Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 7

CAIRNS COUNSELLING

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Total income	£151,765	£181,100	£163,806	£227,217	£249,409	£224,549
Total spending	£133,566	£131,892	£235,507	£199,868	£228,561	£227,051
Surplus/deficit	£18,199	£49,208	-£71,701	£27,349	£20,848	-£2,502

Established: 30 years

www.cairnscounselling.org.uk

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

Purposes

The advancement of health

Where it operates

Aberdeen

Who it helps

People with disabilities or health problems

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

Scottish Government	£58,014
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,233
Crowdfunder	£2,555

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£2,555	22/04/2022	Covid response
Scottish Government - Cairns Counselling
£21,836	04/03/2021	Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Cairns Counselling
£36,178	08/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Focussed Support Sessions - Pilot
£9,233	16/12/2019 11	This group will deliver a 12 month pilot project that will match people who are on the organisation's waiting list with trained volunteer counsellors.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Cairns Counselling
£1,000	21/12/2017 11	to contribute towards the cost of CPD for Volunteer Counsellors.
Corra Foundation - HDA-17/376
£5,000	07/12/2017	towards the salary of the full-time Service Manager
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Cairns Counselling
£2,000	24/05/2016 11	to contribute towards CPD materials for volunteer counsellors.
Foundation Scotland - Counsellor Supervisor, new role
£5,900	09/03/2016 12	to contribute towards a Counselling Supervisor salary.
Corra Foundation - HDA-16/39
£4,000	04/02/2016	towards the new post of the part-time Counsellor Supervisor, conditional upon written confirmation that the appointment has been made

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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

Charity registered in Scotland on 28/10/1994, number: SC023108

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

, AB10 1RJ

Objectives

The organisation’s purposes are: The advancement of health through providing a counselling service in Aberdeen. (In doing so the Charity will provide those services previously delivered by The Aberdeen Presbytery Counselling Service.)

Data Sources