Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 4

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 1

BASINGSTOKE AND DISTRICT COUNSELLING SERVICE

Provision of psychodynamic counselling in order to relieve persons suffering from mental and emotional disabilities in such ways as the Trust receiving the advice of their medical advisers think fit.Provision of education and training for those engaged or wishing to be engaged in counselling.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
30/08/22		£190	£246	£-56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
30/08/21	*	£181	£169	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
30/08/20?	*	£160	£130	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
30/09/19		£128	£134	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/18		£127	£126	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	1
30/09/17		£100	£95	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/16		£85	£109	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/15		£103	£110	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/14		£123	£127	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/13		£174	£142	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/12		£117	£109	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/11		£85	£72	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/10	*	£82	£87	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/09		£88	£80	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/08		£76	£79	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/07		£81	£89	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/06		£71	£70	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/05		£69	£55	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/04		£73	£59	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 34 years

info@basingstokecounselling.org

01256356549

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Hampshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
24 volunteers

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

CAF	£10,000
DCMS	£9,875
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,450
Henry Smith Charity	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Pandemic Counselling Assistance Fund
£9,450	22/12/2021	This project will support people with mental health issues made worse by Covid. It will offer an initial mental health consultation and 16 free counselling sessions to people who cannot afford the ....more This project will support people with mental health issues made worse by Covid. It will offer an initial mental health consultation and 16 free counselling sessions to people who cannot afford the minimum charge of £15. It will enrol at least 2 people per month to access free sessions equating to 408 sessions over the year.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Basingstoke & District Counselling Service
£5,000	18/03/2021	towards the refurbishment costs of a building used by a counselling service in Hampshire.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,875	27/07/2020	"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 "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."
CAF - Grant to Basingstoke and District Counselling Service
£10,000	01/07/2020 3	Grant to Basingstoke and District Counselling Service to support the organisation through COVID19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

COLM OHANLON Appointed: 2018

JILL FOWLER Appointed: 2019

JOHN FRANCIS COULSON Appointed: 2018

NIGEL PETER RUSSELL Appointed: 2020

JAMES FRADLEY BELLIS Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: BASINGSTOKE AND DISTRICT COUNSELLING SERVICE,

SAMIR KOTECHA Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeships: ALDWORTH'S EDUCATIONAL TRUST, BASINGSTOKE AND DISTRICT COUNSELLING SERVICE,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/07/1990, number: 900559

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR21: 21 days late, AR20: 30 days late, AR10: 16 days late,

Main office

Basingstoke Counselling Service
Goldings
London Road
BASINGSTOKE
Hampshire
RG21 4AN

Objectives

(A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUST RECEIVING THE ADVICE OF THEIR MEDICAL ADVISERS THINK FIT. (B) TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE ENGAGED OR WISHING TO BE ENGAGED IN COUNSELLING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BASINGSTOKE AND DISTRICT

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