Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

CHURCH STREET PROJECT 

We offer therapeutic counselling (art, drama, play) alongside conventional counselling for children, young people and adults 5-years upwards, in the Shepway area. We provide individual (one to one) counselling as well as group counselling, where appropriate.We also provide family member counselling where appropriate.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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
31/12/23£17£17£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/22£11£17£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£19£11£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£16£13£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£23£18£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£15£14£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£12£4£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£4£1£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£4£1£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£5£8£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£21£17£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£19£19£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£12£20£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09*£19£19£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£11£18£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£26£14£12£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

thechurchstreetproject.org

mary.paterson@ntlworld.com

01303264195

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Church Street Project-Creative Therapies
£7,900 10/09/2021
The funding will be used to offer an increase in creative therapy sessions for young people aged 5-18 who have been identified by their schools outside agencies or families as having mental health ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£3,000 02/07/2019
towards ongoing creative counselling work with children and young people in 2018/19 and 2019/20

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/12/2006, number: 1117128
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR09: 218 days late,
Main office

TREE TOPS
CANNONGATE ROAD
HYTHE
CT21 5PT

Objectives

2. THE OBJECTIVESTHE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION ARE FOR THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL ILLNESS, ARE EXCLUDED OR AT RISK OF EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL OR WHO HAVE ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (FOR EXAMPLE BUT NOT LIMITED TO ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (ADHD) OR AUTISM) BY THE PROVISION OF OR ACCESS TO CREATIVE THERAPIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ART THERAPY AND DRAMA THERAPY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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