||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| |Additional
governance
issues||(Optional informaSon)|||||| |You may choose to include|||||||| |additional
information,
where|||||||| |relevant,
about:|||||||| |~|policies and procedures||||||| ||adopted for the induction
and||||||| ||training
oftrustees;||||||| |~|the charity's
organisational||||||| ||structure
and any wider||||||| ||network
with which the charity||||||| ||works;||||||| |~|relationship
with any related||||||| ||parties;||||||| |~|trustees'
consideration
of||||||| ||major risks and the system||||||| ||and procedures
to manage||||||| ||them.||||||| ## |||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)||||| |Additional
details ofobjectives||and activities (Optional
Information)||| |You may choose to include||||| |further statements,
where||||| |relevant,
about:||||| |~
policy on grantmaking;||||| |~
policy programme
related||||| |investment;||||| |~
contribution
made by||||| |volunteers.||||| ## |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||||||||||||||||| |Further financial||review details|||(Optional
information)||||||||||||| |You may choose to|||include||||||||||||||| |additional
information,||||where|||||||||||||| |relevant about:|||||||||||||||||| |~|the charity's|principal|||||||||||||||| ||sources offunds (including||||||||||||||||| ||any fundraising);||||||||||||||||| |~|how expenditure||has||||||||||||||| ||supported
the key|||objectives|||||||||||||| ||ofthe charity;||||||||||||||||| |~|investment
policy||and||||||||||||||| ||objectives including|||any|||||||||||||| ||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| ## ## ## ##