# WESSEX COUNSELLING SERVICE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1056310
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 21, 1996
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1056310


## Contact

- **Address:** 5, King Street, Frome, Somerset
- **Postcode:** BA11 1BH
- **Phone:** 01373453355
- **Email:** office@wessexcp.co.uk
- **Website:** www.wessexcp.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PSYCHOLIGICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH:  1) BY PROVIDING COUNSELLING TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM PHYSCOLOGICAL OR EMOTIONAL ILLNESS OR DISTRESS.  2) BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH COUNSELLING.  3) BY UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO AND STUDY OF SUCH ILLNESS AND DISTRESS AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND STUDY.

**Activities:** Wessex Counselling & Psychotherapy provides low cost professional  counselling in Frome and the surrounding area in Bath, Bristol and Street. We also provide diploma level psychodynamic counselling training and post graduate psychotherapy training in Frome.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bath And North East Somerset
- Bristol City
- Somerset
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £325615 | £307983 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £309262 | £291467 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £276048 | £287302 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £247824 | £225991 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £236627 | £220268 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Robert Kelso** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 5, 2022
- Hannah Patchett — appointed July 11, 2025
- Karen de Groot — appointed April 7, 2026
- Tamsin Bruce-Gardyne — appointed Oct. 13, 2023