Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 7

DUDLEY COUNSELLING CENTRE

The Counselling Centre gives support to vulnerable people in the community by providing them with the tools to make decisions that will help them, their families, friends and others. Adults and children are helped through a personalised and sympathetic counselling service. Homeless/vulnerable people and substance users are helped providing meals, clothes, advocacy and advice.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation and there are significant future grants due to be received
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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 10 years

www.dudleycounsellingcentre.co.uk

pastorjoedcf@gmail.com

01384239222

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
31/12/22	*	£126	£105	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/21	*	£170	£196	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/20		£238	£155	£83	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/19		£161	£117	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/12/18		£90	£104	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	25
31/12/17		£90	£104	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£81	£88	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£79	£44	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£31	£13	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who works here?

20 volunteers

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Wolverhampton,

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Lighthouse Centre ( Changing Lives Connecting Communities)
£350,000	27/04/2023	Funding will be used to continue child/teen counselling services and develop a wider community hub with emotional and economic care packages social group activities a place to sit and keep warm with ....more Funding will be used to continue child/teen counselling services and develop a wider community hub with emotional and economic care packages social group activities a place to sit and keep warm with free warm drinks and one-one support and advice.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Lighthouse Cafe (Connecting Communities))
£10,000	18/11/2022	The funding will be used as a contribution across three of the organisation’s bespoke projects to support vulnerable people in Dudley. It delivers a community café bring people together for an ....more The funding will be used as a contribution across three of the organisation’s bespoke projects to support vulnerable people in Dudley. It delivers a community café bring people together for an arry of activities; a warm hub providing an accessible warm space as the energy crisis bites and a café drop in hub which is a new development two evenings a week providing drop-in support for the homeless and socially vulnerable.
National Lottery Community Fund - Infuse Youth Project
£9,445	27/11/2020 6	The funding will be used to restart their youth project which will provide weekly activities and support to vulnerable young people. The project aims to improve their health and wellbeing.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Dudley Counselling Centre
£10,000	04/06/2020 5	Grant to Dudley Counselling Centre
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Lighthouse Cafe
£4,829	27/06/2019 2	to support the provision of their Lighthouse Café.
National Lottery Community Fund - Dudley Counselling Centre
£250,753	26/02/2019 36	Dudley Counselling Centre will support people in Dudley who are struggling emotionally, physically, practically or spiritually to give them hope and opportunities for a positive future. The centre is ....more Dudley Counselling Centre will support people in Dudley who are struggling emotionally, physically, practically or spiritually to give them hope and opportunities for a positive future. The centre is open to all and anyone coming to the centre will be allocated to a counsellor or support worker who will work with then to ensure they receive help.
National Lottery Community Fund - Dudley Counselling Centre
£279,081	01/07/2015 36	A project to support vulnerable adults and children in Dudley. The scheme will provide access to one-to-one counselling and a range of services such as money management advice, drug/alcohol support ....more A project to support vulnerable adults and children in Dudley. The scheme will provide access to one-to-one counselling and a range of services such as money management advice, drug/alcohol support and advocacy for those with complex needs. The scheme will provide support for over 500 beneficiaries.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ARTHUR LAVENDER Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: DUDLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH,

ASHA RANI-LAL Appointed: 2022

DOLORES WISHART Appointed: 2024

HUBERT TREASURE MBE Appointed: 2014

REV JOSEPH HAYES (Chair) Appointed: 2014

SHAUN EDEN Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/02/2014, number: 1155864

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR22: 86 days late, AR21: 3 days late,

Main office

DCC Centre
Salop St
Dudley
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 3EB

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADULT AND CHILD COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE MANAGEMENT GROUP FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; ANDTO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE MANAGEMENT GROUP FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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