Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

PREGNANCY OPTIONS CENTRE (CHICHESTER) 

The charity delivers free, non-directive counselling to support anyone facing an unplanned pregnancy, or struggling after a termination or pregnancy loss. To deliver interactive educational sessions to young people on about sex, relationships, consent, sexual health and the consequences of risky sexual behaviour, including an unplanned pregnancy.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

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: 8 years

www.pregnancyoptionscentre.org.uk

office@optionschichester.org.uk

01243784177

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Financial Data ?

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£80£78£1n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/21£84£60£24n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/12/20£70£47£24n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/12/19£40£37£3n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/12/18£38£31£7£0£0£0n/a013
31/12/17£23£27£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£20£18£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 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
Sussex Community Foundation£43,865
Joseph Rank Trust£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund£26,995
Woodward Charitable Trust£3,500
CAF£2,060
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£1,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,500 31/10/2023
Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Pregnancy Options Centre
£9,995 12/05/2023
The funding will be used to expand provision of counselling services for women facing unplanned pregnancy and their partners/families. The project aims to support women to overcome negative stigmas ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Pregnancy Options Centre
£7,000 11/11/2022
Funding was provided towards project costs of their Options programme.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000 31/10/2022
Core costs
Joseph Rank Trust - Options, Chichester
£30,000 14/10/2022
To fund the core costs of the charity
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Pregnancy Options Centre
£1,400 09/08/2022
Main Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Options' Wellbeing sessions
£9,550 11/02/2022
The funding will be used to continue the group's delivery of free emotional and practical support for women facing pregnancy related issues. The project aims to support relationships mental health ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Pregnancy Options Centre
£10,000 26/01/2022
Funding was provided towards key staff member salaries over 12 months to enable them to meet the increase in demand on their counselling service in West Sussex.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Pregnancy Options Centre
£5,000 16/07/2021
10
Funding was provided towards core costs in the form of salaries and office rental.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Pregnancy Options Centre
£10,000 11/06/2021
Pregnancy Options Centre provides free, unbiased counselling to anyone facing unplanned pregnancy or struggling after a pregnancy loss, such as a miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic pregnancy, ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000 26/03/2021
Core costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Pregnancy Options Centre
£2,850 07/09/2020
Pregnancy Options Centre provides free, unbiased counselling to anyone facing unplanned pregnancy or struggling after a pregnancy loss. They also deliver interactive educational workshops to young ....more
CAF - Grant to Pregnancy Options Centre
£2,060 02/06/2020
Grant to Pregnancy Options Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Pregnancy Options Centre
£5,000 24/03/2020
21
Funding was provided towards core staff costs and rent.
National Lottery Community Fund - Pregnancy Options Centre
£7,450 23/01/2020
11
The project will use funding to offer group and tailored support to people who have experienced unplanned pregnancy or pregnancy loss. The project aims to bring people together by enabling them to ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Pregnancy Options Centre's Counselling Service
£4,015 10/12/2019
11
Funding was provided towards core/running costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Pregnancy Options Centre
£5,000 15/03/2019
9
Funding was provided for staff costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Pregnancy Options Centre
£3,505 16/03/2018
11
Pregnancy Options Centre (formally Options Pregnancy Crisis Centre) was established in 1997. They provide free, unbiased, confidential counselling support for men and women, aged 14 upwards, who are ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/02/2016, number: 1165555
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Pregnancy Options Centre
St. Johns House
St. Johns Street
CHICHESTER
PO19 1UU

Objectives

A] THE PROVISION OF NON-DIRECTIVE AND NEUTRAL COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT TO WOMEN, MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS OR DISTRESS DURING OR AS A RESULT OF PREGNANCY, PREGNANCY LOSS OR THE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY, IN A CARING AND COMPASSIONATE WAY, RESPECTING THE AUTONOMY OF THE CLIENT; B] THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE SUBJECTS OF SEX, SEXUAL HEALTH, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, PREGNANCY AND PREGNANCY CHOICES; C] THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE HEALTH OF WOMEN WITH UNPLANNED PREGNANCY OR PREGNANCY COMPLICATED BY FOETAL ABNORMALITY OR MATERNAL MORBIDITY, PREGNANCY LOSS OR THE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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