2025-08-31-accounts

CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1005967 The Norwich Centre for Personal Professional and Spiritual Development Unaudited financial statements 31 August 2025

The Norwlch Centre for Personal Professional and Spiritual Development Flnanclal statements Y•ar •nded'31 August 2025 TrustQO8' efflnual tOPOrt Ind8p•nd&nt •xamhwtr$ reporttothe tru810•8 statomontof finandal qdMI 10 Bglttnce ihoèt Notes to th& ffin8n¢lal 8t4tomont8 12

The Norwich Centre for Personal Professlonal and Spiritual Development T￿￿te08. annual rnport Year ended 31 August 202S The 1ru8tees present thelr report and the urtaudllwj IlnaMlal Statements of the ¢harity for thè year ended 31 August 2025. The lIn￿￿￿81 statémènts béen pr•pared In accordaneé wlth the a¢ts)unllng poltdes Set out In note5 to the accounts and Comply wllh the ¢harflY$ govgming do¢Lsmgnl. tho Charfti8s Act 2011 and Accounting and RepoTtsNJ by Charftles: Stalementof Recommended Pracilce appllcable to tharltles preparingthoir a¢counts In 8CCOTdance wilh the Flnandal Repo￿n9 Standard appllc4ble In the UK and Republk of Irdand published In OGtobpA 2019. Roforence and admlnhballv• d•tall• R•gtstrv•d ¢harlty namo Thg NoThvlch CentreforPersond Profes$lonaland sphI￿al Develownert Ch•rfty rnghtrnllon numbar 1005 Prfndpl 0ffi¢o 7 Earfham Road Norwtch Norfolk NR23RA Thg tnth wbo durlThJ tho yearand atthe date of approval wwe as fikn: Slmon Jones Pat Gibney Thomas Keamey Ba￿arn Trevallon Julian Thome (ap￿TrIed 13 Nowmbar20241 John Jackson Irestgnod 13 Nov¢mbor 2024} Rlthard Capper(re*dned 13Ntsvernber2W241 Unda 8ainlon (appointed 13 August 2025) Mrs Magglg Southworih Ind•pnd•nt examln•r Jwute Raywood Adepta ￿M￿ed Unit 6 Hlll Fomi Ktrby Road Ktrby Bedon Norwich NR14 7DU 8•nk•rn CAF Bank Umitfjd 25 Klngs HIIIAvenu8 Klngs Hill Westmalllng Kent ME19 4JQ

The Norwich Centre for Personal Professional and Splrltual Development Trusttts. annual re￿{¢00￿￿ Year ended 31 August 2025 adoplad in the further￿ ofth8 acbvlies. Thls report Co￿[S ts 12 ny)nths from 1st S8Mth)knr2024 to 31st Aiwt 2tr25. way. However, ￿ dm1 conlinue to offw onlin G¢)unsellirvJ where thi% wa5 needed orwanted by the dlenl bLrt offgr Wi typ8s ofsessions. factrttr￿ ororthe, ￿ ￿$0 glven huge fiexlW for who find a￿SIng the centre those had to go due lo perml CArtyJmstancè or Urt￿￿81ty vacatlons and for dients forwhith M Is slmpty their prefeffed 0￿. 11 IMS tho been a very useful offwwig for CAwYouih Conna¢t dlents 7Athore for simtty I￿Ing the is cMwwirwJ so atrAe to access Coun$d￿n9 ortr￿n8 has been a1rfgDno. In ad￿￿on, as the tralrlr¥J 4 rw acinrfrtod to Ind￿ an on4ine and telephone counselung elementto the trèMiirvJ. it is u#eful atTh• NoTr¥lth Cth to have Ihe opporiunity to Y)rkith r￿ents in this way. brnakCkY￿S and statisks look at all se5￿n5 withh) the sepl Nonvi{ Centre charity di￿$ - Clignts WI￿ the bryer￿￿ ￿m￿s￿lIng throub our rtharity s¢Thryc• offwtrw ¥x￿1t￿o and afforfablo couTrsdty tr up to 18 rMnth$. Contracl dlents- c￿ents kntKJ acrss M ¢))st to the shcrt-kn ¢oun5elhng thr(wgh an a thaiity orI￿r edU￿lonal estsUishmenL Y(￿n9 peop￿ to marywwlis¢d wups wi tr Not￿Ik aroa. the daytiffle stati8trs. . Coun8olllngsw¥l¢ The total number of bookwj sess10￿ a¥alable lo dlents 1st Septenthw 2024 to 31st %Y25. exduding ￿anned breaks, lld 810ts and unfdled sp￿. was 1234. This irKJdes 94er418h)n. 8P

The Norwich Centre for Personal Professional and Spiritual Development Trustees, annual report(¢pnthued) Year ended 31 August 2025 Achlevèm•nts and perforniance iconth¢MrfJ Clienlbreakdown Nonvich Centre In total, induding spaces that We￿ held for dtents. unfilled spaces and planneil breaks. there were 1330 av8i18ble se$sions for courbselling. supeNsion. exploralory sessions or spiiilual acxompanimenL A toial of 249 dsffeienl ¢lienls accessed The Norwch Centre's seNces between 1st Seplember 2024 to 31st August 2025. 84 individva15 made eontsct and booked exploratory sessions. however 3 of these didn't attend their booked exploratory session. There were a lurther 24 cFients who contacted us for initial infomation and theri never followed through to book an exploratory. Of Ihose who did have counselling, induding those who slarted before Isl September 2024 and those who are still current clients. 46 had 6 sèssions or less. 21 had 7 to 12 sessions. 11 had 13 10 18 sessions and 18 had 19 or more session5. Ofthe5e, 7 dients 8r£essed the ¢entre for sptrtbjal accompaniment Ilhese are induded in total numbers). Total Sessions by Year 1800 1724 1600 1522 1400 1200 1234 873 ￿8931 4QO 2rKI 2019no 2021121 202U22 2022123 2023124 2024125 Waiting List The wailing list opened to enquiries lale November 2024, wilh exploratories being booked from Jan 2025. It has remained open sinee. We have welcomed a new group of trainees, who siarted working in the18le springleady summer. and have been slowty opening up their availaNe spaces. Client breakdown Norwi¢h Cefttre Pmleets The total number of booked sessions for Normth Centre contract dienls between 1st September 2023 10 31st August 2024. exduding planned break5. held slots and unfilled spaces. wa5 866 4neluding exploratory sessions. This was a small decrease in sessions from the prewous year110501. Client numbers for 0119r24- 3118125= 138

The Norwich Centre for Personal Professional and sp.iritual Development Trustees. annual report(¢w Year ended 31 August 2025 The NOrw￿h Centr• ran a varièty d- 13 st￿lents comF48tsd S￿¢¢88 TPwrnday <¥oup <12 8lud•nts)- 10 sbAerts complet•d S￿¢08$f￿￿￿ The cou￿• storted 21 sludffits. 19thltich cth)¥kntsd thelrlIrnty￿rIuCe￿$fUlly. 2 8tud8nts we no longw on the c¢ur8e. Concl￿10￿ The Norwkh C•ntr• c4nllnL￿S lo yovkl• counsdln)g and tra1￿￿3 opportunltlas to o widg varknty of Indivlduall. Th m8lor6ty of our coun6ellkng ￿810n4 and ￿hnl￿d l# fxmduded th pernon. However. • rgally pos1￿¥8 onsequence of the ￿nd•M1¢ Is that the Opti￿ of oTrline wol￿ng Is ful￿ •fflbedded wbthSn th? sepic8 whlth allows for more dlenls lo a￿¥$8 th• ser¥k•. pfjrtk￿rty Wh￿ ￿)fflIng to centre bB a thallenge for a varfoty of r¢a8ons,' thls Increases our accesthThty for dlents •nd 4180 alltyAry us lo ￿ Ilexib￿ on th088 occasbons when W• conllnue to b8 gr8tofv110 011 ow stsff, ¥c4unteoTs and traln•o$ wlK> gjvo thwr tlme and hdp u8 conllnu• to . provldè the gwl Ser1￿ Ihalwe do. The Norwic Centre ha8 Curtinued togru4¥ and d8velop ovèrtha1o61 year, we have lftcre88ed our contract dients, rèach a larger number of NOTh￿c Centre dlents 8nd our young person p￿￿$10n. Youlh Conn•cl, has continued to develop and. with kngtrr l￿dIr￿j from lh• N8Wonal Lott•ry. wlll go from strongth to slrenglh. The pwral WThou￿lIngs at Th8 Nonllth Centre have def1ntte￿ Improved ovw the past year vAth Ihfj a<hJllkni of anothgr ¢ouns•llfjng rotyn. Iho of a n•w kitchen and ¥om& decorallon and general Improvem8nl$. All makes fora morn Ca)mfortablg arKI posith￿ working envlronment Additlon81ty, we ha￿afantaStIC1¢aM ol¢0￿$t110r5 and tutor8vtho are our biggest assel. The NcThlch Centrg Staff •nd volunte to•m 1$ a brilliant team ol persownlred counsdlors and trainers rylh the e6sential admln le￿. worklng alongslde, and il Is a gr•al pri¥ll8ge to be part olsuch a poslfve and professional team. Equalty, we we thankful lo regula￿ have Brlan kn the to offer spiiilual quklwK• whith tirirt￿ a ￿r￿￿O810b￿ revgnuo to Thè Norwl¢h Cen￿. We conllnue lo ￿ able lo offer to th• tra￿￿e5 on (w Dfj￿ coursg gnd h•¥e èryoyed havM)g 9 ntr# tralnee8 thls year. most of whwi started on pl8cement wilh us In Spring 2025 and will woth wilh u8 untll summer 2028. In 8ddrtion, we have wdcomed a trainee from another local pemn4entred training course. A numbpr of the tsainees Irom the pr8Nryous d￿)loma which finished in Juty 2024 hav¢ stay8d on ai the centre as bolh volunteer ¢o(Nwlkir8 pokj cy)unsellors aNJ we ¢OnlIn￿ to b? gralefvl for their loyaty and continued support. In addlilon. ￿ hwe 8 smal number of long4emi Volunteers who make a brlwant contrilmkn to the ,leam and wè are thankful fortheir¢ontinued ts)mrnilment to the centre. Our col￿ have c¥nlinued to recruit 8trong]y and were run effecbbty through 20242025. T￿Y rwesenl a ¥a￿able resource to local coun5elling organisations by prOvKIw￿ lrnh)8•s and w*tralned wof8ssloro1 nsel10￿ and they support us in our d￿rity

The Norwlch Centre for Personal Professional and Splrltual Development Trustees, annual report(miw . Y•ar and￿ 31 August 2025 Totsl income generated A¥ the yur NJuntsd kn £278.96S f2024: £281.732) of 7lch £246.480 r2024: £267,032) was unrestrithd. Expwkn for the yèar to £263.368 (2024: £257,348) of whkh £16,800 12024: £226.621) was unres1rth￿ prodwd w unrestri(ed defidt of £2881tr24: sUr￿U$ £40.681) and a * was knxwred re8trhd fur#ls of£1508512024: £16.297). . Total reser￿$ of the ¢harity kueased kn £333.7eA). Of tolal. £237266 12024.. £237.554) rdated to ofthe d￿rity as at 31 Augii8t 2025wern £184￿73 (2Q4: £183.W. The free regerbw at 31 A￿U$l 2ff25 #MCA￿ to £164.873 (21r24'. £163.493) reprnsentirwJ apwoxlmthty 8 months. •xpenditure. exduding deweCMb￿. De8V￿ fund$ rtalled £72.393 {2￿￿4. £74.IX1) aNI the rknrity dients ¢an pay, we a con11￿ tr￿K1 for people to be ablg to affo￿ less ofa ¢ontsibubon lorttdr rthjnsdling sessions. We ¢ontNiue toworkon to t￿1￿1 up a burswy fund be used to within the financs ratsr Ihan risbing the feèltryj ore rec￿& spgdal trealmgrf, thus $uppoiting fijnds forthe tsjrsary ￿n16n￿ to be a onww wo rarvJ8 ofthtts and kn(1￿ge. Prospe¢li¥e rthIts￿ are inlmdutxd tothe tixisling board forconsideration ofappolnlmenl and appolnted by m8Jth vok af fflembws in at thg M￿ting at which Tho Irusteeswho s•ryed d￿r1d the year. atth8 dth althts r¢p(rt We ftsted on p8ge 1. Indvclionand hlning of TnlM• r￿d to do. deS￿ned to keep them abreast of I￿r duues and respxL8iblilies.

The Norwich Centre for Personal Professional and Spiritual Development T￿￿tee$. annual report Year ended 31 August 2025 ryanlsall Control ofthe Charlty ¥rNI for settirvJ of$ arKI thg rMkkng OfStrateg￿ d8cr8knn8 rests wlth Day to day operallonal tsjntrul and managem9nt of th? oryarthsallon is delegated to thè Di￿1￿. The Director 18 a8SiSted ui the frJrKtions of adMIr￿SITati¢￿ and ffirb￿ce by p&manent staff and the use ol extem81 prOfeS￿onal athrySe￿ in18gal and finance mattern. The Chity's counselling seNths are wryvJ8d I￿ thrwh Ihe use d4r4urrtews. wtK prots$sionaly trained and appropiialety qualified. Counsewing seNices a￿ also wtr4lded by the Dlre(aor, Asslslart Diredor. a pemHnenlcounsellorvthoThkswith'8t fis￿ rfnts. (yJrYouth ConecTeam and So￿ sesstonal coun8ellor8. ioprfale supervis￿￿ of rAunselkns is Ilyow of both dgdlc4led stoff and extemal prOfessM￿a￿ indwjing quafthed counselth. The Charfty emths 8ppropriatdy qu￿1[Ad and tuttys and facllttkn (xxrn and worksh¢Jps. are in place to mibgate expo￿ to the m¥r ￿. As the ¢harity derives the maiNity of its wume discreli¢Thry spending. w>l￿tary donalton$, conlribuuons and grants, its sen$1￿7ty to pressu￿ on personal finan￿ and incomes Terna￿S urwtsidable. WhitSt the successftl of and wothshops is ￿ntinU#￿ to wowde posiirle Ind￿¥)n$. th8 For the immediate fijlure. the fOr￿S of the ¢harity wal cJ)ntinue to bg Ihe prnrysbjn of essential ounsdlng seNces to the in need Qxtending Fvovislon ofcounsallor trainlng. 8nd supporL Operating in a stridty monittted and Control￿ cost enWmnm￿I wm conItr￿9 to bo a necessary factor in the day to day m￿agefflent of ￿tI¥￿5. The Director w0￿S rw wilh the financ• tsam and Trustees to secure the S￿Sfi￿ finan(aal stawty (rfthe organization. organizabonal struckn aThJ prctesses to be confident we are I)ff￿]ng an environmerl free from thsuiminètion, Inequalty and marg￿aI￿ation. The l)Yedor a￿1 Tntstees are open and ￿L￿rage ￿09￿&W￿h al staff lo wo towards this. ¢)ur Equa￿ Cw5ity tsys wt CAT (xxnm1tm￿ to our staff, ￿]lmIeS[s, thjents and The charitys policy 1$ lo o)nsull and rfwjsswdh employees, thrw slaff ￿￿rKI5 arKI at m8gtings. mattgrs likety to affect emptoyees. interests. Infofmation ofmatters ofconcem toemplwls gi￿ 1hro1￿ thsaBsion a￿1 reportsvthith seektoachleve a cofflmon &WaTer￿ onthe ￿t0fall emthe8softh¢ and wi0m￿fa￿0rsaffer￿ng Ihe chariV$

The Norwich Centre for Personal Professional and Splrltual . Development Year ended 31 August 2025 Seplgithr 2019. as Uiey fdl wlthkn the of th• dwity. Since 1 Sertanbw 2019 tho r￿MpanY was Charfues (A￿uThts and R•pKJrts) RegAaknns 2008 orty to the extent requlred to pwfyryde a ..tr￿ #ftd f85r Reporting Stafthrd apFAKaLle in the UK and Rewthuc of i5gJed In Othber 2019 rather than the 7MII bg reappo.inted forts wwirwJ year. Maggje

The Norwlch Centre for Personal Professional and Splrltual Development Indapondent examlnerfs report to tho trustses of The NoThvlch Centre for Por8onal Professlonal and Splritual Dev•loprnent Year ended 31 August 2025 . I report lo the charftytnmtees on my exomlnallon ofthe flnandal statsments ofthe forthe ￿ar ended 31 August 2025 whlch are 8Ot out on pagos 1010 19. R•spon•lbllltlo• and ba818 of r•port A8 the charfty's twslees you are responslble for the preparntton of thè fin•nd•l 8t•tomts In 8c£¢xthnce wlth thg rnqulromenls ofthe Charlllo8 Act 2011 I'lhe A¢V). I report In respect of my ¢xamlnaUon ofth• ¢harfty8 flnanrAel stal•mfrnls carded out undw 8ecllon 145 ofth• t and In carylng out my examlnatlon I have follo￿d all thè appllcablo Dlre¢tk>n8 glven by thè Charfty Commlsslon under oedon 1451Sllb) of the A¢L 1nd￿end￿ntex•mITrots 8tat•m•rt Slnce thè charfty'8 gr088 Incom• èx¢godod £250,000 your ￿￿ThIn0r mu8t b• a m•mbor of a body Ilitsd In ••¢tlon 145 oflhg 2011 Act, l ¢onfim)thal l amquallfled to undertake th•examlnatlon b￿U$8 l am • mombor ofthe Assodallon of Charterod Certlfied Accountants IACCA), whlch Is ono of the Ilsled bodlfjs. I have ￿Ipple1$d my 0xam1n￿1on. I confl￿n tho1 no materfal mgttwB hav• eorneto myattentkn In conn•cUL wlth the Oxamlnallon gmng me Cau￿ to tyellova that In any reycL' aceounllng rèeord8w•rn nol k•pt In mp•cl of th• ch•rfty M r•qulr•d by 8eCtlon 130 of th• Art. or the financ1￿ 8tst•rn•nts do not accord vllh tho•• r•cord8: or th finAnrknl Jtsl•monts do not comply wtth the wllcable r•qulrom•nts corc•mlroJ tho lorn and conlfjnl of accounts Set out In the CharfU•8 (A￿Unts and Reports) R8gulaUon8 2008 oiher than any requlromenl that tho accoun18 glva a 'tnJ• and falff vlow vthlch 1$ not • m•tt•r con8lderad ag p8rt of an Independonl exaffllnalon.

The Norwich Centre for Personal Professional and Spiritual Development Independent examinerfs report to the trustees of The Norwich Centre for Personal Professional and Spiritual Development (tonllnue Year ended 31 August 2025 I have no ¢¢ncerns and hav& come across no other matters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in this rèport in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo reached. Your attention is drawn to the fact that the Charity has prepared the accounts {finan¢i31 slalements} in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by ChaTrties'. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable lo charities preparing their accounts in accordancè with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 in preference lo the Accounting and Reporting by Charsties.. Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred lo in the extant regulations but has sin¢e been withdrawn. l understand that this has been done in order for the accounts lo provide a true and fair view in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015. Jacquie Raywood FCCA Independent Examiner Adepla Limited Unit 6 Hill Farm lfjrby Road Kirby Bedon Norwich NR14 70U DATE

The Norwlch Centre for Pernonal Professlonal and Splrltual Development. Statemont of flnanclal actlvlll•8 Year onded 31 August 2026 Fwidl 2024Toiai 14293 &164 za65 Y•tsl Inwmè 278, 281.rJ2 2J7,248 16.8 2B7.248 15.OB7 N•imovTm•rtlnlund• 1&007 P•¢on¢iiiBllon ollun 237,654 318,ie3 J,770 Toi1SfvndB Th• notss on poge8 12 trtr 19 forni part of th•80 flmncw 8lat•m•nt8. 10

The NonNiGh Centre for Personal Professional and Splrltual Development Balance sheet 31 August 2025 ISIJ 2x1.122 14 ¢r411*1 11917 IP.o2. 2ozG Th• nots• on pag6• 12 to 19 fomi part of th•8•flTrancl•l•latomonl& 11

The Norwich Centro for Personal Professional and Spiritual Development Nots8 to the financlal 8tatem•nts Year ended 31 August 2025 12

The Norwlch Centr• for Pernonal Professlonal and Splritual Development Yoor •ndad 31 Augu•t 20 13

The Norwich Centre for Pernonal Professional and Spiritual Development Nots8 to the Ilnanclal 8tatem•nt8 Y•ar •ndgd 31 Augu8t 2026 17•. 187,1 117.10è 14-

The Nonmich Centre for Personal Professlonal and Splrltual Devèlopment Nots8 to th• financlal atatements (t Year ondod 31 August 2025 FundJ 257 41,W1 .172 91.70B 7.724 21J11 1Z7MI j7.fft .128 7.214 1x346 412• 4,Sf2 4912 4M14 474 146 4*14 474 12,J78 14A42 171 TJO

The Norwlch Centro for Personal Profe881onal and Splritual Development Not•8 to tho flnanclal 8tatementsicNth Year •nd•d 31 Augu8t 2026 2trJ,71X J.112 7,7¥ Irty IIWr• 2J3.061 •lJf Ilw•h 117A40 I44￿1 i•JoD &124

The Norwich Centre for Personal Professlonal and Spiritual Development Not08 to the financial Blatements Yoar •nd•d 31 August 2025 74108 144215 156m2 {1516 148216 70.365 13 Ati 41thi*nd At¥ 10&493 (241 7{￿1 72￿9$ 163A03 17

The Norwich Centre for Personal Professlonal and Splrltual Development Nots8 to th• financlal •tstomont8 (caw* Year ondod 31 AUg￿t 2ty26 •4J 14151 18-

The Norwlch Centre for Personal Professlonal and Splritual Development Note8 to the flnanclal 8tat•m•nts Year end•d 31 August 2025 16T.748 1Th014 164, 11,144 1SIJQJ 11VOS 147