Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

1-2-1 COUNSELLING

We are an independent volunteer counselling service based in York City, providing professional short-term (usually 6 weeks) counselling and support to the local community from 16 years old onwards. Presenting issues may include anxiety, mild to moderate depression, bereavement, domestic and relationship issues, addiction, post-trauma effects and the long-term impact of early life events.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

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
31/03/24£17£17£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£12£15£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£6£13£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£21£9£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?31/03/20?£9£15£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£9£7£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Support for addiction & substance abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • City Of York, North Yorkshire,
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
Two Ridings Community Foundation - N/A
£2,000 26/07/2022
Funding toward the cost of rent to be able to continue providing free counselling services.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£10,000 17/06/2020
This group provide a 1-2-1 counselling service within York and have 20 active counsellor practitioners. They aim to make counselling accessible for those on a low income. The group require funding to cover their overhead costs e.g. rent, volunteer ....more
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust - Counselling changes lives: addressing the consequences of poverty in York in 2020 and beyond
£3,500 05/05/2020
To provide counselling for individuals who would not be able to afford it
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Grant to 1-2-1 Counselling
£4,400 12/06/2018
Funding to cover rental costs for one year for an organisation providing volunteer counselling to individuals on a low wage or unemployed.
National Lottery Community Fund - Better Volunteering
£8,095 26/03/2018
12
The group will carry out volunteer recruitment and training and establish a secure online volunteer database to improve their sustainability and efficiency. This will enable them to support more people who are experiencing issues such as anxiety, ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DR ALAN DEREK DUNNETT (Chair) Appointed: 2016
  • ELIZABETH CHAMBERS Appointed: 2022
  • EMILIA ZAIRA GUERRA Appointed: 2021
  • ERICA ANN NEWMAN Appointed: 2020
  • SUSAN MARY MORRIS Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/10/2016, number: 1169828
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Room 3
Tower House Business Centre
Fishergate
YORK
YO10 4UA

Objectives

1) TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL SUFFERING OF PERSONS IN NEED TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE FACING BEREAVEMENT, RELATIONSHIP DIFFICULTIES AND BREAKDOWN, ILL HEALTH (BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL), REDUNDANCY, UNEMPLOYMENT, STRESS AND ANXIETY, GENDER IDENTITY ISSUES, PREGNANCY RELATED DIFFICULTIES, DISCRIMINATION, DISPLACEMENT, BULLYING AND HARRASSMENT, TRAUMA, ABUSE, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, CARING FOR ANOTHER, JUDICIAL PROCESSES, GROWING OLDER AND END OF LIFE BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF COUNSELLING AND MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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