SIMEON CEKfRR COUNSELLING SERVICE
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL ￿ATEmENTs
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Regtstered ChaAty Number: 1098428
SMITH & GOULDING LIMllED
Ch•rt4r¢d Ae¢onDtsnts
& R¢gtst4T￿ Apdltori
24 S•uthyort Road
CHORLEY

SNKUN CV4TRE COUNSELLING SERVICE
TRiISTELS ANNUAL REPORT FOR THK YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2025
REFERThCE A]¥D ADMINisfRATIVE DETAILS
R¢8tstered CknAJ4ty Nyrnber 1098428
Prlndpal Addn
VictoriaHall
KnOW￿¢Y Street
Bolton
14nwhire
BLI 2AS
Mr RBradl¢y
Mt P Gre¢
M$ C Greer (Ryigned on 18106r2024)
Ms J Orrell
M8 E tAwis
Mr N Mailanaphy (appoint¢d on 06112t2024)
Mr RHuTst [appolnt¢d on 06112t2024)
MrK llli]yvorth (4)polnted on oiioir2Q26)
IndepgDdellt Kumln¢r
Smith & Goulding LIMited
CharterAI Accountants
24 Southport Road
ctwrley
Lanc&8hlT¢
PR7 ILD
sniucTUR4 COVERNANCE & MANAGEMRNT
Gov¢Tnln¥ document
Th& Simeon Centr¢ Counsellittg ￿rVIce is ¢ottlroll¢d by Its gov¢mln8 dooument, a deed of tnL4t dated 27
ma￿ 2(M)3 (revised In 20U8 and 2016) aTLd constittrt¢8 an unInW￿Or4led ¢harity. It 18 a non-profit m8king
orgAntsatiOA #nd its tTh￿tteS a￿VoI[￿te¢[S. The Ciwity w98 re8iSt¢MI on 8 July 2003.
R¢¢rulth•nt •nd Tr8lnth8 of Tru¥teei
The Irwtees oppoint¢d by the membors of th¢ organisatloD at the Anuugl Oenernl Meeting aad the
V5tKs have the power under the govoTUin& d0￿Ments to ¢OvQPt individuals who support the objects of
the organisotion lo fill vacgfficl¢s on th¢ Board of MaDa8emenL As p8rt of th¢lr indu￿50￿ new ttwte4s are
provided with infonn&tton aboui the ¢harity, th¢ mattagernent structure, its hlstory aThd worklng pr4CtIGe&
In addltion, th¢y aiso provid¢d witk extr￿13 of the M¢morat)dutn and ArticlM of Assotslatlon plus
fffjnadon from IIK Ch•rity Commisslon te8arJlDgthE duties a￿A i¢spon5ibilitics ottrustees.
OBJKCTIVES AND AcfIvITIES
1fv Objectiv￿ a¢¢iviti¢s tsf th¢ Ch4rity ar¢ to offer ¢iJNfldontial ¢outllelling in a safr accepting
¢nvirowneni to all meMb￿S of th¢ community lffespectlve of race, rnllglon or gender. We offer 8 generic
¢OUn8¢11iDg 5ervi¢¢ that Is ttr¢¢ at point of need. Th¢ ch4rlty alms lo w¢)vide a on¢ to one cDutLselling 5orvke
In a pe4￿rUI, safe Énd a¢¢epfiftg enVi￿r￿ent people Can tim6 out to talk fre¢5y withou¢ feDr of
bBing judged.

Pub￿¢ B¢nefJ¢
We have refetted to artd hfj￿ complled wlib th? guld4nce in th¢ ChaTIty Comrnission¥ geneMI guld8nBe
on public benefrt when revlewlng our alms and obje¢tivts aad In planning our tljture ¢vetsts. In psrtieular
th trustees ¢on8lder how Plat￿9￿ a¢Èivitie5 wlll coThtributs to th¢ alms hnd obje¢tlv¢¥ ihoy have both
tbroush the of unrestt'icted and r¢strict¢d fuTth where opproprlats.
Th¢ past fuwicial y¢ar h&5 seen mony changes to our Gharlty, ¢entred around our move from th¢ GTrater
Mal￿a81¢¥ Mvrt41 Healih 4nd NHS England contr8¢ts, whlchw¢ h4ve held sin¢¢ 2014.
