Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

WPH COUNSELLING & EDUCATION SERVICE (INCORPORATING WALSALL PREGNANCY HELP) 

The object of the charity is the preservation and the protection of the psychological health of people living within the Borough of Walsall and adjacent areas and the advancement of education in the subject of psychological health. The preservation and protection of women's reproductive health and the advancement of education, in the subject of pregnancy and associated conditions.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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£262£280£-17n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/22£283£248£35n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/21£237£268£-30n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/20£298£249£49n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/19£283£230£53n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/18£221£238£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£279£237£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£261£229£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£230£220£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£201£193£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£184£177£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

www.wphcounselling.org

management@wphcounselling.org

01922649000

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Walsall,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 3 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
National Lottery Community Fund£41,363
BBC Children in Need£25,918
DCMS£9,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - C&YP 11-17
£41,363 27/08/2021
The funding will be used by the group to provide accredited counselling sessions for children and young people (11-17) addressing the increased demand for mental health support.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,800 03/08/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to WPH Counselling & Education Service
£25,918 28/05/2020
36
This project will provide 1:1 counselling for young people aged 11-18 who are at risk of forced marriage, family conflict or radicalisation in Walsall. Sessions will help children to manage their ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-83
  • LLOYD JAMES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Customer Operations
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/03/2012, number: 1146187
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/04/2011, number: 07593537
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
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

55 Upper Forster Street
WALSALL
WS4 2AB

Objectives

1.THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF WALSALL AND ADJACENT AREA.2.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH.3.THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.4.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF PREGNANCY AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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