Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

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

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 14

MARCHES COUNSELLING SERVICE

The provision of a locally based, confidential, reliable and affordable therapy service, with a fast transition from referral to assessment and allocated therapist. The service works to BACP professional standards and provides a sign-posting service to local agencies for those who contact the service, but for whom counselling is inappropriate.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several 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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

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
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	*	£81	£92	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22		£96	£90	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/21		£103	£79	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20		£65	£64	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/03/19		£78	£48	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/18		£58	£44	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£54	£42	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£34	£35	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£38	£36	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£36	£40	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£42	£34	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£32	£24	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.marchescounselling.org

marches.counselling@gmail.com

01432 279906

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Herefordshire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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

DCMS	£45,555
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,700
Herefordshire Community Foundation	£7,729

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Valuing our Volunteers
£9,700	08/09/2023	The funding will be used to support trainee counsellors from rural areas of Herefordshire enabling them to access the volunteer positions offered for work experience and training. The project aims to ....more The funding will be used to support trainee counsellors from rural areas of Herefordshire enabling them to access the volunteer positions offered for work experience and training. The project aims to continue to attract volunteers from the more deprived areas both to improve equality and diversity within Marches Counselling Service and offer realistic development.
Herefordshire Community Foundation - MCS: Sustainable Development
£7,729	05/07/2022	Grant to Marches Counselling Service
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	09/04/2021	MCS - Holding Together, Holding On: a mental health lifeline in uncertain times
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£45,555	25/06/2020	"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."
National Lottery Community Fund - Talk to us
£10,000	27/02/2019 12	The funding will be used to redesign the organisations website to make the online presence more accessible for younger people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Adjusting to change: supporting the elderly in times of transition
£10,000	31/05/2012 12	This is a project by a charity in Hereford. The group will use funding to provide counselling and workshops for older people and their carers. This will improve their coping skills and improve ....more This is a project by a charity in Hereford. The group will use funding to provide counselling and workshops for older people and their carers. This will improve their coping skills and improve relationships.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-82

FRANKIE ELLA SUSANNA FARRELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Insurance

GRAHAM THOMAS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant

ELIZABETH LLOYD Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Trustee

JENNIFER FRENCH (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Psychotherapist

LORRAINE SLANE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Secretary

TINA ALISON ABBOTT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Psychotherapist, Other trusteeship: WALTERSTONE VILLAGE HALL,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/03/2011, number: 1140780
Registered at Companies House on 16/12/2010, number: 07471763

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
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

12 returns made; AR23: 27 days late, AR14: 0 days late, AR12: 29 days late,

Main office

Marches Counselling Service
57 St. Owen Street
HEREFORD
HR1 2JQ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF RESIDENTS IN HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE MARCHES WHO, BECAUSE OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH; SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, OR DISABILITY, ARE SUFFERING FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND/OR DISORDER, THROUGH:1 THE PROVISION OF A LOCALLY BASED, CONFIDENTIAL, RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICE, WITH A FAST AND SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM REFERRAL TO ASSESSMENT AND ALLOCATED COUNSELLOR2 THE PROVISION OF A SIGN-POSTING SERVICE TO LOCAL AGENCIES, STATUTORY, VOLUNTARY OR PRIVATE, FOR THOSE WHO COME FOR ASSESSMENT, BUT FOR WHOM COUNSELLING IS INAPPROPRIATE3 THE PROVISION OF A SUPPORTIVE AND EDUCATIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR COUNSELLORS TO RAISE AND MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND THEREBY BENEFIT THE RECIPIENTS OF THERAPY4 AND TO FURTHER BENEFIT THE WELL-BEING OF THOSE NEEDING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT THROUGH WORKING AGAINST THE STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND DISTRESS BY EDUCATION AND AWARENESS RAISING WITHIN THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

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