As th¢sc public bodies commltted to c¢4sttig contract$ wlth voluntary services across Bn8lalld 8Dd Wal&q for
the provision of COUT￿elli￿8 s¢rvio¢s fmn Janu8ry 2025, in lin¢ wilh thgir new NHS Talking Theraples
M4nual. Slmeon Centr¢ Counselling S￿VIce and its partners htve seen the l¢m of their ¢oro source of
fundingl¢&vln8 an uncertain fuwre for ourjolnl community benefjt so¢iety.
As we lovk to n¢w 50ur¢M of incomo for the next financioi year, we have tho benefit of Iw¢lve montk
running costs, that￿ to th¢ f￿￿¢1&] prudence forW￿d.Ibi￿k1n¥ of our manag¢meDt tehtw. Ineluditig
the current and fomKrhe8d8 of 8etth4 and ty]r outstanding i￿0rd of tru5kes.
Whil¢ ow SOU￿ of clieits ¢wLe to an end vi4 Greater M8nchthr Mentsl Health and NHS Engiattd. our
new p&rtn¢rshlps wTth Bolton Y&t Home (via their Mapbus&dors and UCAN Centre progrommes). Boltoll GP
Federation, ILmmAu4 Funding Futsi￿. and other community benefit s¢rviGe8 across ow town have mean
tbat w¢ have still b¢m ablcto support 500 Clients thls year.
As w¢ look towards another year. filleil with exciting Challenges and change. we look ba¢k with deep
grntitude to the oveT fifty Yolimteer couns¢llw3 who hav¢ supported the charity across this tra1￿1t10Th. Their
4rlng attd e￿pAthiC nature. gonerosity of spirit rnettnt the people we serve has not BxperA¢n¢ed any
drop in th¢ EXC¢Ptional servlce th¢y ￿aolOU31Y delivertoth¢m All,
ntee
B¢twe¢n 1st April 2024 and 5]￿ MarGh 2025, we ha￿ 69 volunte¢r counsBllors In totsl:
QualifiwJ= 53176.8%) **14 mote thwn th¢ ptevious year
Placem¢nt- 16123.2%) **14 less tharl the pr¢viow8 year
eerA
BetW￿tt 1st Aprll 2024 8nd 31st MJr¢h 2025, we lost31 VL>ILTnt¢¢r ¢oungellors:
Qualified- 21 (67,7Yo) **15 more than the PL*vIous y
PlaceAnent- 10 (32.3%) l¢ts thanthe previous ye
A breakdoMTA of the rwjns volEnteercounselloT¥ Stopp¢d se#lng clients for w is &8 follows:
Ber6ttvement= l (3.2%)
Employment E 13 (41.9%)
HeThlth Jssues ￿4 (12.9%)
Lett8th of Suvico= 4 (12.9%)
Moved Oyt4)f Bolton= 3 (9.7%)
Plattment Completed? 4 (12.9%)
Other- 2 {6.5%)

CliBn¢ Su
l)Je to system chang¢5, we do not hkve a breakdowD of the total 5esslons offered between 1st April 2ff24
aNd 31s¢ March 2025. How¢Yer, we are proud to report that w¢ have supported 500 cli¢nts dwlDg ihis Ume
wlth one4Trone ¢ou1￿]lIng each being offettd a Slllnlmwn of ten appointmenty.
led
lure Conts*¢ts and Rol
The past finattdal yew has Seen many changes to our Charlty, ¢entr¢d around ovr thov¢ from the Or¢ater
Manchester Mentsi H¢8lth and NHS Englaiid contracts. which we held since 2014.
As these public bodios wnmitt¢d to ceasingcontrpds with voluntary service¥ aem5s England and Wales for
the provision of counselling servi¢¢8 from Jlnuary 2025, in line wtth their NÈLS Talking Therapies
Manual. Slmeon Centre Counselling Scrvi¢¢ And 118 partnw8 have the loss of th8ir Core sour¢¢ of
nding leAYiDg an uncertain fuwKfor our jolnt fommutiity beDeflt society.
