The Turning Point Counselling Service
Charity number 1105857
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2024
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024
| Contents | Page |
|---|---|
| Trustees' report | 3 to 5 |
| Examiner's report | 6 |
| Receipts and payments account | 7 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 8 |
| Notes to the accounts | 9 - 11 |
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2024
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
Alan Hoggard Christine Hood Chris Hartley David Palethorpe Ursula Blagg
Chair
Vice Chair
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 | Bankers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Church Lane | CAF Bank Ltd | Virgin Money | |
| Brighouse | 25 Kings Hill Ave. | 12 Bradford Road | 3 to |
| HD6 1AT | West Malling | Cleckheaton | |
| Kent | BD19 3RJ | 6 | |
| ME19 4JQ | |||
| 7 | |||
| Independent examiner | |||
| Roger Ellis | 8 | ||
| Structure, governance and management | 9 - |
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 2024
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 2023/24 eighteen volunteer counsellors provided 1170 (1011) sessions of counselling to 76 (87) clients.
We are receiving an increased number of referals for young people between 14 and 18. we do seek to offer support as soon as possible however this is diffucult as we only have a limited number of qualified counsellors who are able to work with young people.
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024
| YP Year | Waiting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ending | clients | Av. | Time | |||||
| 31/03/2024 | Clients | attended | sessions | Sessions | (weeks) | age | male | female |
| finished | 11 | 11 | 102 | 9.27 | 1 | 10 | ||
| NLR | 9 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Current | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 2 | 3 | ||
| WaitingList | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 30 | 15 | 116 | 7.73 | 10 | 15.5 | 7 | 23 |
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.
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 college work, client work and personal challenges to enable the students to achieve their potential and offer the best possible service to our community. We also offer our counsellors specialist training e.g., supporting those struggling with sexual trauma and working with people facing financial difficulties. In March 2024 we had 12 volunteer counsellors 7 of which are trainees.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees by Alan Hoggard …........................................... Date: 25th July 2024 Oc
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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 2024, which are set out on pages 7 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 RAM,
Date: 12/09/2023
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2024
| Notes 2024 2024 Unrestricted Restricted funds funds £ £ Receipts Grants (2) 11,000 23,582 Donations Received Clients (3) 7,114 - Donations Other Individuals 850 Donations from Organisations (4) 1,057 Earned Income (5) HMRC Gift Aid Fund Generation - Fund Raising 163 - Bank Interest 543 Credit Charges 4 Room Hire Income 435 - Total receipts 21,166 23,582 Payments Staff Salaries 13,160 18,176 Employers NI 978 79 Other Staff costs 3 to # 5 Supervision Fees 79 2,632 Counsellor Travel Costs 6 1,173 Counsellor Training 342 27 Other Counsellor Payments 7 42 DBS Checks 22 2 Rent 8 2,595 Brighouse Bid Levy 118 9 Service Charge 9 - 635 Photocopier & Printing 138 11 Postage and Carriage 12 2 Office Stationery 68 6 Telephone and Fax 448 36 Website 114 9 Cleaning 25 2 Insurance 414 33 Refreshments 503 40 Sundry Expenses 31 2 Subscriptions 398 32 Other Training 1,018 82 Bank Charges 56 4 - Total payments 17,945 25,634 3,221 (2,052) Transfers between funds - - Net movement in funds after transfers 3,221 (2,052) Fund balances brought forward 25,992 26,209 Fund balances carried forward (8) 29,213 24,157 Net receipts / (payments) |
2024 Total funds £ 34,582 7,114 850 1,057 - - 163 543 4 435 44,748 31,336 1,057 72 2,711 1,251 369 569 24 4,800 127 960 149 14 74 484 123 27 447 543 33 430 1,100 60 46,760 (2,012) - (2,012) 52,201 50,189 |
2023 Total funds £ 40,765 5,584 1,696 810 5,820 1,368 682 50 83 |
|---|---|---|
| 56,858 | ||
| 30,180 450 2,823 1,409 985 111 4,400 960 133 30 359 100 155 428 483 305 463 72 |
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| 43,846 | ||
| 13,012 - |
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| 13,012 39,189 |
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| 52,201 |
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Statement of assets and liabilities
| as at 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Cash funds | |||||
| Cash at bank | 25,892 | 24,157 | 50,049 | 52,258 | |
| Cash in hand | 140 | - | 140 | 686 | |
| Total cash funds | 26,032 | 24,157 | 50,189 | 52,944 | |
| Other monetary assets | |||||
| Debtors | 138 | - | |||
| Accrued income | (9) | 3,723 | 1,625 | ||
| Less: Liabilities | |||||
| Creditors | 253 | 743 | |||
| 53,797 | 53,826 |
Approval of the accounts
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 25th July 2025 Signed: ……………...………….…. (Trustee) age
Name: Alan Hoggard
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2024
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. 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 & Donations Benefactor Trust Brighouse Jigsaw Festival CFFC Grant Local Giving Rastrick Big Local 3 5 The West Trust Calderdale Small Grants 6 Awards for All 7 8 |
2024 Unrestricted funds £ 8,000 3,000 - 11,000 |
2024 Restricted funds £ 2,000 4,956 16,626 23,582 |
2024 Total funds £ £0 £2,000 £4,956 £0 £0 £8,000 £3,000 £16,626 34,582 |
2023 Total funds £ £15,250 £2,250 £14,290 £500 £975 £7,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40,765 | ||||
3 Client donations non-taxpayers
Clients are asked at their initial meeting to sign up to a weekly contribution 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 also 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 2024
| 4 Donations from Organisations St Johns Church Rastrick St Matthews Church Rastrick Upper Edge Baptist Church Churchfields Hall Churches Together Other Donations 5 Earned Income Calderdale Wellbeing Hipperholme & Lightcliffe secondary School Rastrick High |
2024 Unrestricted funds £ £460 £150 £150 £205 £0 £965 2024 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - |
2024 Restricted funds £ £0 2024 Restricted funds £ - |
2024 Total funds £ £460 £150 £150 £205 £92 £1,057 2024 Total funds £ - |
2023 Total funds £ £460 £250 £100 £25 £0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £835 | ||||
| 2023 Total funds £ £600 £4,320 £900 |
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| 6,780 |
3 5
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
Related party transactions 7 Trustee expenses 8 No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year. 9 -
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 personal supervision fees without which the counsellor would be unable to practise. Reasonable travel costs on a mileage basis can also be claimed.
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2024
| 8 Funds Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Young Peoples Fund Capacity Building Benefactor trust CFFC -Hardship Fund Awards for All 9 Accrued income HMRC Tax Refund Due |
Opening Balance £ 25,992 4,053 10,718 11,438 52,201 |
Receipts £ 21,166 2,000 0 0 4,956 16,626 44,748 |
Payments £ 17,945 3,478 10,718 11,438 43,579 |
Account Transfers £ - - - - - - 0 2024 £ 3,723 3,723 |
Closing Balance £ 29,213 2,575 0 0 4,956 16,626 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53,370 | |||||
| 2023 £ 1,625 |
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| 1,625 |
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