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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Removed: -50
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    COUNSELLING AND BENEFIT SUPPORT LIMITED 

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
    Deficit
    Volun-
    teers
    30/11/21£12,537£33,951£-21,4140
    30/11/20£31,760£30,993£7670
    30/11/19£29,535£29,312£2230
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 5 years
    Charity Commission for England and WalesX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Other specialist outpatient services
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • Cornwall,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind

    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
    Tudor Trust£72,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£13,080
    The Foyle Foundation£3,500
    DCMS£2,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - CBS Re-establishment
    £3,500 01/07/2022
    The funding will be used to provide a holistic benefit support and debt counselling service including debt advice benefit reviews basic employment skills and addressing the negative effects of debt ....more
    The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
    £3,500 21/04/2022
    towards core costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
    National Lottery Community Fund - Moving Forward
    £9,580 18/06/2021
    The funding will be used towards running costs which will enable the organisation to expand their benefit support and counselling service.
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Counselling and Benefit Support
    £2,000 14/01/2021
    as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £2,500 25/09/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Counselling and Benefit Support
    £70,000 13/08/2019
    36
    over three years as continuation funding towards the core costs of a charity offering debt advice and mental health support in Cornwall
    National Lottery Community Fund - 2019 new centre project
    £9,160 25/01/2019
    12
    The funding will be used to provide one to one counselling and debt advice for people with poor mental health. The project aims to provide stability, support and improve wellbeing.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/05/2019, number: 1183342
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    Filing Record
    3 returns made; all on time
    Main office


    Objectives

    THE CHARITY’S OBJECT IS TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CORNISH COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF DEBT ADVICE AND / OR COUNSELLING SUPPORT. [NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.].

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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