AS we look to new sourcos of incom¢ for th¢ next financial year, we have the bcDEfit of twelv¢ monthy
nll)ning oo$ts i1w￿3 ts th¢ finan¢lai pnmlence aDd forward-thinking of our mmagemenl team¥, includlng
the currnt smd fomier h#ds of ¥eTvlc4 aTKi our outst8ndlng boord of tswteas.
Whll¢ our sour¢¢ of ¢lients wne to end vla Gre&tBr Man¢h¢sler Mental He81th and NHS Bngiatml, our
new partTher5hips with Bolton at Home (TAath¢ir MaThbas$adors and UCAN C¢nire pr￿￿mme$). Bolton OP
F¢deratiO￿ Emmaw, Fundlng Futur6s, attd other wnmunity benefit servl¢e8 ￿[OsS our town have mean
that w¢ have still been able to support 500 cli¢nls this year,
ribute to Lon
Tho very ¢ore of Simeon Co]tr¢ counsel11￿% S¢tvl¢e 15 the teara of volunteer5 vkno D￿ke ow woJ* tty
support the local cojnraunlty posslble. We would like fv pay a $pecial trlbuto to thv ft>llOwl￿.
AlenH. who has volunte¢r¢d for since Msreh 2010
Joan. h•J vuluntKred for w since March 2010
Fozil who voluntethrd for us sin¢e Fcbnwy 2014
Wendy. who has voluntcer¢d for us since Aprll 2016
Ana, who has volunt¢¢red for ussin¢¢ June 2018
ChtisitnA whD Volunteer￿ for us 51ttce Octobu 2018
ltt &ddition to our long-standi08 tfflm ijf volunteer ¢ouns¢llors, ￿ wwld also likc to pay a spe¢lat trlbut¢ to
th¢tr￿te05 our board who have strK)d by and 5UPWrted our ¢barlty far many years..
Bob, who has been 8 trustge SI￿ August 2008
Jill, who has teen &ixyslee since Augult 2008
Poiey, who h&4 been 4 truste¢ siiiE6 August 2008
Emw whohas beena tr￿Ce sinceNovombvr 2016

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2￿JanuarY 2026..
We h&v¢ contljhued to $upport the people of Bolton over tIK fiWK¢nt finftn¢ial yeor with access kn hlg
Inte￿ity% viltrt￿lle counselllng. thoth in SI￿lf1¢&￿t part to our new partnen and ￿r¢traI routes. We have
be¢n proud to have also extended out Off￿ ¢0 those living in neitht*)urlng areas.
Tljanks io the belp of B¢acon Court8ellin& Bohon CV& Provi￿1￿1 Walsh Trust, and our funding ¢orAsuhant
frum CHIS. w¢ h4Ye wltsred all fU￿tIng optlors on how we can ¢ontinue to effectively Tun ¢bis murh
n¢¢ded mental heolth servlce thot hos been sUp￿)rtIng ih¢ town we love slnee 1999. UnfoTwn)tety as thlngs
sknd our path forwards 8ftdly Yet￿In5 4Tr ts￿erta>ll one.
As our fina￿]¥1 ytserves eoncluded at the end of Decembcr 2025. our Board ofTruste¢5 made the dlfflcult
d￿Llion to ce4se orttations (once ￿1r ¢urMt ¢li¢nts ¢ompl¢lryl their swsions). effectivcty puttlng th¢
Charty into stASiY whll¢ we ¢ondnu¢ lo work hard to fll￿ new outcom¢s.
W8 would like to a Sp￿111 trlbute to Lisa How#rth (Servlce Coordinats)r) and Robert Hwst (Board of
Trustees) who have don¢ vutytandingwork loading our gross rools fi￿￿[aL9]ng and media ¢￿PaIgn$* and to
Daniel Liv¢3ey (Bolton ￿ Home- hlJanba5sndors) wb) Iw done a subslaDti81 amowit to roise aw8rene$s of
ou[p￿dICamertt on social medlo plarfornts,

NANC￿ RE￿[w
mmlry ofth¢Yur
The financl41 results for th¢ yeaT IT￿ the px8ltion at the Ye￿6nd gre s¢t ITh the followlng Re￿Ipts and
Payin¢Dt8 acc¢)uni attd StatemelltofAssets and Llabilitbe5.
