HARMAN HOUSE COUNSELLING CENTRE REGISTERED CHARITY NO 1060220 a ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 ee
Harman House Counselling Centre
3 Harman House, 341 Valence Avenue DAGENHAM, RM8 3RA
Trustees’ Annual Report for the year 2024-2025
Structure, Governance, Management
Members of the Management Committee:
Mr Frank Wiseman (Chair) Mrs Gillian Feinson Mrs Lisa Joseph Mrs Jacqueline Smith Ms Angela Dulwich Mrs Susan Maydell Mrs Nicole Green
: Manager of Harman House Counselling Centre Mr Alan Ayris
The governing document of Harman House Counselling Centre is its Constitution, adopted on 15 May 1996, and amended on 27 November 1996,
6 September 1998 , 10 June 2001 and 1 July 2003. Harman House Counselling Centre is part of the Family Care Association of Counselling Services and a member of the BACP.
Objectives and Activities
The charity’s objects are to advance the Christian religion by the extension of the Church’s healing ministry to provide a counselling service based at Harman House, Valence Avenue, Dagenham, and serving primarily the populations of the Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge.
The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. Harman House Counselling Centre provides low cost counselling sessions for individuals from all sections of the community.
Achievements and Performance
During the year, Harman House Counselling Centre had 116 (153) referrals and provided 944(1427) counselling sessions which were either attended by clients or provided by telephone. The figures in brackets relate to the previous financial year.
Over half of our clients paid £15 or less per session. Most of our counselling is face-to-face, but we still provide some telephone counselling. We are continuing to provide counselling in a local school.
Our referrals, and the number of sessions we have provided, have decreased this year.
Financial Review
Reserves/Reserves Policy
Our reserves fund stood at £157,884 at the end of the financial year. These funds are intended to cover any shortfall in operating costs over the next few years, while we seek new sources of income to enable us to continue to offer low cost counselling.
The trustees have agreed that most of these funds will be invested in long term deposits to achieve an income from the interest on these funds.
Manager’s Report
We currently have 14 counsellors at present working at Harman House.
We are finding that clients seem to have more limited availability for counselling these days.
We are currently offering up to 24 sessions of counselling but can be open to offering more, on the discretion of the supervisors.
We discussed reducing the cost of counselling, but will first try to improve our advertising to see if that increases referrals.
Alan Ayris, Manager
Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts Receipts and Payments Account
Report to the Management Committee of Harman House Counselling Centre on the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025, set out on pages 6-9 Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner
The charity’s trustees (the Management Committee) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 43 (2) of the Charities Act 1993 [‘The Act’]) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
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Examine the accounts (under section 43 (3)(a) of the Act);
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Follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by
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the Charity Commissioner (under section 43 (7)(b) of the Act); and State whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent Examiner’s Statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
Independent Examiner’s Statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention (other than that disclosed overleaf) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act, and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the
accounting requirements of the Act
have not been met, or to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed Deryk Bull Date 31.12.2025
Harman House Counselling Centre Statement of Assets and Liabilities at Year End For the Year Ended 31 March 2025
| Assets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash Funds: | 157884 | |||
| Savings Account | (Reserves) | 11237 | ||
| Depost Account | 80000 | |||
| Depost Account | 65000 | |||
| Current Account | 802 | |||
| Cash In Hand | 845 | |||
| Total | 157884 | |||
| Representing the balances on the following | accounts: | |||
| Unrestricted Funds | 157884 | |||
| Total | 157884 | |||
| Signed: | Deryk Bull | Date: |
HARMAN HOUSE COUNSELLING CENTRE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT For the year ended 31 March 2025
| RECEIPTS | £ | 2023-2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donations: | |||||
| Clients | 18238 | 19269 | |||
| Churches | 650 | 550 | |||
| Other | 18888 | 19819 | |||
| Grants | |||||
| Contracts | 1920 | 3385 | |||
| Supervision Contribs | 5025 | 5540 | |||
| Retreat | 1650 | 1394 | |||
| Sundries/DBS | 300 | 432 | |||
| Fees | 30 | 210 | |||
| int | 4772 | 1806 | |||
| Total Receipts | 32585 | 32586 | |||
| PAYMENTS | £ | £ | |||
| Counselling: | |||||
| Supervision | 5140 | 5750 | |||
| Counsellors' Travel | 328 | 5468 | 352 | 6102 | |
| Other: | |||||
| Salaries | 31608 | 29287 | |||
| Stationery | 582 | 262 | |||
| Website | 240 | ||||
| Electricity | 2241 | 2670 | |||
| Telephone/internet | 933 | 925 | |||
| Cleaning | 81 | 150 | |||
| Postage | 93 | 54 | |||
| Insurance | 1542 | 1677 | |||
| Premises | 880 | 1329 | |||
| dbs | 268 | 77 | |||
| Subs | 355 | 746 | |||
| Equipment | 182 | 16 | |||
| Misc | 140 | 671 | |||
| Retreat | 1891 | 1909 | |||
| Rates | 1577 | 1550 | |||
| Rent | 10740 | 10740 | |||
| Total Payments | 58821 | 58165 | |||
| Net Receipts/(Payments) | -26237 | -25579 | |||
| Cash Funds last year end | 184121 | 209700 | |||
| Cash Funds this year end | 157884 | 184121 |
Harman House Counselling Centre Notes to the Accounts For the Financial Year 2023-4
TRUSTEE REMUNERATION
Supervision and assessment fees were paid to the following members of the Management Committee:
| Jacqueline Smith | £ 15.00 |
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| Lisa Joseph | £ 1,050.00 |
| Frank Wiseman | £ 1,550.00 |
| Angela Dulwich | £ 60.00 |
Donations from Churches 2024-5 fo
St Paul's Woodford Bridge £650