Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
All female board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 3

COUNSELLING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE LIMITED

Provision of free and low cost counselling in South West England (Cornwall and Devon). We also provide counselling for activists across the UK.

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely female
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
31/08/23		£66	£69	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/08/22		£63	£54	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/08/21		£49	£48	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/08/20		£51	£50	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/08/19		£51	£51	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/08/18	*	£37	£24	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17		£11	£13	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£11	£7	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years
(11 years as a company)

http://www.counsellingforsocialchange.org.uk

info@counsellingforsocialchange.org.uk

03330508825

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Cornwall, Devon,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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	£19,901
DCMS	£9,520
Co-Operative Group	£6,124
The Foyle Foundation	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Counselling For Social Change
£9,901	02/12/2022	The funding will be used to continue to provide free counselling to people on low or no incomes who have been impacted by the pandemic and rising cost of living. This will help meet the demand for ....more The funding will be used to continue to provide free counselling to people on low or no incomes who have been impacted by the pandemic and rising cost of living. This will help meet the demand for counselling support to help improve the client’s resilience mental health and wellbeing and help reduce instances of suicide.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Counselling for Social Change
£2,421	22/10/2022	We would like to provide free counselling support to people on low incomes, and to those on benefits.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,000	21/04/2022	towards core costs over the next 12 months
National Lottery Community Fund - Counselling in Cornwall
£10,000	06/08/2021	The funding will be used to provide free long term counselling over the telephone online and face-to-face to people on benefits and on low incomes.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Low Cost Counselling Cornwall
£3,702	24/10/2020	We would like to provide free counselling to people on low incomes in the local area.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,520	27/07/2020	"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."
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Counselling for Social Change
£9,756	19/11/2018	We want to support people in Penzance by providing free counselling/emotional support to people on low incomes or benefits.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-54

BEE SHELDON-HOWKINS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Mental Health Nurse

ALISON HARMER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Counsellor

ELFREA HARMONY LOCKLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Journalist

LUCY ALLEN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Counsellor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/01/2015, number: 1160047
Registered at Companies House on 10/10/2012, number: 08248228

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

9 returns made; AR18: 111 days late,

Main office

23 Alma Terrace
Penzance
TR18 2BY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS OF PEOPLE SUFFERING TRAUMA AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AS A RESULT OF CAMPAIGN, CARE AND RELIEF WORK BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING.

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