## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From1st October 2024 Period start date To 30th September 2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Centre for Christian Care and Counselling**
## **Charity registration number: 1074818**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The provision of an affordable**
**counselling service to adults with**
**emotional or psychological problems. To**
**advance the education of counsellors by**
**the provision of training courses and**
**seminars. The promotion of such other**
**charitable purposes which may**
**conveniently be carried out in**
**connection with the above objectives.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The provision of quality counselling for**
**the local community in accordance with**
**the guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit. There is**
**no fixed fee for the service but donations**
**are accepted towards running costs.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The provision of quality counselling for**
**the local community in accordance with**
**the guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **All Counsellors and Trustees are volunteers.** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**4Cs continues to meet the needs of local**
**people struggling with their mental**
**health, or with circumstances that affect**
**this. The number of volunteer**
**counsellors has increased allowing us**
**the capacity to help more people both**
**face to face and online.**
**There is very limited help available**
**throughout the NHS currently, and very**
**long waiting lists. Private counselling is**
**often not obtainable for financial**
**reasons. 4Cs acknowledges and meets**
**the needs of those falling into that gap in**
**services.**
**In response to the increasingly complex**
**presentations of clients, 4Cs continues**
**to undergo and provide relevant training**
**for its counsellors in order to provide the**
**best possible help.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set
||Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
Para 1.41
Investment performance
against objectives
Para 1.41
Other|
|---|---|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is in a healthy financial**
**position at the end of the accounting**
**period.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Some of the reserves are earmarked for**
**the training of counsellors and the rest**
**are earmarked to ensure the**
**continuation of the service in the event**
**of donations reducing significantly.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**64,278**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**With continuing pressures on incomes**
**and the cost of living rises our income**
**has dropped slightly over the last year**
**while we continue to see an increase in**
**the demand for our services.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Donations**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
**Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trust**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointed by existing trustees after**
**recommendation and assessment**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Centre for Christian Care and Counselling|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|4Cs|
|Registered charity number|1074818|
||Charity’s principal address
Norwich Central Baptist Church
Duke Street
Norwich
NR£ 3AP|
|---|---|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|Paul John|Chairman|||
||Christine
Hutchinson|Treasurer|||
||June Sewell||||
||Catherine
Anstey||||
||Robin Hoffman||||
||Naomi Power||||
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
**Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s)** Christine Mary Hutchinson Paul Graham John
**Position (eg** Treasurer Chairman **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 12th January 2026
||**Centre for Christian Care and Counselling**|**Centre for Christian Care and Counselling**|**Centre for Christian Care and Counselling**|**Centre for Christian Care and Counselling**|**Centre for Christian Care and Counselling**|**1074818**|**1074818**||**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||||
||**For the period**
**from**||01/10/2024||**To**|30/09/2025||||
|||||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**||||||||||
|~~==2~~|**to the nearest £**
~~==2~~||**to the nearest £**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**to the nearest £**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**to the nearest £**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**to the nearest £**
~~===~~|
|**A1 Receipts**
~~==2~~|~~==2~~||~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|
|Donations
~~==2~~|**34,353**
~~==2~~||**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**34,353**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**38,707**
~~===~~|
|Charitable Activities
~~==2~~|**4,526**
~~==2~~||**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**4,526**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**5,084**
~~===~~|
|Other
~~==2~~|**1,208**
~~==2~~||**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**1,208**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**1,306**
~~===~~|
|~~==2~~|**- 0**
~~==2~~||**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|
|~~==2~~|**- 0**
~~==2~~||**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|
|~~==2~~|**- 0**
~~==2~~||**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|
|~~==2~~|**- 0**
~~==2~~||**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|
|~~==2~~|**- 0**
~~==2~~||**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _
~~==2~~|
**40,087**
~~==2~~||**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**
~~===~~|~~===~~|**40,087**
~~===~~
~~55~~|~~===~~
~~55~~|**45,097**
~~===~~
~~55~~|
|~~==2~~
~~=S55~~|~~==2~~
~~S55~~|~~S55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~
~~55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~
~~55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~
~~55~~|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
~~==2~~
~~=S55~~|~~==2~~
~~S55~~|~~S55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~
~~55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~
~~55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~
~~55~~|
|~~==2~~
~~=S55~~|**- 0**
~~==2 ~~
~~S55~~|
~~S55~~|**- 0**
~~===~~
~~S55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~|**- 0**
~~===~~
~~S55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~|**-**
~~===~~
~~S55~~
~~55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~
