The Turning Point Counselling Service
Charity number 1105857
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2023
The Turning Point Counselling Service
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Contents | Page |
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| Trustees' report | 2 to 4 |
| Examiner's report | 5 |
| Receipts and payments account | 6 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 7 |
| Notes to the accounts | 8 - 11 |
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2023
Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: Name Position Dates
Ursula Blagg Alan Hoggard Chair Christine Hood Chris Hartley David Palethorpe Vice Chair
Treasurer
Janet Cheema
Chaplin
Judith Grandage
Staff
Ellen Martin - Counselling Co-Ordinator Claire Summerscales - Administrator
Charity number
The charity registered as a charity number 1105857 on 14th September 2004
Principal address Bankers 16 Church Lane CAF Bank Ltd Brighouse 25 Kings Hill Ave. HD6 1AT Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ
Independent examiner
Roger Ellis
Structure, governance and management
The charity is governed by a constitution adopted 06/06/2002 as amended on 23/08/2004 as amended on 08/07/2013 as amended on 20/1/2022
Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects
The preservation and promotion of good health and well-being for the benefit of the public by offering a counselling service based on the christian ethos to anyone over the age of 14 years, in an effort to relieve emotional and mental suffering. The provision of ongoing development training to qualified counsellors and those working towards their professional qualification to help further this object and the establishment of other services linked to the prime objectives when a relevant need and adequate resources are identified.
The charity's main activities
We are a charity committed to supporting individuals suffering mental health and emotional difficulties within the local Brighouse community and throughout Calderdale. We endeavour to be accessible to all who approach us offering a compassionate service, tailored to an individual’s need in an environment where mutual respect and courtesy are demonstrated by both counsellor and client.
Public benefit statement
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of health and education).
Achievements and performance
Our in-house counselling service provides clients with a safe, confidential, and non-judgemental space in which to explore stressful and/or distressing experiences. The clients we work with are often struggling with high anxiety and the coping tools and strategies they learn during counselling sessions can be life changing. In 2022/23 twenty volunteer counsellors provided 1011 (1104) sessions of counselling to 87 (69) clients. In the past year we have worked with Calderdale Cares partnership to provide counselling to key workers.
We continue to offer a free telephone support service offered to any one who contacts us though the help line and includes those on the waiting list for counselling. It enables people to offload their worries whilst they wait for more consistent support from a counsellor. This service is invaluable especially for those who are suicidal, and the clients we talk with have expressed how grateful they are to have someone who will listen in a compassionate and non-judgemental way.
During the year we worked in two schools (Rastrick High School & Hipperholme & Lightcliffe) were we were able to support young people aged 14+. We offered students a safe place for them to be heard as themselves, away from their peers and the pressures of adolescence and social media. For many young people, this environment is their only reprieve in difficult circumstances both at home and at school. This work was funded by the schools and a grant from Rastrick Big Local
Our placement counsellors include students from Leeds Beckett, Huddersfield University and Leeds City College. They must gain 100 hours one-to-one counselling experience to fully qualify as a counsellor. At The Turning Point, we support the students in both a professional and personal capacity. The Turning Point supports the trainees with college work, client work and personal challenges to enable which enables the students to achieve their potential and offer the best possible service to our community. We offer our counsellors specialist training e.g., supporting those struggling with sexual trauma and working with people facing financial difficulties. In March 2023 we had 12 volunteer counsellors 8 of which are trainees.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees by Alan Hoggard …...........................................
