2023-03-31-accounts

	Names ofthe charit	y trustees who man	age the chari	ty
	Trustee name	Offtce llf any)	Dates acted ear	Ifnot for whole	Name ofperson lor to a 'nt trustee		body) entitled Ifan
1	Janet Dewes	Chair
2	Emma George
3	Julie Dykes	Deputy Chair	Resigned	27/07/2023
4	Lynne Hamilton	Treasurer	Resigned	06/04/2023
5	Fnon Roberts		Resigned	06/07/2022
6	Charlotte Simpson		Resigned	06/07/2022
7	Alison Hrastelj		Appointed	12/01/2023
8	Philip Champness		Appointed Resigned	12/01/2023 30/06/2023
9	Lee Parfitt		Appointed	12/01/2023
10	Francesca Martella		Appointed	12/01/2023
			Resigned	30/06/2023
11	Rhian Morgan		Appointed Resigned	12/01/2023 06/04/2023
12	Claire Charlton		Appointed	06/04/2023
13	William Giles		Appointed	06/04/2023
	Names ofthe trustees for the charity, ifany, (for example, any custodian					trustees)
	Name		Dates acted if not for whole			ear

Description ofthe charity's trusts	Description ofthe charity's trusts	Description ofthe charity's trusts
	Type of governing document	Constitution
	How the charity is constituted	Charitable	Incorporate		Organisation
	Trustee selection methods	Trustees are and interview		appointed process.	by the existing trustees	following	an application
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		1. The prevention or relief of mental distress for	the public benefit of	the public benefit of
		people living in Wales in particular but not exclusively by the
		provision ofevidence based, accessible psychological therapies,
		counselling and support services.
Summary ofthe objects charity set out in Its governing document	ofthe	2. The promotion ofsocial inclusion among people living in Wales who experience mental distress by preventing them from becoming socially exduded and assisting them to integrate into
		society in particular but not exdusively by involving socially
		excluded groups in evaluating and designing	mental wellbeing
		services that enable increased access
Summary ofthe main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory		YCSexists io provide a low-cost counselling service to people who cannot otherwise afford to access counselling. It is our intention to provide and tell people about our affordable service. We offer low-cost counselling online as well as face to face.
declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance Issued by the Charity Commission on public		The trustees confirm that they had had due regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit when planning the activities of the charity.
benefit)
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Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity during the year	Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity during the year	Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity during the year	It is my great pleasure to present the annual report for YCS. In many ways, this has been a time of partial recovery from the impact which was created by the pandemic and subsequent lockdown. The previous year was marked by the partial closedown ofour premises, and
			considerable curtailment to the services that we were able to offer to our
			clients. We were fortunate in that many of our committed and enthusiastic
			counsellors were able to undergo extra training to provide an on-line
			service. This has become a blessing in disguise, as we are now able to
			offer an on-line service as well as face-to-face counselling. This has
			enabled us to reach a wider group ofclients, and a minority of our clients
			still prefer to receive their counselling on-line.
			Our much-valued clinical lead, Michele, retired from her post, but is
			shortly to take her place on the Board ofTrustees. Our Low-Cost
			Counselling Manager, Francesca also left us, and I would like to record
			thanks to both for their skill, dedication and commitment. Francesca has
			been ably replaced by Amy Beacher, who continues in the tradition of
			empathy, skill and industry. Shirley —our Finance and Admin Officer,
			moved to another part ofthe country, but has continued to work remotely
			for us on a part-time basis. Lynne and Rhian both retired as trustees, and
			also Julie, our Vice-chair, who has been with YCSsince its inception. We
			thank them all for their unwavering efforts and wish them well in the
			future.
			The Board has been strengthened by the appointment ofseveral new
			trustees, Philip Champness, Claire Charlton, Alison Hrastelj, Lee Parfitt
			and Will Giles who bring a wealth marketing skills and financial acumen
			to our Board, for which we are very grateful.
			Counselling
			We have grown the size ofthe volunteer counselling team from 11post
			covid toa community of30people.
			This last year has been marked by a steady and indeed increased
			demand for our services. We continue to recruit new trainee counsellors
			on a regular basis. Many ofthese come to us after having been
			recommended to do so by existing trainee counsellors. After qualifying,
			some stay on with us for a short while, and we are considering making
			this a formal request to new trainees. We continue to support them by
			offering training and we now offer in*ouse low-cost supervision to all our
			trainees.
			Since the launch ofthe new website, the number ofreferrals has steadily
			increased, since clients are now able to apply outside ofoffice hours. It
			has also been noted that since the pandemic, there is an increase in the
			complexity ofthe presenting issues ofclients. To assist our trainees, we
			have incorporated training in suicide and self-harm into our training
			programme.