Th¢ In￿ recosnis¢ that the m05t Sig￿￿Cant risk of ihe charlry 18 that of loss of ext¥mal fimdi
Contr8¢t5 be￿Cen IpoiTtt and the NHS are r¢view¢d on a regvlaT basis. usually ¢ov¢rJng 4 thre¢-yeHT peri(¥J.
Fash renè8Oti&tion perlod reprwents a risk for Ipoint and for th¢ Simeon Cetth. Due W th¢ nature of
OUT work. o sudden ce85aiiOn of s¢rvic¢ 15 likely lo havp d¢tiimentai Impact on ow ¢lieAts. Furthenllo
should ¢urr¢nt l)Jnding cvag4 the most likely sour¢¢ of alternativ? Income would b¢ vla a gr4nL Appllcatlon
Pr￿d￿re$ tor grants tend to be l¢n8thy at)d drawn ou( fiwther impacting On lh¢ tbility of ihe charity to
oThunue providltt8 s¢fviG¢5.
Res¢rv¢i Poliq
To effectlvely manage th¢ risk de5Ctibed Èbov¢ ihe IrustB¢s h&v¢ reviewed tho regerves policy this yw and
d￿ld¢d that ￿sery￿ ¢qual to one y¢w'$ rnnnlng sI￿uld be Jet asldo. Th¢ amount will be revi¢wEd
regularty.
Invtjtbnent Poll
tnvvJttnent d￿ls1￿*S are m&de by the management commltte¢, Currently, 3urpluy fiumts held in a hi
interest 5Jvlngs awoiiftt, Surplus funds afe ￿ld for the purpose5 of maintainlng resetves As Jes￿1b￿d ab¢Jve.
DECLARATION
The trustees decl￿ th&tthey bav¢ 8pproThI the Tnthe'j Report 4bov¢.
Sl8ned on b¢1￿]f of th¢ thwity's tNSte¢3
Sl8llatur¢:
Full Name,.
Posltlon..
Mr P Green
Chalr
Dats.. 3 0

INDEPENDENf EXAMINERIS REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS TO THE TRUSfEES
OF SIMEON CEKTRII COUNSELLING SERVICE
l rnport to the ttuste¢y on my ¢xamlThailon of tILe accounts of simeo￿ Centr¢ Counselling Servi¢¢ fw. th¢ year
ended 31 March 2025, Wi￿¢￿ are 3et out on the followlng pages.
Rtspobilblllt1¢8 bx8ts of rnport
As tIK charily ttlJSte¢s ypu 8re r¢3potulbl¢ for the pr¢par*lon of the accounts in ac¢ordAnc# wlth th¢
requir¢ments of tho ￿￿rIti￿ Act 2011 ('the Ace?, The chArity's trustees ¢onsidt* th4t An &udlt i8 not
r¢quiTed for this year uThJeT 8¢Ction 144 (2) of the Act alld that an lndepu￿ertt ¢xamination is needed.
l T¢POrt in t¢5pEcI of my ¢xamination of the Tru8tee$' 4¢counts wrled out und¥r 8,145 of 2011 Act atHI
in wrying ijth my examinatlon I havc followed all the &ppli¢&ble DiT¢rtions glven by the &rlty
Qsrnmission under Bection 145 (5) (b) of tho 2011 ACL
Jndepettdent ¢X•llhlneri' B¢hteYthent
My examsn&tlon was eaLTied out In a¢cordonc¢ wlth the Qenoral D1￿ctIonS glven by th8 Charlry
Commlssioll. An ¢xainin&tion iThcludes a ieview of the &ccounting re¢ords kept by ihe charlty and a
cO￿parISOn of the ac¢ountJ presentui with those records. It also Include5 conslderation of any unusual Items
or di8¢105ufBS h) the )ccouniS and seeking explanations from you as tru8tee8 ¢otJL6rning any su¢h maltU5.
Th¢ prLkns uThJertokth do not provid¢ 311 the ¢viden¢¢ thot would be required an audlt, and
¢on5eou¢ntly opinioll is given as to wh¢iher the accoutts pment a 'tru6 and falr view, avd ttre report ts
Ilmited to those matters set out in th¢ 5t4tem¢nl b61ow.