~~55~~|~~===~~
~~S55~~
~~55~~|
|~~=S55~~|**- 0**
~~S55~~|~~S55~~|**- 0**
~~S55~~|~~S55~~|**- 0**
~~S55~~|~~S55~~|**-**
~~S55~~
~~55~~|~~S55~~
~~55~~|**- 0**
~~S55~~
~~55~~|
|**_Sub total _**
~~=S55~~|**_l_**
**- 0**
~~S55~~|~~S55~~|**- 0**
~~S55~~|~~S55~~|**- 0**
~~S55~~|~~S55~~|**-**
~~S55~~
~~55~~|~~S55~~
~~55~~|**- 0**
~~S55~~
~~55~~|
|~~=S55~~|~~S55~~|~~S55~~|~~S55~~|~~S55~~|~~S55~~|~~S55~~|**40,087**
~~S55~~
~~55~~|~~S55~~
~~55~~|~~S55~~
~~55~~|
|**_Total receipts_ **
~~=S55~~|
**40,087**
~~S55~~|~~S55~~|**- 0**
~~S55~~|~~S55~~|**- 0**
~~S55~~|~~S55~~||~~S55~~
~~55~~|**45,097**
~~S55~~
~~55~~|
|~~= S55~~|~~S55~~|~~S55~~|~~S55~~|~~S55~~|~~S55~~|~~S55~~|~~S55~~
~~55~~|~~S55~~
~~55~~|~~S55~~
~~55~~|
|**A3 Payments**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|~~eee~~|~~eee~~|~~eee~~|~~eee~~|~~eee~~|~~55~~
~~eee~~||~~55~~
~~eee~~|
|Expenditure on Charitable Activités
~~eee~~|**36,063**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**36,063**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**34,878**
~~eee~~|
|~~eee~~|**- 0**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|
|~~eee~~|**- 0**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|
|~~eee~~|**- 0**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|
|~~eee~~|**- 0**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|
|~~eee~~|**- 0**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|
|~~eee~~|**- 0**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|
|~~eee~~|**- 0**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|
|~~eee~~|**- 0**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|
|**_Sub total_ **
~~eee~~|
**36,063**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**-**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**36,063**
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|**34,878**
~~eee~~|
|~~eee~~
~~SS~~|~~eee~~
~~SS~~|~~eee~~
|~~eee~~
~~SSS—~~|~~eee~~
~~SSS—~~|~~eee~~
~~SSS—~~|~~eee~~
~~SSS—~~|~~eee~~
~~SSS—~~|~~eee~~
~~SSS—~~|~~eee~~
~~SSS—~~|
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**
~~SS~~|~~SS~~||~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|
|~~SS~~|**- 0**
~~SS~~||**- 0**
~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|**- 0**
~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|**-**
~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|
|~~SS~~|**- 0**
~~SS~~||**- 0**
~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|**- 0**
~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|**-**
~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|
|**_Sub total_ **
~~SS~~|
**-0**
~~SS~~||**-0**
~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|**-0**
~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|**-**
~~SSS—~~|~~SSS—~~|**- 0**
~~SSS—~~|
|~~SS~~
~~=~~|~~SS~~
~~=~~|~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|
|**_Totalpayments_ **
~~SS~~
~~=~~|
**36,063**
~~SS~~
~~=~~|~~=~~|**- 0**
~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|**- 0**
~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|**36,063**
~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|**34,878**
~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|
|~~SS~~
~~=~~|~~SS ~~
~~=~~|
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|~~SSS—~~
~~=~~|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **
~~=~~|
**4,024**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**-**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**-**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**4,024**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**10,219**
~~=~~|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**
~~=~~|**- 0**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**-**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**-**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**-**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**-**
~~=~~|
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**
~~=~~|**30,254**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**30,000**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**-**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**60,254**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**20,035**
~~=~~|
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_ **
~~=~~|
**34,278**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**30,000**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**-**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**64,278**
~~=~~|~~=~~|**30,254**
~~=~~|
|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
**Categories**
**Details**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
~~=~~||||||||||
|~~——$—_—~~|~~——$—_—~~|||~~——$—_—~~|**to nearest £**
~~——$—_—~~|~~——$—_—~~|**to nearest £**
~~——$—_—~~|~~——$—_—~~|**to nearest £**
~~——$—_—~~|
|**B1 Cash funds**
~~——$—_—~~|Cash at Bank
~~——$—_—~~|||~~——$—_—~~|**33,904**
~~——$—_—~~|~~——$—_—~~|**30,000**
~~——$—_—~~|~~——$—_—~~|**-**
~~——$—_—~~|
||Petty Cash
~~——$—_—~~|||~~——$—_—~~|**74**
~~——$—_—~~|~~——$—_—~~|**-**
~~——$—_—~~|~~——$—_—~~|**-**
~~——$—_—~~|
||Rent Deposit
~~——$—_—~~|||~~——$—_—~~|**300**
~~——$—_—~~|~~——$—_—~~|**-**
~~——$—_—~~|~~——$—_—~~|**-**
~~——$—_—~~|
|~~——$—_—~~|**_Total cash funds_**
~~——$—_—~~|||~~——$—_—~~|**34,278**
~~——$—_—~~|~~——$—_—~~|**30,000**
~~——$—_—~~|~~——$—_—~~|**-**
~~——$—_—~~|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||OK|OK|OK|OK|OK|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|
||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**|||
||||||||**-**|||
||||||||**-**|||
||||||||**-**|||
||||||||**-**|||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of approval|
||||||Christine Hutchinson||||12/1/26|
||||||Paul John||||12/1/26|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
24/05/2022
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Centre for Christian Care and Counselling **members of**
**On accounts for the year** 30th September 2025 **Charity no** 1074818 **ended (if any)**
**Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ~~Pe~~
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/09/2025.
- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of **basis of report** the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:**[R A Garnett] **Date:** 29th January 2026
**Name:** Robert Anthony Garnett ~~Ce~~
**Relevant professional** FCIS, FCG **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
1
**October 2018**
**IER**
**Address:** Rivabella, 11 Southern Reach Mulbarton, Norwich Norfolk NR14 8BU
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
2
**October 2018**
**IER**
3
**October 2018**
**IER**