Date: 13/10/2023
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Turning Point Counselling Service
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are set out on pages 6 to 11.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: …………………………………… Name: Roger Ellis
Date: 06/09/2023
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Notes 2023 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Grants (1) 8,000 Donations Received Clients (2) 5,584 Donations Other Individuals 1,696 HMRC Gift Aid 1,368 Donations from Organisations (3) 810 Earned income (4) 5,820 Fund Generation - Fund Raising 682 Bank Interest 50 Other Income 83 - Total receipts 24,093 Payments Staff Salaries (6) 21,821 Supervision Fees (7) 2,823 Calderdale Counselling 450 Counsellor Travel Costs 1,409 Counsellor Training Young People Counselling - DBS Checks 111 Rent 4,400 Service Charge 960 Brighouse Bid Levy - Printing 133 Office Stationery 30 Telephone and Fax 359 Website 100 Equipment 65 Repairs and Renewals 240 Cleaning 155 Insurance 428 Refreshments 483 Subscriptions 463 Bank Charges 72 - Total payments 34,502 (10,409) Transfers between funds - Net movement in funds after transfers (10,409) Fund balances brought forward 36,067 Fund balances carried forward (2) 25,658 Net receipts / (payments) |
2023 Restricted funds £ 32,765 - - 32,765 8,359 - - - 985 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9,344 23,421 - 23,421 2,788 26,209 |
2023 Total funds £ 40,765 5,584 1,696 1,368 810 5,820 682 50 83 56,858 30,180 2,823 450 1,409 985 111 4,400 960 - 133 30 359 100 65 240 155 428 483 463 72 43,846 13,012 - 13,012 38,855 51,867 |
2022 Total funds £ 26,190 4,455 1,018 3,109 2,935 3,020 158 6 86 |
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| 40,977 | |||
| 26,066 2,106 2,295 534 451 400 112 4,800 960 118 188 58 377 500 599 - 57 428 485 366 96 |
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| 40,996 | |||
| (19) - |
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| (19) 38,874 |
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| 38,855 |
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Statement of assets and liabilities
| The Turning Point Counselling Service Statement of assets and liabilities |
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|---|---|---|---|
| as at 2023 2023 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 30,103 Cash in hand (3,367) Total cash funds 26,736 Other monetary assets Debtors Less: Liabilities Creditors |
2023 Restricted £ 22,156 4,053 26,209 |
2023 Total £ 52,259 686 52,945 - 743 52,202 |
2022 Total £ 38,770 309 |
| 39,079 | |||
| 320 544 |
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| 38,855 |
Approval of the accounts
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 13/10/2023
Signed: ……………...………….…. (Trustee)
Name: Alan Hoggard
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2023
1 Accounting
Basis of
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
Taxation
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
| 2 Grants Albert Hunt Beaders Benefactor Trust Brighouse Jigsaw Festival CFFC Grant Lloyds Bank Local Giving Rastrick Big Local The West Trust VCI |
2023 Unrestricted funds £ 500 7,500 - - 8,000 |
2023 Restricted funds £ 15,250 2,250 14,290 975 32,765 |
2023 2022 Total Total funds funds £ £ £2,000 £250 £15,250 £2,250 £14,290 £5,000 £0 £1,000 £500 £500 £975 £7,500 £10,000 £7,440 40,765 26,190 |
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3 Donations Received Clients
Clients are asked at their initial meeting to sign up to a weekly contribution of at least £10 towards the cost of their counselling. So that nobody is excluded on the grounds of hardship clients who are unable to afford £10 a week are assisted in accessing a hardship fund to make up the shortfall. All clients who are able are encouraged to sign a gift aid declaration.
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2023
| 4 Donations from Organisations Bailiff Bridge School Brighouse Jigsaw Festival Hudds Pennine Rotary Club St Johns Church Rastrick St Matthews Church Rastrick St Pauls Birkenshaw Upper Edge Baptist Church Other Donations 5 Earned Income Calderdale Wellbeing Hipperholme & Lightcliffe secondary School Rastrick High |
2023 Unrestricted funds £ - - - 460 250 - 100 - 810 2023 Unrestricted funds £ 600 4,320 900 6,730 |
2023 Restricted funds £ - 2023 Restricted funds £ - |
2023 Total funds £ £460 £250 £100 810 2023 Total funds £ £600 £4,320 £900 6,730 |
2022 Total funds £ £200 £1,250 £250 £360 £250 £500 £100 £25 - |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,935 | ||||
| 2022 Total funds £ £3,020 |
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| 6,580 |
Frem September 2021 to May 2022 Turning Point Carried out work for Healthy Minds and in particular Calderdale Wellbeing. This service was offering counselling to key workers following the pandemic. Counsellors who undertook this work were paid an hourly fee
From April 2022 to December 2022 the counselling co-ordinator worked in schools and this was funded by the schools themselves rastrick high was topped up by a grant from Rastrick Big Local.
6 Related party transactions
Trustee expenses
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
Trustee remuneration and benefits
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
7 Supervision Fees
Counsellors volunteer their time free of charge, however the charity does reimburse part of the cost of
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2023
| 8 Funds Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Young Peoples Fund Capacity Building Benefactor trust |
Opening Balance £ 36,067 2,788 38,855 |
Receipts £ 24,093 3,225 14,290 15,250 56,858 |
Payments £ 34,502 1,960 3,572 3,812 43,846 |
Account Transfers £ - - 0 |
Closing Balance £ 25,658 4,053 10,718 11,438 |
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| 51,867 |
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