Ind4)eDdent exarniner i #tatem¢n¢
I h&ve ¢omplet¢d the exllminatlon l Confirm that no mllterlai matters have come w my attention iii
connEclion wlth the examinatlon givingme caweto beli￿¢ that in any materlal TWPf¢t:
(1> ac¢ountiThg rrtords Ivwc t￿t kept in rwpect ofthe Thtst as YoquIr￿ by s. 130 of th# Actr, or
(2) the o¢count5 do Trot accord with those DJ¢ords;
Attention is drnwn to the disclo$ur85 r¢lalin¥ lo post balanc¢ sheet ev¢nts Ill the TNstees' Rep(rt in tesp¢t
of the Charity ¢¢￿iD80P¢r&1io￿s un￿1 such ati]A¢ as Dew SOu￿e5 of fimdingbecom¢ Jvallable.
I confiiw L have come across no other matters in ¢onneclion wlth the ¢xatttlnatlon to whi¢h attention
slwuld be drawn in thi8 report in ordor ts> ellable & prop¢r unilernlaJKling of the accounts to be reached.
Andr¢iv Slmm &S¢ FCA
Chartered AetollntADt
SMITH & GOULDING LIMITED
>4 Southport Road
CHORLEY
L￿￿￿5￿1T¢ PR7 ILD
DBted:

SIMEON CENniE COUNSELLING SERVICE
srATEMKNT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
Unrtstrl¢ted
fund•
R¢strlcted
thds
Totsl
211Z4
MoN¢t•ry Assets
Cash at current a¢count
Cosh at bank- d¢posi¢ acc4unt
Cash In hathd
27,827
52,125
314
27,827
51125
21,025
78,761
63
No￿￿On¢￿rY atsets
Fi￿d usots
The Charity5 f￿d a5s¢ts wbich aYe8t&lvJ
At ¢051 ar# n￿l￿t￿lled on a regulor basi$ and
are all iti go￿1 condition.
Fixtsr45. fittings and eqtsipts￿nt (a¢qviYed
frt>m 2013 to 2025)
7,618
7.618
7238
Other ssJ¢ts
D¢btor5- Ipolnt
21,450
Uabllfitl
2,333
2,333
1,167
1.942
247
240
PAYB
Petision
T4lephon¢
Expens¢5 ¢18ims
A￿Quntar￿Y fee
250
250
3,075
3.U15
I,soo
Th¢ a¢￿￿￿ts wete approved by th¢ Board of Th]stees on..... .
behalf by:
glld weTe 518n¢d th¢lr
Mr P GM,

SIMEON cEKfRE COUNSELUNG SERVICK
RECKIPTS AND PAYMENfs ACCOUNT
R TUE YEARENDED 31 MARCll 2112S
U￿r1￿Cted
fund8
Restrlct¢d
tUDds
Total
2ty24
Rt¢¢lpti
DoThtttion8
aift Aid clain
ProvI51ts￿ of ¢oun3ellin8 smiires
Deposit illt6r¢yl
2.069
1069
1,582
7155Q
71550
64
79560
187
83
84
Tt)tal receipts
7638J
Direct ¢harlt¥ble ¢xpendltsrt
SupeTvlsloD and tralning
Travel
prur￿lOn8l subs¢riptioi]s
Oth¢r
23,512
23J12
16,732
3,522
1.848
714
120
37
120
37
Other 8llPPOrt ¢￿ts
Wages and pEJJsion
Ren( rates ortd watet
InsuraTJG¢
Telephone
Postage Btallonery
Sundri¢5
MeetlngexpeA
A￿o￿nt￿n¢Y
PTofession81 fe¢s
CoDwltm¢y setvl¢e8
Eq￿lP￿Cnt Pu￿h8$eS
REP4iFS 8ndmolTbtengn
51.445
14.000
807
2,049
51,445
l4,000
807
1049
847
747
128
1.575
551
45,686
12,940
776
1019
723
716
94
1,032
512
747
128
1,575
551
189
189
95
28
Totsl pa)rylltnts
89
recelpts forthe year
(19.983)
(19,983)
(4,91 l)
BaTdL and &sh Baiat
at 31 March 2024
100
14JO
Bank and Cdsh Balanceg
31 March 2025
NOTE:Th¢se accounts have been pr4yaRd on the Recetyts & Payments B451s and mmply wlth the
approwi&te Iwl r4￿aren￿￿t5 for this bwis to Apply,