Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

PHOENIX COUNSELLING SERVICE

Phoenix Counselling Service (PCS) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation providing a low cost counselling service which aims to provide professional counselling for adults in Burntwood, Lichfield and the surrounding area who do not meet the criteria for 1-to-1 CBT or counselling via the Psychological Wellbeing Service (PWBS), or other NHS provision, and who cannot afford private counselling.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£35	£26	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	£34	£20	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£26	£24	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£20	£17	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£15	£7	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£5	£3	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.phoenixcounselling-service.co.uk

phoenixcounselling2@gmail.com

07415517663

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Staffordshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Counselling Sessions
£10,000	18/08/2023	This funding will be used to deliver private counselling sessions to young adults and adults who cannot access counselling via the NHS and can’t afford private counselling. The project aims to ....more This funding will be used to deliver private counselling sessions to young adults and adults who cannot access counselling via the NHS and can’t afford private counselling. The project aims to support people with a wide range of mental health issues to improve their mental wellbeing.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Phoenix Counselling Service
£5,000	07/06/2023	The funding is for providing free counselling sessions to people living in Lichfield.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Phoenix Counselling
£2,000	27/07/2022	The funding is for counselling sessions.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CAROLE SHARE Appointed: 2024

DR GEOFF GOODYEAR Appointed: 2015

DR JOHN WHARTON MB,CHB Appointed: 2015

EMMA PIPE Appointed: 2021

PAULINE WRIGHT Appointed: 2024

ERICA KNIGHT (Chair) Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/03/2018, number: 1177399

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

22 Footherley Road
Shenstone
Lichfield
WS14 0NJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE PUBLIC AND PREDOMINATELY PEOPLE AGED 18 AND OVER IN BURNTWOOD, LICHFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF A SAFE AND AFFORDABLE COUNSELLING SERVICE.

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