Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 22

FAMILY COUNSELLING TRUST

Provides information, assistance and guidance for children, young people and families of limited means in Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire to receive counselling, commissioning counsellors on a case by case basis and meeting the costs as far as possible; provides counselling for families on higher incomes while meeting less costs.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 18 years

www.familycounsellingtrust.org

info@familycounsellingtrust.org

07799 133 305

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

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
31/03/23		£147	£155	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	38
31/03/22		£113	£116	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	33
31/03/21		£101	£91	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	31
31/03/20		£85	£80	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	41
31/03/19		£60	£65	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/03/18		£41	£35	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£53	£34	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£34	£28	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£22	£24	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£10	£16	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£20	£15	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£19	£30	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£31	£42	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£24	£51	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£55	£30	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£30	£18	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£22	£11	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
38 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

The Fore	£30,000
Wiltshire Community Foundation	£21,607
Masonic Trust	£15,000
Tedworth Charitable Trust	£12,500
Somerset Community Foundation	£9,842
Dorset Community Foundation	£5,000
DCMS	£5,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Towards core costs.
£10,000	12/10/2023	Towards core costs.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£2,500	31/03/2023	Towards core costs
Dorset Community Foundation - Thriving Dorset Families
£5,000	06/02/2023	Counselling service for children and young people, providing wrap around support with parents & wider family
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Somerset Family Counselling Trust
£3,000	11/11/2022	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Family Counselling Trust Wiltshire
£15,000	29/06/2022	Family Counselling Trust provides counselling and family therapy to children, young people and families in south Wiltshire. The grant will help with staff costs.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000	24/03/2022	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 adapting services to cover increased demand for subsidised counselling
£4,842	28/05/2021	COVID19 adapting services to cover increased demand for subsidised counselling
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Family Counselling Trust Wiltshire
£6,607	19/05/2021 10	To provide early psychological therapies to children and their families who are struggling with emotional, behavioural or other mental health challenges.
The Fore - Grant to Family Counselling Trust
£30,000	12/04/2021 36	FCT is a children’s mental health support organisation, working on a very effective early intervention, holistic, family approach. FCT reaches the child before the NHS would pick up an individual ....more FCT is a children’s mental health support organisation, working on a very effective early intervention, holistic, family approach. FCT reaches the child before the NHS would pick up an individual case, saving prolonged suffering for the child and their family and valuable time and resources for the NHS. It operates in 4 counties in the UK (Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire). The Fore grant will fund the CEO salary to enable implementation of structural changes to increase capacity; and enable more efficient volunteer work. FCT is moving from an organisation relying on goodwill and relatively small-scale funding to a strong and structured charity.
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Subsidised counselling for families on low incomes
£5,000	14/08/2020 5	Grant to Family Counselling Trust Somerset
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000	13/08/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - FCT Wiltshire family counselling
£5,000	24/10/2018	This is a new group who plan to provide subsidised counselling at tier 2 to families who do not meet the threshold for CAHMS, or to support them in the interim whilst they are waiting to access ....more This is a new group who plan to provide subsidised counselling at tier 2 to families who do not meet the threshold for CAHMS, or to support them in the interim whilst they are waiting to access statutory services. The grant requested will support the core costs of the organisation.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Family Counselling Trust Wiltshire
£3,541	07/09/2015 18	The Family Counselling Trust (FCT) works to help and support families suffering severe relationship problems with their children, and problems with child mental health. The grant supported the costs ....more The Family Counselling Trust (FCT) works to help and support families suffering severe relationship problems with their children, and problems with child mental health. The grant supported the costs of therapists at a subsidised rate to families who have been accepted on to the programme.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Family Counselling Trust Wiltshire
£4,000	03/08/2015 12	The Family Counselling Trust (FCT) works to help and support families suffering severe relationship problems with their children, and problems with child mental health. The grant supported the costs ....more The Family Counselling Trust (FCT) works to help and support families suffering severe relationship problems with their children, and problems with child mental health. The grant supported the costs of therapists at a subsidised rate to families who have been accepted on to the programme.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Family Counselling Trust Wiltshire
£6,459	12/05/2015 24	The Family Counselling Trust (FCT) works to help and support families suffering severe relationship problems with their children, and problems with child mental health. The grant supported the costs ....more The Family Counselling Trust (FCT) works to help and support families suffering severe relationship problems with their children, and problems with child mental health. The grant supported the costs of therapists at a subsidised rate to families who have been accepted on to the programme.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-75

COLIN FESTUS ADAMS MBE Appointed: 2021

DR ALISON WILHELMINA SANKEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

EMMA JOSEPHINE TREICHL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

PETER CURRIE (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

PETER BARROWCLIFF Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

ROSEMARY LEIGH SHARP Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

SUSANNAH WALKER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/01/2006, number: 1112739
Registered at Companies House on 01/07/2005, number: 05496551

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
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

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR16: 29 days late, AR08: 40 days late,

Main office

5 Cedar Road
Charlton Down
DORCHESTER
Dorset
DT2 9UL

Objectives

1 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONGST PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR, AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLING, THERAPY AND OTHER SUCH SUPPORT SERVICES WHICH ARE DEEMED CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND TREATMENTS AVAILABLE.3. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE TRAINEE PRACTITIONERS ENROLLED ON MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLING, THERAPY AND/SUPPORT OR ASSOCIATED COURSE IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ASSIST THEM WITH THE COST OF TRAINING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF DORSET

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