Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +3

1-2-1 COUNSELLING 

We are an independent volunteer counselling service based in York City, providing professional short-term (usually 6 weeks) counselling and support to the local community from 16 years old onwards. Presenting issues may include anxiety, mild to moderate depression, bereavement, domestic and relationship issues, addiction, post-trauma effects and the long-term impact of early life events.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • 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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 7 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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£12£15£-2n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£6£13£-7n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/21£21£9£13n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/20£9£15£-6n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/19£20£11£9n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£9£7£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • City Of York, North Yorkshire,

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
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£10,000 17/06/2020
This group provide a 1-2-1 counselling service within York and have 20 active counsellor practitioners. They aim to make counselling accessible for those on a low income. The group require funding to ....more
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust - Counselling changes lives: addressing the consequences of poverty in York in 2020 and beyond
£3,500 05/05/2020
To provide counselling for individuals who would not be able to afford it
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Grant to 1-2-1 Counselling
£4,400 12/06/2018
Funding to cover rental costs for one year for an organisation providing volunteer counselling to individuals on a low wage or unemployed.
National Lottery Community Fund - Better Volunteering
£8,095 26/03/2018
12
The group will carry out volunteer recruitment and training and establish a secure online volunteer database to improve their sustainability and efficiency. This will enable them to support more ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/10/2016, number: 1169828
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Room 3
Tower House Business Centre
Fishergate
YORK
YO10 4UA

Objectives

1) TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL SUFFERING OF PERSONS IN NEED TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE FACING BEREAVEMENT, RELATIONSHIP DIFFICULTIES AND BREAKDOWN, ILL HEALTH (BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL), REDUNDANCY, UNEMPLOYMENT, STRESS AND ANXIETY, GENDER IDENTITY ISSUES, PREGNANCY RELATED DIFFICULTIES, DISCRIMINATION, DISPLACEMENT, BULLYING AND HARRASSMENT, TRAUMA, ABUSE, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, CARING FOR ANOTHER, JUDICIAL PROCESSES, GROWING OLDER AND END OF LIFE BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF COUNSELLING AND MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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