Community Counselling Accounts for the year ended 31st May 2024
Community Counselling Index Accounts for the Year to 31st May 2024 Pages 1-2 Trustees report Page 3 Receipts and Payments Account Page 4 Statement of Assets and Liabilities Page 5 Notes to the accounts Page 6 Independent Examiner's Report
Communlty Counselling Trustees Report Year to 31st May 2024 Reference And Admlnistratlon Deialls The name of the charity is: Community Counselling. Charity registration nurnber is: 1049519 The address of the charity is: St. Bartholomews Church & Centre, 292b Barking Road, London, E6 3BA The Trustees who served during the year are: Served durin the Damian Castello Ichairpersonl Susan Kelly {vice chairl Lova Rajaonarimanana (treasurer) Rosemary Margaret Williams15ecretary) Sharon Patricia Anderson Vincent Foxcroft Anja Frykegard Clare Hawes Sally Jane Higgs Jennie O'connor (stepped down March 2024) Rachel Remedi05 Michelle Roda Maria Spyrou Nadayna Alexander ear The Trustees have had regard to Charity Commission guldance on public benefft. Alms and Objects Community Counselling has been vnrking in the London Borough of Newham for over 30 years. We provide one-to-one counselling for anyone in East London who is suffering from psychological distress that threatens their mental and emotional health and wellbein& such as depression, anxiety. feelin8S of loneliness and isolation, bereavement, childhood trauma and low selfésteem. We are an independent voluntary organisation and are able to offer Iow-COSt medium and long-term counsellin& sometimes supportin8 clients over several years. We do not receive any public funding and our counsellors offer their time without charging. In the current year we have 24 counsellors workin8 With us and currently see 80 clients a week. Structure We are a collective of qualified counsellors and counsellors in training who volunteer our services part- time. We are an organisational member of the BACP {BrTtish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and work wthin their guidelines for good practice. Our structure is defined by the G)nstitution which was adopted on 13 February 2016. The quarterly meeting is our main decision-making body, 5UPPOrted by smaller Clinical Issues and Service Delivery groups. Our trustees are elected at our Annual General Meeting from our body of counsellors, who are given a detailed indurtion and intToduciion to our policies and procedures at their initial supervision session. We have a team of four qualified supervisors who provide monthly low-cost supervision. All our counsellors are further supported by monthly peer supervision groups and, when possible, by free quarterly continuing professional development workshop5.
Communlty Counselling Trustees Report (continued) Year to 31st May 2024 Artivitles, achievements and perfornian In the year 2023124 we assessed 70 clients and on average our team of 24 counsellors was seeing 80 clients per week. We continue to work remotely. either by Zoom or by telephone, or in person at St Bart's in East Ham, according to the preference of counsellors and clients. Seven student counsellors completed their placements with us and qualified and of these, two moved on to work elsewhere. We are grateful to those qualified counsellors who continue to volunteer with us. We were able to offer placements to three new counselling students. Flnanclal revlew and funds Community Counselling continues to support clients who are unable to meet the cost of counselling charged by private practitioners. We have been able to keep our fees low lmost clients pay £15 per session) and we aim to be able to support a few clients who are unable to pay at all. We were not in receipt of any funding thls year. We continue to pay our experienced tounsellors a token amount for some of their cllent work, since onty a small number of clients are working face to face (currently 28 out of 80 cllents} and there is not muth rent payable for rooms. This has helped us to retain our experienced counsellors and support those counsellors who have also suffered financial hardship because ofthe pandemlc. The trustees have a poliry to retain sufficient reserves to be able to fund activities for the year ahead. Reserves held at 31" May 2024 totslled £18.570. £fflWi Rosie Williams Secretary, Community Counselling 26th Morch 2025
Community Coun5elltng ReIPtS and Payments Acu•urt Year to 31st May 2024 Yearto 31st May 21r14 Yearto 31st May 2023 Total Resirfcted Unrestrfcted Recelpts Donations Fundraising Grant lrterest received 39,149 39.149 35,781 35.781 39.158 39.158 35,783 35,783 Payments Rent Professional body membership fee Insurance Accountin8 Telephone Printin& posts8e & stattonery Workshop expenses Admlnistratfve cost Supervision cost Volunteer expenses Glfts 4.353 242 385 732 385 4.353 242 385 732 4,021 240 341 830 4.021 240 341 830 344 3.280 6.210 26,047 3.280 6,210 26.047 3,442 6.780 20.970 3.442 6,780 20,970 41.633 41.633 36.968 36.968 Surplusl-Defidt for the year -2.474 -2.474 -1,185 -1.185
Community Counselling Statement of Assets and Liabilities At 31st May 2024 2024 2023 Assets Bank account balances 18,570 21,044 Net assets 18.570 21.044 Reserves Unrestricted Funds As at 1st June 2023 Surplus/-Deficit for year 21,044 -2,474 18.570 22,229 -1,185 21,044 Restricted Funds (see note 2) As at 1st June 2023 Surplus/-Deficit for year Total reserves 18,S70 21,044 Accounts approved by: fflLKliJA£ Rosie Williams (Secretary) Date of approval 26th March 2025
Community Counselling Notes to the accounts For the year to 31st May 2024 l Accounting policies These accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments (rather than accruals) basis. The income and expenditure shown therefore reflects the cash/bank receipts and payments during the period. 2 Restricted funds 2024 Reserves at 1st June 2023 Income Expenditure ReseNes at 31st May 2024 3 Payments to trustees During the year, some trustees were paid for services provided {at far below normal commercial rates} to the charity in respect of counselling, supervision and administrational work. There are now agreements in place between the charity and trustees who are paid for providing services and there have been changes to the board of trustees to ensure that the majority of trustees are not paid.
Community Counselling Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trt of Community Counselling For the year to 31st May 2024 I report to the charbty trustees on my examinatw)n of the accounts of the tharity for the year ended 31st May 2024, which are set out on pages I to 5. Responsibilities and basis of report A5 the tharity's trustees you are re5pon5ible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'*he Art.). I report in respect of my examination of the charlws accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in tarrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Cornmission under section 145{5llb) of the Art. Independent examlnerfs report I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have corne to my attention in connertion with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: l. accountin8 records We not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Art; or 2. the accounts do not accord wfth those records I have no concern5 and have come across no other matters in connection with the examinatlon to which attention should be drawn In thls report In order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. R M Holland FCA Bsc (Econl 26th March 2025 Holland Harper LLP Chartered Accountants 26 High stet Battle East Sussex TN33 OEA