Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

NETWORK COUNSELLING AND TRAINING LIMITED 

To promote physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and well-being in the context of a Christian ethos by:-providing professional counselling and related services on an affordable basis;-providing a range of educational and training opportunities in counselling and related areas;-providing other opportunities for personal, psychological and spiritual development.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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: 38 years

http://www.network.org.uk

info@network.org.uk

01179507271

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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
31/07/22£272£300£-28n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/07/21£296£241£55n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/07/20£306£242£65n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/07/19£237£241£-3n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/07/18£302£221£81£0£0£0n/a045
31/07/17£323£222£101£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£226£266£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£264£280£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£264£280£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£390£206£184£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£321£196£125£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11?£213£214£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£177£177£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£183£181£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£183£200£-17£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07*£202£200£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£185£179£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£174£183£-9£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04*£186£182£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 30 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire,

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
Quartet Community Foundation£28,480
National Lottery Community Fund£19,997
DCMS£9,693
CAF£7,446
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Low-cost Community Counselling Service
£9,997 07/07/2023
This funding will provide subsidised professional 1:1 counselling for local people struggling with mental health issues in a safe space where they are supported to build understanding resilience and ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Network Counselling and Training
£9,566 17/03/2022
11
Transitioning the organisation's database and IT infrastructure to ensure it is fit for purpose for our organisation as it evolves.
Quartet Community Foundation - The Energing Stronger Project
£5,000 17/02/2021
9
For the provision of of counselling/therapy sessions for clients on low incomes.
National Lottery Community Fund - Emerging Stronger
£10,000 11/02/2021
8
The funding will be used to run additional counselling sessions targeting people experiencing financial hardship and struggling with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Network Counselling and Training
£9,914 25/08/2020
Towards a new CRM system to support secure, accurate and efficient management and administration of client and donor information.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,693 22/07/2020
"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
CAF - Grant to Network Counselling and Training Ltd
£7,446 04/05/2020
3
Grant to Network Counselling and Training Ltd to support the organisation through COVID19
Quartet Community Foundation - Bridging the Gap
£4,000 01/10/2019
12
Toward the cost of subsidising counselling sessions for individuals from lower income households across the North fringe of Bristol and into South Gloucestershire.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 13/07/2017
Network Cousnelling New Building at St Andrews, Filton
Quartet Community Foundation - Counselling for Health and Well Being
£3,000 27/04/2017
12
Toward providing counselling for people in emotional and mental distress who are not in a position to afford private counselling.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 51-70
  • EILEEN CAHILL (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Consultant Psychiatrist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/11/1985, number: 292801
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/09/1985, number: 01951370
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR07: 14 days late, AR04: 72 days late,
Main office

Network Counselling & Training Ltd
Elm Park
Filton
BRISTOL
BS34 7PS

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS IN PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS PROBLEMS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY THINK FIT IRRESPECTIVE OF GENDER, ETHNIC ORIGIN, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE OR RELIGION. THIS IS TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY:(I) THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND RELATED SERVICES WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS AND FOLLOWING CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES(II) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN PASTORAL COUNSELLING AND OTHER RELATED SUBJECT AREAS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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