Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 13

IN CHARLEY'S MEMORY

In Charley's Memory currently offers counselling to young people aged 11 -25, recently launching the overs service, now offering counselling to all. Based at our offices in Highbridge. 1 mile from the M5, and walking distance to bus and rail links

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
28/02/23		£258	£251	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
28/02/22		£162	£128	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
28/02/21		£102	£76	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
29/02/20		£71	£77	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
28/02/19		£60	£55	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
28/02/18		£44	£44	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/17		£42	£48	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/02/16	*	£48	£29	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

www.incharleysmemory.com

ceo@incharleysmemory.com

01278557490

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 advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
45 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	£389,000
DCMS	£22,529
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation	£16,489
Somerset Community Foundation	£15,225
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£5,000
Cheshire Community Foundation	£4,685

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,500	24/03/2023	Core costs
Somerset Community Foundation - Subsidising the cost of a counselling service in Burnham-on-Sea for people struggling during the cost-of-living crisis
£10,000	07/02/2023	Grant to In Charley's Memory
Somerset Community Foundation - Continuing Professional Development for team of child and adolescent counsellors
£2,025	20/07/2022	Contribution towards training for a young people's counselling charity
Somerset Community Foundation - Subsidised counselling services for young people in Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
£1,500	30/06/2022	Subsidised counselling services for young people in Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	24/06/2022	Main Grants award
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to In Charley's Memory
£9,989	25/05/2022	50% of the salary costs for a charity to expand an out of hours counselling service for young people in Highbridge, Somerset.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Post Covid Counsellor
£4,685	18/10/2021	In Charley's Memory Young Peoples Mental Health Charity Additional Counsellor 1 day a week for a year This grant will enable us to offer counselling to young people who have been directly impacted by ....more In Charley's Memory Young Peoples Mental Health Charity Additional Counsellor 1 day a week for a year This grant will enable us to offer counselling to young people who have been directly impacted by the Covid lockdowns and as a result are refusing to attend education, the priority is to get them back into main stream education. The grant will assist us to reduce our waiting list and waiting time to manageable levels
National Lottery Community Fund - Development of In Charley's Memory
£389,000	29/07/2021	The funding will be used to provide counselling drop-in clinics and advocacy for the benefit of young people with mental health issues and their families across Somerset.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£10,000	22/07/2021	In Charley’s Memory is a grassroots community-based company. They offer face to face, one to one mental health counselling for young people aged 11 to 25 in Somerset and run drop-in clinics ....more In Charley’s Memory is a grassroots community-based company. They offer face to face, one to one mental health counselling for young people aged 11 to 25 in Somerset and run drop-in clinics offering support and guidance for mental health. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to In Charley's Memory
£6,500	21/01/2021	50% as running and salary costs for a charity providing an out of hours counselling service for young people in Highbridge, Somerset.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£22,529	17/07/2020	"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."
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Virtual counselling service for young people in Burnham and Highbridge
£1,700	03/04/2020	Virtual counselling service for young people in Burnham and Highbridge
Co-Operative Group - Grant to In Charley's Memory
£2,733	04/08/2017	Our mentoring scheme will improve the mental wellbeing of young people & others in our community, helping them achieve their potential.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BENJAMIN SHILLAKER Appointed: 2020

JOANNE REEVES Appointed: 2014

JACK MILLIER Appointed: 2021

MARTYN ELLIS (Chair) Appointed: 2018

PAULINE WEST Appointed: 2018

ROGER JOHN WEST Appointed: 2015

ROB FOUNTAIN MR Appointed: 2022

DOUGLAS STEVEN PLUME Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: BURNHAM-ON-SEA AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO),

TESSA MUNT Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: Inaura School,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/03/2015, number: 1160805

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

8 returns made; AR16: 113 days late,

Main office

In Charley's Memory
Unit 6
Brue Way
HIGHBRIDGE
Somerset
TA9 4AW

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG ADULTS AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS EFFECTING YOUNG ADULTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- RAISING THE PROFILE OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, WEBSITE, FORUMS AND VISITS TO SCHOOLS/COLLEGES; - PROVIDING YOUNG ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES A SAFE HAVEN WITH RELEVANT PROFESSIONALS AND AUTHORITIES; AND- PROVIDING SUPPORT NETWORKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.

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