Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

TOR SUPPORT SERVICES

Tor Support Services provided a confidential counselling service to children, young people and their families between the ages of 5 - 25.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£82£102£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£46£81£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£60£57£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£62£62£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19*£40£52£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£64£58£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£57£50£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£47£32£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£39,438
Postcode Local Trust£33,160
Devon Community Foundation£32,654
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£4,395
Woodward Charitable Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000 30/10/2023
Core costs
Devon Community Foundation - Funding to provide free 1:1 Counselling services for young people agend 5 - 25
£5,000 19/10/2023
To provide free to access counselling session for 40 children and young people aged 5-25 in Okehampton and the surrounding area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Confidential free counselling for young people
£9,973 21/07/2023
This project will offer free confidential counselling and psychotherapy services to 5-25 year olds who live within Okehampton and the surrounding area. Using 15 counsellors including seven volunteers it will deal with issues including anxiety; ....more
Postcode Local Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£14,468 30/06/2023
Tor Support used this funding to provide vital counselling sessions for 70 children & young people who were struggling to cope with life.
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to Tor Support Services
£5,000 06/06/2023
To provide free counselling services to children and young people
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to Tor Support Services
£1,966 08/03/2023
To provide an initial counselling session for 40 children and young people aged 5-25 in Okehampton and the surrounding area who are experiencing feelings of anxiety and stress.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Tor Support Services
£4,395 22/10/2022
TSS is a charity that offers support and counselling to children and young people aged between 5 and 25 from Okehampton and the surrounding parishes. We help them cope with various challenges.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 11/07/2022
towards offering free counselling to 5-25 year olds in Okehampton and the surrounding areas (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Community Fund - Tor Support free confidential counselling for 5 - 25 year olds
£9,814 10/06/2022
The project will continue to provide free confidential counselling and psychotherapy for young people aged 5-25; providing early intervention to those in crisis.
Devon Community Foundation - Funding for counselling
£1,869 12/04/2022
support for counselling sessions for children and young people in and around Okehampton
Postcode Local Trust - Funding for counselling for young people in crisis
£18,692 26/03/2022
Funding allowed us to provide free counselling for over 50 children and young people who were struggling to cope with issues in their lives.
National Lottery Community Fund - Tor Support free confidential counselling for young people
£9,814 07/05/2021
The organisation will use the funding to provide free confidential counselling and psychotherapy services to young people aged from 5 - 25 years who are in crisis and to address the increased demand for those impacted by the pandemic.
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Counselling for Children & Young People
£13,686 08/10/2020
5
Grant to Tor Support Services
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Tor Support Services
£5,132 14/05/2020
1
Grant to Tor Support Services
National Lottery Community Fund - Confidential free counselling for young people
£9,837 22/04/2020
12
The funding will be used to increase the counselling services that the project offers for young people during the Covid-19 period. The project aims to relieve distress and offer guidance for young people experiencing mental ill health.
National Lottery Community Fund - Counselling Young People
£9,713 07/06/2019
12
The funding will be used to continue providing counselling sessions for young people. The project aims to increase their service offer in order to support more people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Counseling Young People
£10,000 10/05/2018
12
The organisation provides counselling services to children and young people from Okehampton College. The project will expand the service to other communities.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANTHONY BARKER Appointed: 2020
  • DR K VILE (Chair) Appointed: 2015
  • DR EMMA LOUISE SIRCAR Appointed: 2023
  • JACQUI CORNISH Appointed: 2024
  • JANE LAKE Appointed: 2023
  • KARRIE-ANNE HANCOCK Appointed: 2023
  • KIM NANCY WHITTLE Appointed: 2023
  • MERVIN SCOTT Appointed: 2021
  • PATRICIA HELENE COX Appointed: 2019
  • RACHAEL LUXTON Appointed: 2024
  • VICTORIA BUNNEY Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/09/2015, number: 1163407
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR19: 13 days late,
Main office

Tor Support Services
Community Hub
Okehampton College
20 Mill Road
Okehampton
EX20 1PS

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 AND 25 BY PROVIDING CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING, INFORMATION AND ADVICE FOR THOSE IN NEED AND THEIR FAMILIES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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