Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

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 well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 9 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook

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£82£102£-20n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/22£46£81£-35n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/21£60£57£4n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/20£62£62£0n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/19*£40£52£-12n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/18£64£58£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£57£50£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£47£32£15£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 8 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,

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£49,151
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 ....more
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
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 ....more
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 ....more
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 (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

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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