Overall GiG Score: 2 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +5

HOUNSLOW YOUTH COUNSELLING, ADVICE AND INFORMATION SERVICE 

One to one confidential counselling to young people 11-25years old who live, work or study in the London Borough of Hounslow.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female

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: 37 years

www.hycscounselling.co.uk

ask@hycscounselling.co.uk

0208568 1818

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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
31/03/23£411£387£24n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/22£423£349£74n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£370£303£67n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/20£287£298£-11n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/19£300£286£14n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/03/18£265£287£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£328£275£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£331£281£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£292£247£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£237£215£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£251£204£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£190£180£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£161£181£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£144£165£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£150£152£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£113£85£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£117£88£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£79£87£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£93£72£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£61£46£15£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 12 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hounslow,

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
Greater London Authority£246,500
BBC Children in Need£86,766
London Borough of Hounslow£23,690
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Hounslow Youth Counselling
£98,600 20/12/2022
This uplift is to continue delivering an independent one-to-one counselling provision to young people in HMP/YOI Feltham, to relieve the suffering caused by emotional and psychological distress. We ....more
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Youth Counselling Service
£23,690 14/09/2020
12
To provide a new telephone and online counselling service to young people aged 13-25. To reduce psychological distress
Greater London Authority - Hounslow Youth Counselling Service
£147,900 01/01/2020
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hounslow Youth Counselling Service
£86,766 26/06/2019
36
This request will enable increased provision of one to one confidential counselling sessions to vulnerable and at risk young people aged 11-18 years old. Beneficiaries will reduce self-harming ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/04/1987, number: 296333
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

HOUNSLOW YOUTH COUNSELLING SERVICE
78-80 ST. JOHNS ROAD
ISLEWORTH
MIDDLESEX
TW7 6RU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH, OR BY THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOUR OR CREED, SEX OR CLASS, BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING A COUNSELLING SERVICE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW FOR THE GIVING OF INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP INFORMATION AND COUNSELLING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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