Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

ABACUS COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY PROVIDING, DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING AN AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE COUNSELLING SERVICE, WITH RELEVANT AND ASSESSED SUPPORT.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 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

Established: 9 years

www.abacuscounsellingandsupport.co.uk

info@abacuscounsellingandsupport.co.uk

07910 261780

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	£33	£17	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22	£8	£11	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21	£9	£4	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20	£10	£9	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19	£13	£9	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/18	£9	£7	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£14	£9	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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 - Abacus Counselling and Support
£6,202	21/07/2023	The funding will be used to continue offering counselling services to Southend residents by employing a part time Charity Development Manager. They will promote and grow the counselling service and ....more The funding will be used to continue offering counselling services to Southend residents by employing a part time Charity Development Manager. They will promote and grow the counselling service and help the community access tailored meaningful support.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Abacus Counselling and Support
£600	14/02/2023	to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Abacus Counselling and Support
£12,000	18/08/2022	to support the salary cost of a part-time operations manager for a counselling service in Southend over 2 years
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Abacus Counselling and Support
£5,392	01/04/2021	to employ a part time operations manager to meet the increased demand of a counselling service in Southend, due to COVID19.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Abacus Counselling and Support
£250	16/07/2020	to enable online counselling sessions during the COVID19 crisis to aid the mental health of people in and around Southend
Essex Community Foundation - Counselling volunteer expenses
£4,320	04/09/2019 12	To support the core costs of providing a counselling service in Shoeburyness and the surrounding areas
National Lottery Community Fund - Abacus Counselling and Support
£9,605	10/05/2018 12	The project will continue to run their counselling services for residents and families. This will help to meet the demand for their services, and provide early interventions to improve service users' ....more The project will continue to run their counselling services for residents and families. This will help to meet the demand for their services, and provide early interventions to improve service users' emotional and mental health.
Essex Community Foundation - Accessable Community Counselling Service
£5,000	17/05/2017 12	To support the core costs of providing a counselling service in Shoeburyness and adjacent areas

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

BRENDA JOAN LEWIS Appointed: 2021

CAROLYN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2024

DAVID JAMES BANNISTER Appointed: 2021

JANICE LYONS Appointed: 2015

LESLEY ANN BUTCHER (Chair) Appointed: 2014

NICHOLAS ANTHONY CHARD B.SC MBACP Appointed: 2019

PAULA BUCK Appointed: 2022

STEPHEN HARVEY Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/10/2015, number: 1163844

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

EVANGELICAL CHURCH
WEST ROAD
SHOEBURYNESS
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
SS3 9EF

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING IN SOUTH ESSEX BY PROVIDING, DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING AN AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE COUNSELLING SERVICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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