
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£7,500	02/10/2020	Pilot a clinical supervision training course
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£7,500	04/08/2020	Counselling for vulnerable people
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000	31/07/2020	Gloucestershire Counselling Service - organisational support and development
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£13,283	23/06/2020	Counselling for vulnerable people
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£3,500	29/05/2020	Provide safe environment for face-to-face counselling
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£5,000	28/05/2020	Counselling for vulnerable people
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£3,500	26/05/2020	Counselling for vulnerable people
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Gloucestershire Counselling Service
£5,000	18/05/2020	COVID19 : Purchase IT equipment for a charity that provides counselling services to victims of domestic abuse in Gloustershire
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£5,000	05/05/2020	Counselling for vulnerable people
Barnwood Trust - Small grants to community groups
£2,500	03/04/2020	online training for Counsellors
National Lottery Community Fund - Online Set up of Organisation
£10,000	03/04/2020 8	The project will move their counselling and training services online. This will enable them to continue to provide a service to all members of the community especially vulnerable people during ....more The project will move their counselling and training services online. This will enable them to continue to provide a service to all members of the community especially vulnerable people during COVID-19 and beyond.
National Lottery Community Fund - IT development to improve our care
£9,926	30/01/2019 12	The funding will be used to update the IT systems for the counselling service. The project aims to create a more efficient and digitalised support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Development of our IT platform, website, e-commerce and branding
£10,000	05/07/2017 12	This group’s IT platform will be improved with the funding, enhancing the way it delivers and administrates its counselling services.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-64

EDWARD WEIR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Manager

HANNAH LIM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Civil Servant

RACHEL POYNOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Unemployed

DR JIM LAIDLAW Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Consultant Psychiatrist

KATH ROOKSBY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Nhs England Manager

NIGEL BRABBINS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Ceo

SIMON ANTONY MERVYN STONE Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: THE BRITISH EATING DISORDERS SOCIETY,

NICOLA DE IONGH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: COMMITTEE OF UNIVERSITY CHAIRS,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/06/2005, number: 1109904
Registered at Companies House on 06/05/2003, number: 04754643

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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: 113 days late, AR06: 373 days late,

Main office

GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNSELLING SERVICE
ALMA HOUSE
52-53 HIGH STREET
STROUD
GL5 1AP

Objectives

(A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM EMOTIONAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS OR RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS PRINCIPALLY TO THE COMMUNITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDS BY THE PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY PYSCHODYNAMIC COUNSELLING.(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN COUNSELLING AND TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COUNSELLING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDS.

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