VINE COUNSELLING SERVICES

Registered charity 1117796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VINE COUNSELLING, VINE COUNSELLING AND PASTORAL SERVICES, VINE COUNSELLING SERVICES (NORTH SOMERSET)

Vine Counselling Services provides affordable (donation based) professional counselling services through qualified and trainee counsellors and practitioners to adults and children/young people.

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE PREDOMINANTLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE LOCAL NORTH SOMERSET AREA BY PROMOTING AND PROTECTING THEIR MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING, WORKING/LIAISING WITH OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES AS REQUIRED.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BASED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING TO ALL PERSONS WHO ARE DESIROUS OF RECEIVING THE SAME IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NORTH SOMERSET

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £26,567.55 for the year, with total unrestricted funds carried forward increasing to £126,152.31. The trustees' report confirms that the charity holds unrestricted financial reserves sufficient to cover operating costs for a period of six months, exceeding its stated policy target. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention that would indicate a failure to meet statutory accounting requirements.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Vine Counselling Services (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• SARAH JANE SHEEHANchair
• ANN PURSEY
• BARBARA HACKING
• CAROL BEVERIDGE
• Catherine Smillie
• Cordelia Pegge
• HELEN WARD
• IAN RUSSELL STOCKER · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: North Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIVERSIDE COUNSELLING SERVICE.

• RIVERSIDE COUNSELLING SERVICE income £246k
• THE VINE CENTRE income £300k
• THE VINES PLAYGROUP income £101k
• THE VINEHILL TRUST income £14.0m
• TRUE VINE CHURCH TRUST income £147k
• CARDIFF VINEYARD income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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