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Section A
Reference and administration details
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Charity name| Sage Counselling
Registered charity number (if any) | 1088917
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Charity's principal address |60 Stockbridge Road
Chichester
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Trustee . F Dates acted if notfor Name of person (or body) entitled mans eitine (any) whole year to appoint trustee (if any) 1 Gina Howard Chair “* Board of Trustees 2 Mary Lou Harris Counsellor Board of Trustees : 3 Robert Hambrook Treasurer Board of Trustees 4 PaulGupta — Board of Trustees : 5 Jane Oswin Counsellor Board of Trustees 6 India Cottenden August 24 -January 25 Board of Trustees 7 es 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 : . — 17 . 18 19 20 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
| Description of thethe charity’s trusts | Description of thethe charity’s trusts |
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| Typeofgoverningdocument Constitution | |
| Howthe charity is constituted mssociation Model | |
| Trostas selsefion methods By appointmentand endorsed atAGM | |
| Additional governance issues (Optional information) . |
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| additional information, where reevant, Abele eSpolicies and procedures adopted forthe induction and training oftrustees; |
9 g our g Programm ne AsaMemberofBritishAssociation ofCounselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the governing body for counselling practices and organisations, SAGE Counselling abides bythe ethical code of practice issued bythe BACP. |
| e the charity’s organisational structure and anywider network with which the charity works: e relationshipwith any eslatad parties: |
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| e trustees’ consideration of SAGE Counselling continues towork in partnership with theMNDAto major risksandthesystem and_ |
offer counselling toselected clients sufferingfrom MotorNeurone Disease procedures tomanage them. and the clients’ immediate families/ carers within theWest Sussex area. |
| Since December 2022, we have also been working with the East Sussex | |
| branch of the MNDA. | |
| We are members ofCrawley Community Action (CCA),voluntary Action | |
| Arun & Chichester (VAAC), Mid-Sussex voluntary Action (MSVA) now | |
| known as Community People and Horsham District Council voluntary | |
| Sector Support. These are local authority funded agencies that help | |
| charities with all aspects oftheir functioning, from fund-raising to statutory | |
| responsibilities, advertising ourvolunteer roles, helping with various areas ofadministrationandlegalmatters. |
Section C
Objectives and activities
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|We|do|not|have|sufficient|reserves|to|develop|an|income|stream|from|
|investments.|We|only|run|a|simple|savings|account.|
|Y|h|to|includ|Additional|donations|are accepted from|clients when|such funds|are|
|Ot|RELY ‘GATOS|£5 Aa|offered|as a|mark|of gratitude.|
|further|statements,|where|
|relevant,|about:|Counsellors|undertake the|counselling work being|paid|a|nominal|fee,|:|
|e|policy|on|grant|making;|however counsellors who work|on|behalf|of MNDA|clients|are|paid|a|fixed|
|m|allay|prédeantine|related|rate|by|this agency.|In|addition,|qualified|counsellors|are|allowed|to|claim|
|rivesitenteae|¥ Prog|3|Pete|for mileage expenses and from June 2022,|counsellors|in training|could|
|,|also|claim|for|mileage|expenses,|but|at a|lower|rate|than|qualified|
|°|contribution|made|by|counsellors.|
|clients|
|For many|years|Trustees|and|Management|have|met|on|a|quarterly|basis|
|but|this year we|decided|to|introduce|an|interim|meeting|which we|now|
|meet|&|times|a|year|instead|of 4.|This|has|helped|us|to|disseminate|
|information,|make|decisions|and|resolve|any|issues|as|a|group.|
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Section D
Achievements and performance
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|Section|D|Achievements|and|performance|
|Summary of the main|The|jensra ro|in the celLhe of repaiis|sessions|nas|
|achievements|of the charity|co ie|: an|.|. year we exceeded|our previous|highest|tota|
|during|the year|reg|ed|our|best|year ever.|
|Although|we|continue|to|offer|counselling|by|telephone|and|video|link,|
|there|is|evidence|that|clients|are|now|more|willing|to|ask|for|face-to-face|
|counselling,|and we|believe|that|this|will|bring|more|clients|to|our|,|
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|Positive|feedback|from|clients|
|Our|organisation|offers|placements|for|second|year|students|of|
|counselling|and|psychotherapy.|This|gives|students|the|opportunity|to|
|develop|their|counselling|skills|in|a|safe|environment|under|supervision.|
|We|also|offer|placements|to|students|in|years|3|and|4|of|their|studies|
|who|are|working|toward|a|higher|qualification|such|as|a|BA|or|MA.|In|
|addition,|we|work with|qualified|counsellors|who|are|working|towards|
|accreditation|to|the|BACP|or|other|professional|associations.|A|number|
|of|student|counsellors|have|become|fully|qualified|during|their|placement|
|with|Sage|Counselling.|-|
|We|have|continued|to|develop|our|virtual|office|system|using|the|Google|
|=|Workspace|platform.|All|Sage|personnel|are|now|comfortable|with|using|
|é|this|office|for storage|and|retrieval|of documents,|as|well|as|using|this|
|3|facility|to|disseminate information|to|others|in|our organisation.|
|=|All|new|counsellors|are|given|training|on|using|the|Google|Workspace|
|3|during|their|induction|and|ongoing.|
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|In|April 2023 we|published|our Business|Plan which|offers|a|
|comprehensive|overview|of how we|work,|a|description|of|our|main|
|policies,|our|financial|history|and|our|strategies|for|preparing|for|the|
|7|future.|
|We|started|updating|the|plan|this|year|in|the|hope|of finalising|in|2025.|
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| Section ESe
Section ESe Financial review Brief [ To avoid being in debt, any delving into reserves is seen as an amber | statement of the | warning of potential financial difficulties. | charity’s policy on reserves ° | | We have published a Reserves Policy, which states that a fund of £6000 | | must be available in the event that the organisation has to close down. | The sum of £6000 has been identified as the amount that would be ' | required to run down our activities in an orderly fashion and ensure that | | creditors are paid off. . | Details of any funds materially | Nil | in deficit iPt Further financial review details (Optional information) . You may choose to include re a eee we he our fee aerabi ~~ approval a | additional information, where | 7 ee ees. : is abe eé us financially indepen and secure wi | relevant about: | haat litataiasiil eile | ° the charity's principal | We ask clients to pay an increased fee of £35, which is still considerably | sources of funds (including any | less than the fees charged by conventional counselling services. | fundraising), | However, when clients are financially disadvantaged, we will accept an | e how expenditure has | amount that they can afford. | supported the key objectives of | | thé charity; Expenditure is on supervision, mileage costs, counsellor fees, | 02 investment policy and | promotional activities, continued professional educational costs and | objectives including any ethical | administration. ingestment policy adopted. | ‘ i 3 | No investments. | © Section F Other optional information
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Section G
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
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Em] CHARITY COMMISSION ; emer.
ROE ETD | FOR ENGLAND AND WALES|SAGE Counsellingei
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
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from 01/03/2024 28/02/2025
Section A Receipts and payments
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|Section|B|Statement|of assets|and|liabilities|at|the|end|of the|period|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of SAGE Counselling On accounts for the year ended 28 February 2025 Charity no (if any) Set out on pages 1-10 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust.) for the year ended 2810212025. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of 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. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention ( ") 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 Independent examiner's ststement 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 proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: IP.J2.2f Name: Sarah Bestley Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): ACA Address: Carter Nicholls Limited, Victoria House, Stanbridge Park, Staplefield Lane Staplefield, West Sussex RH17 6AS
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.