Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY COUNSELLING SERVICE

The objects of Windsor and Maidenhead Youth and Community Counselling are: the advancement of education, the furtherance of health and relief of distress and sickness of young people families and their carers, by maintaining and developing a counselling service for the giving of free individual or group counselling and support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/03/24£976£895£80£0£480£4806.413110
31/03/23£967£868£99£0£399£3935.413110
31/03/22£720£601£119£0£300£300612120
31/03/21£444£383£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£218£231£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 44%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 7 years

http://www.number22.org

SHULA.TAJIMA@WMCOUNSELLING.COM

01628546889

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Slough, Surrey, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
BBC Children in Need£70,415
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
National Lottery Community Fund£28,960
DCMS£3,150
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 13/10/2023
Running Costs
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Windsor and Maidenhead Youth and Community Counselling Service
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - AfterSchool@22
£9,920 08/07/2022
The funding will be used to support young people through remote or face to face counselling sessions outside of school hours. The project aims to support people at an early stage and ensure nobody is turned away.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 24/06/2022
Running Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Success@22
£9,360 14/05/2021
The funding will be used to increase staff capacity of this youth counselling service. The project aims to improve efficiency for service users and counsellors through dedicated administrative support. Counselling services are available to those 11 ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 13/11/2020
Contribution to Running Costs
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Windsor and Maidenhead Youth and Community Counselling Service
£3,150 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional counselling hours for children and young people with mental health issues, isolated at home due to Covid-19. Young people will develop more resilience
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,150 25/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Windsor and Maidenhead Youth and Community Counselling Service
£66,765 24/04/2020
36
This project will provide a counselling service for children and young people experiencing mental health issues. Young people will experience improved mental wellbeing, increase their life skills and feel more empowered.
National Lottery Community Fund - Number 22 Counselling Support
£9,680 24/04/2020
5
The organisation will use funding to increase capacity of its counselling service during the coronavirus pandemic. The project aims to improve people's wellbeing and mental resilience.
National Lottery Community Fund - Triage Trial
£9,860 21/06/2018
12
The project aims to develop their current service and provide more support to service users by trialling an early intervention counselling service for self-referring clients
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CAROLYN PATRICIA FELLON Appointed: 2023
  • CHRISTOPHER IAN DUNCAN Appointed: 2023
  • CLAIRE GIACOBBE Appointed: 2024
  • DR ELIZABETH BAILEY Appointed: 2021
  • KATE JENNIFER SNOWDEN TAYLOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • PETER CHILD Appointed: 2022
  • SALLY ANN SOMERVILLE (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • SIOBHAN MURREY Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/02/2018, number: 1177138
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • 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
5 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE WALTER HAZELL CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND on 18/02/2021
  • Asset transfer in from COUNSELLING HP16 on 28/07/2021
Main office

NUMBER 22 COUNSELLING
4 MARLOW ROAD
MAIDENHEAD
SL6 7YR

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, FAMILIES AND CARERS,IN THE COMMUNITIES OF WINDSOR, MAIDENHEAD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, ON AT LEAST TWO SITES, BY MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING A YOUTH AND COMMUNITY COUNSELLING SERVICE FOR THE GIVING OF INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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