There issome dissatisfaction with our current client management system.	There issome dissatisfaction with our current client management system.
A new system, Medesk, has been investigated and will come into use
October 2023.
Due to increased demand, the number ofdays available to dients in the
office has been extended, and clients are now able to be seen from
Tuesday- Thursday until 7pm.
Private Renters.
We now have office Cover 4-5 days per week which enhances our
relationship with private renters and running ofthe centre.
We have increased the number ofprivate Therapists who rent rooms
from us, this income stream assists with the running costs ofthe Therapy
Centre. We have however had 2 larger leases cancelled mainly due as
an impact ofthe financial pressures other agencies are facing.
Business and Finance
Since one ofour main sources of Funding, the National Lottery Fund, is
coming to an end, it has been necessary to seek other sources of funding
alongside an application for continuation ofcurrent funding.
A strategy meeting was held in November to address this, and a Board
decision was taken to employ a professional fundraising company to
make applications on our behalf. Sadly, this company proved to be
ineffective, losing valuable application time for other funding
opportunities. However, thanks to the sterling efforts of Gail, our Director,
funding has been granted from the Postcode Lottery Fund and a private
donor.
We have also been very fortunate in that Radyr Golf Club have decided
to make us one oftheir two Charities ofthe Year. Many ofthe Board and
employees attended a fundraising Charity Day at the Club in June, which
was both good fun and raised our profile considerably. Fundraising
continues throughout the year, and we are asked to attend a
Presentation Event in November.
The Business and Finance Management Group ofTrustees continues	to
seek ways to widen the scope ofour activities, and to increase the
income which we can raise by making use ofour building to an even
great extent.

					The trustees have a medium	The trustees have a medium	The trustees have a medium	term aim of holding	term aim of holding	term aim of holding	unrestricted	unrestricted	unrestricted	unrestricted	reserves	reserves	reserves
Brief statement		ofthe			equivalent to 6 months of committed				expenditure.			Committed
charity's policy		on reserves			expenditure	refers to	the ongoing costs of maintaining							the property			in
					which YCSoperates		and the	staff costs associated				with providing					low-
					cost counselling. At the end			ofthe period F26,393				was held			as
					unrestricted	reserves	which is approximately			5-6	months. At				this	time,
					YCS continues to benefit from the support of					Lottery			funding		so the
					shortfall to	target is expected		as the	organisation		looks			to grow funded
					operations.
					YCSseeks	to obtain	specific	funding	for any	additional				activities		and
					monies received for any specific activity are accounted									for at	the	time of
					receipt as being restricted to			that activity and		spend			is	monitored		against
					the amount	received	or receivable.
Details ofany funds				materially
in	deficit
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	ethical investment			policy
	adopted.

				Year En	ded 31 March	2023
					Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
							2023	2022
							E	f
Grant income					51,000	27,851	78,851	34,146
Client fees					12,145		12,145	12,865
Room rental					20,569		20,589	15,510
Donations					1,393		1293
					85,107	27,851	112,958	62,521
Stat Costs					47,525	21,851	69277	53,872
Volunteer / Clinical Supervision						2,560	2,560	3,789
Rent					10,000		10,000	16,000
Rates					2,113		2,113	1,442
Light &Heat					4,172		4,172	3,918
Insurance						1,411	1/11	2,367
Phone/Broadband					1,097	345	1W2	1226
IT,website and other		related expenditure			449	7,731	8,180	8,156
Repairs, maintenance			&dsaning		2,404		2404	2,633
Admtn, pnnting, postage 8				stationery	1,961	265	2226	1,038
Advsrbsing &	marketing				623	2,897	3,520	1,596
Training								189
Legal &Professional					1,653	1,099	2,752	8295
Furniture								1,599
Square Fees					75		75
R ecru i an sot					419	I247	1,666	1,381
Governance —Independent				exam fees	1,140		1,140	2,520
Covld related	expenditure			—PPEetc				56
Consulbng					5,000		5,000
Entertainment-100%			Business				229
Client Management		System				2,808	22I08	2,808
					78,861	42215	121,078	112,884
Transfers between	funds
NET MOVEMENT fN	FUNDS				6247	(14,364)	(8,117)	(50,363)
CASH FUI638 BROUGHT R)RWARD					20,147	25,526	45,673	96,036
CASH FUNDS CARR653 FORWARD					26,393	11,162	37,555	45,673

					unreatrtctett	Reatrlctett	Total	Total
							2023	2022
Cash	at	Bank	Cto	Account	26,393	11,162	37,555	45,673
					26,393	11,162	37,555	45,673