The Turning Point Counselling Service
Charity number 1105857
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2025
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2025
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| 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 2025
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 Chair Christine Hood Chris Hartley David Palethorpe Vice Chair Ursula Blagg
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 HD6 1AT West Malling Cleckheaton Kent BD19 3RJ 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 2025
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 2024/25 ten volunteer counsellors provided 1101 (1070) sessions of counselling to 65 (76) clients.
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Waiting
12 months to Av. Time
March 25 Clients sessions Sessions (weeks) age male female
finished 46 949 21 19 41 17 29
NLR 23 43 3 20
Current 19 152 8 14 36 5 11
Waiting List 26 38 9 17
114 1101 17 20 40 34 77
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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 2025
| YoungPeople under 18 | YoungPeople under 18 | ||||||
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| finished | 12 | 139 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| NLR | 4 | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Current | 5 | 57 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| WaitingList | 8 | 16 | 8 | ||||
| 29 | 196 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 15 |
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 2025 we had 10 volunteer counsellors 6 of which were trainees.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees by Alan Hoggard …........................................... Date: 25th October 2025 pret?
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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 2025, 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 Ibe
Date: 12/11/2025
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Notes 2025 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Grants (2) - Donations Received Clients (3) 4,559 Donations Other Individuals 1,275 Donations from Organisations (4) 1,982 Earned Income (5) 9,540 HMRC Gift Aid 3,725 Fund Generation - Fund Raising - Bank Interest 9 Credit Charges 4 Room Hire Income 330 - Total receipts 21,424 Payments Staff Salaries 18,626 Employers Pension 819 Other Staff costs 106 Supervision Fees 797 Counsellor Travel Costs 254 Counsellor Training 45 Other Counsellor Payments (81) DBS Checks 37 Rent 2,416 Brighouse Bid Levy 78 Service Charge 483 Other Property Costs 110 Photocopier & Printing 86 Postage and Carriage 4 Office Stationery 18 Telephone and Fax 177 Website 91 Cleaning 113 Insurance 232 Refreshments 232 Sundry Expenses 60 Subscriptions 220 Other Training - Bank Charges 39 Total payments 24,962 (3,538) Transfers between funds - Net movement in funds after transfers (3,538) Fund balances brought forward 25,992 Fund balances carried forward (8) 22,454 Net receipts / (payments) |
2025 Restricted funds £ 13,250 - - 13,250 18,407 810 106 787 251 45 1,548 35 2,384 77 477 108 84 3 18 176 89 110 228 230 58 220 - 31 26,282 (13,032) - (13,032) 24,157 11,125 |
2025 Total funds £ 13,250 4,559 1,275 1,982 9,540 3,725 - 9 4 330 34,674 37,033 1,629 212 1,584 505 90 1,467 72 4,800 155 960 218 170 7 36 353 180 223 460 462 118 440 - 70 51,244 (16,570) - (16,570) 50,189 33,619 |
2024 Total funds £ 34,582 7,114 850 1,057 - - 163 543 4 435 |
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| 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 |
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| 46,760 | |||
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| (2,012) 52,201 |
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| 50,189 |
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The Turning Point Counselling Service
Statement of assets and liabilities
| as at 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 |
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Cash funds | ||||
| Cash at bank | 22,180 | 11,125 | 33,305 | 50,049 |
| Cash in hand | 284 | - | 284 | 140 |
| Total cash funds | 22,464 | 11,125 | 33,589 | 50,189 |
| Other monetary assets | ||||
| Debtors | 180 | 138 | ||
| Accrued income | 3,723 | |||
| Less: Liabilities | ||||
| Creditors | 150 | 253 | ||
| 33,619 | 53,797 |
Approval of the accounts
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 25th July 2025
Signed: ……………...………….…. (Trustee) one
Name: Alan Hoggard
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Notes to the accounts continued
The Turning Point Counselling Service
for the year ended 31 March 2025
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 Brighouse Jigsaw Festival CFFC Support & Integration Fund The West Trust Scurrah Wainwright Hillards |
2025 Unrestricted funds £ - - |
2025 Restricted funds £ 2,250 5,000 5,000 1,000 13,250 |
2025 2024 Total Total funds funds £ £ £2,250 £2,000 £5,000 £4,956 £0 £8,000 £5,000 £3,000 £1,000 £16,626 13,250 34,582 |
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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 £12 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 2025
| 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 Rastrick High |
2025 Unrestricted funds £ £480 £150 £843 £252 £257 £1,982 2025 Unrestricted funds £ 9,540 - |
2025 Restricted funds £ £0 2025 Restricted funds £ - |
2025 Total funds £ £480 £150 £843 £252 £0 £257 £1,982 2025 Total funds £ £9,540 - |
2024 Total funds £ £460 £150 £150 £205 £92 £0 |
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| 2024 Total funds £ |
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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 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 2025
| 8 Funds Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Young Peoples Fund CFFC -Hardship Fund Awards for All Scurrah Wainwright Support & Integration Fund 9 Accrued income HMRC Tax Refund Due |
Opening Balance £ 26,032 2,575 4,956 16,626 50,189 |
Receipts £ 21,424 2,250 0 5,000 5,000 33,674 |
Payments £ 24,962 3,700 4,956 16,626 50,244 |
Account Transfers £ - - - - 0 2025 £ - |
Closing Balance £ 22,494 1,125 0 0 5,000 5,000 |
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| 33,619 | |||||
| 2024 £ 3,723 |
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