MARCHES COUNSELLING SERVICE

Charity number: 1140780
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The provision of a locally based, confidential, reliable and affordable therapy service, with a fast transition from referral to assessment and allocated therapist. The service works to BACP professional standards and provides a sign-posting service to local agencies for those who contact the service, but for whom counselling is inappropriate.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £100,698
Total expenditure: £102,188

People

5 Trustee(s)

5 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Herefordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 10 March 2011: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • MCS (Working name)
Company number:
07471763 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
JENNIFER FRENCH Chair
None on record
Tina Alison Abbott Trustee 09 November 2022
None on record
Graham Thomas Trustee 19 October 2021
None on record
Lorraine Slane Trustee 10 October 2014
None on record
Elizabeth Lloyd Trustee 10 October 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £64.57k £102.51k £95.58k £81.06k £100.70k
Total expenditure £63.70k £79.38k £89.72k £91.87k £102.19k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £9.43k £9.87k N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 28 November 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 28 November 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 27 February 2024 27 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 27 February 2024 27 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 20 December 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 20 December 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 21 December 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 21 December 2021 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 21 December 2020 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 21 December 2020 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM 16 DEC 2010

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF RESIDENTS IN HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE MARCHES WHO, BECAUSE OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH; SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, OR DISABILITY, ARE SUFFERING FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND/OR DISORDER, THROUGH: 1 THE PROVISION OF A LOCALLY BASED, CONFIDENTIAL, RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICE, WITH A FAST AND SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM REFERRAL TO ASSESSMENT AND ALLOCATED COUNSELLOR 2 THE PROVISION OF A SIGN-POSTING SERVICE TO LOCAL AGENCIES, STATUTORY, VOLUNTARY OR PRIVATE, FOR THOSE WHO COME FOR ASSESSMENT, BUT FOR WHOM COUNSELLING IS INAPPROPRIATE 3 THE PROVISION OF A SUPPORTIVE AND EDUCATIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR COUNSELLORS TO RAISE AND MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND THEREBY BENEFIT THE RECIPIENTS OF THERAPY 4 AND TO FURTHER BENEFIT THE WELL-BEING OF THOSE NEEDING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT THROUGH WORKING AGAINST THE STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND DISTRESS BY EDUCATION AND AWARENESS RAISING WITHIN THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Contact information

Address:
Marches Counselling Service
57 St. Owen Street
HEREFORD
HR1 2JQ
Phone:
01432 279906
Email:
marches.counselling@gmail.com
Website:

www.marchescounselling.org Open in new window