Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Volatile income
spending growth: -1
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

COGWHEEL COUNSELLING

The Cogwheel Trust endeavours to carry out its mission by: Providing a range of counselling and psychotherapy services, including a substantial proportion of subsidised places for those on low income; Improving access to counselling and psychotherapy services (our own and the services of other providers in the region); Promoting emotional and psychological well-being.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Established: 10 years

www.cogwheel.org.uk

admin@cogwheel.org.uk

01223464385

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22	£160	£196	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/21	£202	£201	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/20	£197	£178	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/19	£201	£194	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	29
31/12/18	£210	£188	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	35
31/12/17	£190	£184	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£197	£202	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£186	£187	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£11	£15	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire,

Who it helps

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Cogwheel Counselling Families support project
£8,180	27/08/2021	This funding will be used to offer free and accessible counselling to families on benefits and low income families who are experiencing a range of difficulties as a result of the Covid crisis. ....more This funding will be used to offer free and accessible counselling to families on benefits and low income families who are experiencing a range of difficulties as a result of the Covid crisis. Counselling covers a range of issues from separation and divorce illness loss from bereavement or a child or young person experiencing bullying or troubled adolescent. This project will see additional capacity added within the Family team using a specialist family counsellor to provide flexible and free counselling courses of up to 8 sessions for families dependent on their needs and will support 25 families.
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cogwheel Trust CIO
£4,300	23/04/2020 3	to cover staff and overhead costs of delivering 300 online counselling sessions (6 sessions for 50 people) to people in their homes with the aim of reducing current waiting lists of those struggling ....more to cover staff and overhead costs of delivering 300 online counselling sessions (6 sessions for 50 people) to people in their homes with the aim of reducing current waiting lists of those struggling with poor mental well-being caused by isolation, grief, stress and uncertainty during this pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cogwheel Trust Covid 19 response project
£10,000	03/04/2020 11	The funding will be used to provide mental well-being support by introducing a counselling option of six weekly sessions to address anxiety depression and other issues exacerbated by the Covid-19 ....more The funding will be used to provide mental well-being support by introducing a counselling option of six weekly sessions to address anxiety depression and other issues exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim of the project is to provide the low cost service to a greater number of beneficiaries to address current social isolation circumstances.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Cogwheel Trust CIO
£14,141	19/11/2018	We want to make counselling available to families and individuals on low incomes. Money will pay for building and training costs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Cogwheel Trust CIO
£8,758	29/11/2017	We need funds to subsidise counselling for financially disadvantaged adults, couples and children in Cambridge.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

BEN PALMER Appointed: 2022

DAVID MICHAEL FARRER Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeship: THE CHURCH SCHOOLS OF CAMBRIDGE (THE OLD SCHOOLS),

DR DAVID WILSON Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: FRIENDS OF HISTON & IMPINGTON COMMUNITY,

DR ELIZABETH JULIA PROCTOR Appointed: 2023

DR NIGEL HUGH WALTER Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeships: THE CAMBRIDGE THEOLOGICAL FEDERATION, THE NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST,

ELISABETH ANNE SILVER (Chair) Appointed: 2017

EMILY ARGENT Appointed: 2021

JEREMY WILLIAM BARNETT FCA Appointed: 2014

KIRANJEET BHATTI Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/05/2014, number: 1157141

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

66 DEVONSHIRE ROAD
CAMBRIDGE
CB1 2BL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE HEALTH AND PREVENT DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, PSYCHOTHERAPY AND RELATED HELP AND SUPPORT TO THOSE EXPERIENCING EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES.

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