Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 3

ARUN COUNSELLING CENTRE

The charity provides counselling to the people of the Arun area.The charity provides supervision to the 32 counsellors who are members of the charity.The charity offers training workshops for ACC counsellors and counsellors in the area.Arun Counselling is accredited by the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely female
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/05/23		£39	£45	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/05/22		£36	£35	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	37
31/05/21		£43	£29	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/05/20	*	£32	£36	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	33
31/05/19	*	£32	£32	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	33
31/05/18		£36	£32	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/17		£32	£28	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/16		£28	£28	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/15		£24	£21	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/14		£28	£20	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/13		£19	£27	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/12		£25	£24	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/11		£31	£24	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/10		£16	£16	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/09		£21	£17	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/08		£16	£15	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/07		£15	£14	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/06		£15	£15	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/05		£19	£17	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/04	*	£17	£18	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 39 years

www.aruncounselling.com

admin@aruncounselling.com

01903714417

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

West Sussex,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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

Sussex Community Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£8,980
DCMS	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Arun Counselling Centre
£5,000	14/07/2023	Funding was provided for core costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Arun Counselling Centre
£5,000	19/05/2023	Funding was provided towards free sessions for those unable to afford counselling.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid Response
£8,980	19/01/2021 12	The funding will be used towards running costs and improvements to their telephone and online counselling service. The project aims to offer counselling to people unable to offer a full donation who ....more The funding will be used towards running costs and improvements to their telephone and online counselling service. The project aims to offer counselling to people unable to offer a full donation who have experienced loss during the pandemic and ensure they can run their service efficiently during lockdowns.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,000	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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

CAROLE BEATY Appointed: 2022

DR ELIZABETH WEST Appointed: 2023

HOLLY MYFIELD Appointed: 2023

LOUISE KYFFIN Appointed: 2023

ROSEY WHORLOW Appointed: 2023

SUSAN ROSS Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/12/1985, number: 293053

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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

20 returns made; AR20: 8 days late, AR19: 14 days late, AR04: 41 days late,

Main office

DOVE LODGE
49 BEACH ROAD
LITTLEHAMPTON
WEST SUSSEX
BN17 5JG

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING SERVICES

Defined Area of Benefit:

ARUN DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources