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
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Bglttnce ihoèt
Notes to th& ffin8n¢lal 8t4tomont8
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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)rk*ith 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 throu*b our
rtharity s¢Thryc• offwtrw ¥x￿1t￿o and afforfablo couTrsdty tr up to 18 rMnth$.
Contracl dlents- c￿ents kntKJ acr*ss 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, l*ld 810ts and unfdled sp￿. was 1234. This irK*Jdes 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<liff8renttr8kning b￿weeTh 1"septern￿2024 and 31•lAug￿l
2025.
to Cou
Autumn 2024- 13 students r￿Mpl￿ted s￿¢￿$
Spring 2025- 14 students c4Jrnpl•ted s￿￿$$(u[
Summer 2025-8 Students complthd wece8sf￿IY
24r
Wednesday Group114 studenls>- 13 st￿lents comF48tsd S￿¢¢88
TPwrnday <¥oup <12 8lud•nts)- 10 sbAerts complet•d S￿¢08$f￿￿￿
The cou￿• storted 21 sludffits. 19thl*tich cth)¥kntsd thelrlIrnty￿rIuCe￿$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? sep*ic8 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 persow*nlred 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 effecbb*ty 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(mi*w* .
Y•ar and￿ 31 August 2025
Totsl income generated A¥ the yur *NJuntsd kn £278.96S f2024: £281.732) of 7*lch £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 re8trh*d 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 financ*s 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 Tn*lM•
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 Ch*ity's counselling seNths are wry*vJ8d I￿ thrwh Ihe use d4r4urrtews. wtK* prots$sionaly
trained and appropiialety qualified. Counsewing seNices a￿ also wtr4lded by the Dlre(aor, Asslslart Diredor.
a pemHnenlcounsellorvtho*Thkswith'8t fis￿ rf*nts. (yJrYouth Conec*Team and So￿ sesstonal coun8ellor8.
ioprfale supervis￿￿ of rAunselkns is Ilyow of both dgdlc4led stoff and extemal
prOfessM￿a￿ indwjing quafthed counselth.
The Charfty emths 8ppropriatdy qu￿1[Ad and tuttys and facllttkn (xxrn and
worksh¢Jps.
are in place to mibgate expo￿ to the m¥*r ￿.
As the ¢harity derives the maiNity of its wume discreli¢Thry spending. w>l￿tary donalton$,
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￿ C*w5ity 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•tom*ts 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 cor*c•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

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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

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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-

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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
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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

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

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Development
Note8 to the flnanclal 8tat•m•nts
Year end•d 31 August 2025
16T.748
1Th014
164,
11,144
1SIJQJ
11VOS
147