## ## ||Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates aclad ifnot for whole
year|Name ofperson (orbody}
eat}tiedto appoint truslae (if
an| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Andy Simmonds||Resigned on completion
of 3"term 19e|| ||||September 2023.|| ||Jill Gibbs||Resigned on completion|| ||||of 3~ term 19a|| ||||September 2023.|| ||Rev Canon Mark||Reappointed
to 3"term|| |3|Barker||25a May 2021. Term|| ||||ends June 2024.|| ||Sarah Marfleet||Resigned on completion
of 1a term 19a|| ||||September 2023.|| ||Rev Wendy Carr||Reappointed
to 2nd term
19eSeptember 2023.|| ||||Term ends June 2026.|| ||Sally Nash|Chairman|Reappointed
to 2"a term
19a September 2023.|| ||||Term ends June 2026.|| ||Katie Clayton||Appointed
to 1"term 25e|| ||||May 2021. Term ends|| ||||June 2024.|| ||Connie Burgess|Treasurer|Appointed
to 1"term 6a|| ||||December 2021. Term|| ||||ends June 2025.|| ||John Barr||Appointed
to 1"term 19'|| ||||September 2023. Term|| ||||ends June 2026.|| |||||The charity's
constitution
indudes
two objects:| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||1. Therapeutic
counselling:
to promote and protect the physical,| |Summary ofthe objects ofthe
charity set out in its
governing
document||||spiritual
and mental
health ofthose in need in Tonbridge
and the
surrounding
area by way ofa professional
counselling
service
based on a Christian
ethos.
2. Training:
to advance the education ofcounsellors
for the public| |||||benefit by the provision oftraining
in counselling.| |||||Counselling
service| |||||The chariity's
counselling
service is open to any member ofthe public,| |||||and is provided
under a flexible and affordable
charging
structure.| |||||The charity is committed,
for the public benefit, to provide its services
in| |||||safe and trusting
relationships
guided by professional
principles.| |||||Accordingly,
all counsellors are required
to be registered
members
ofthe| |||||British Association ofCounsellors
and Psychotherapists
(BACP)orthe| |||||Association ofChristian
Counsellors
(ACC), are qualified to at least| |||||Diploma
level, and abide by the ethical framework set out by these| |||||bodies.
This indudes
regular supervision
and ongoing post-qualification| |||||training.
TCSoffers placements
to counsellors
in training
and so| |||||provides
dinical supervision.
Placements
are overseen
by the TCS| |||||Counselling
Manager.| |||||In addition to direct access tothe public through
its website| |||||www. tonbrid
ecounsellin
service.co.uk and dedicated telephone
line, the| |Summary ofthe main
activities undertaken
forthe
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration
that trustees have
had regard tothe guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit)||||charity encourages
local agencies
including
GPs and churches to refer
clients for counselling.
The charity is committed to providing a non-
judgemental
service which aims to treat all people respectfully,
regardless ofgender, sexual orientation,
ethnic origin or religion.
The
charity does not describe its activity as 'Christian
counselling'
nor does it
have a religious
afliliation.
Rather, as professional
therapeutic
counsellors
it operates
within the same ethical guidelines
and practices
as any other organisation
affiliated to the BACP. However,
the objects
refer toa 'Christian
ethos' being part ofthe values and motivation
that
draw the charity into providing
counselling.
We believe that it isa
Christian
principle that hurting
people are reached, and broken lives| |||||restored, and that therapeutic
counselling
can help in this process.| |||||On initial assessment,
clients are advised ofthe full fee that the charity| |||||requires to meet its costs. While this amount is required
to ensure the| |||||service is sustainable,
as part ofits provision ofan affordable
charging| |||||structure,
the charity provides a limited number ofAssisted Places for| |||||people within the Tonbridge area who are unable to pay the full fee| |||||amount. This Assisted Places scheme is funded
by gifts and grants and| |||||transfers from general funds.| |||||Training| |||||Within this public benefit context ofmaintaining
high professional| |||||standards,
the charity provides training to existing counsellors
through a| |||||programme
ofcontinuing
professional
development
(CPD) that maintains| |||||and enhances
their skills in accordance with the BACP and ACC ethical| |||||frameworks,
and to new counsellors
to safeguard
the charity's access to| |||||future qualified
counsellors
and thereby
maintain
and build capacity.| ||||||||All counsellors are required to attend annual
Safeguarding
Training
in| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||accordance
with the TCSSafeguarding
Policy. The appointed| ||||||||Safeguarding
Lead within the Trustees is also invited to attend this| ||||||||training.| ||||||||The trustees have considered,
and concluded,
that any private benefit| ||||||||received through
its training
activities are a necessary and cost-effective| ||||||||by-product ofcarrying out its public interest purpose ofproviding a| ||||||||professional
counselling
service and are not excessive in the| ||||||||drcumstances.| |Additional
details ofobjectives|||||||and activities (Optional
information)| ||||||||Grants given| ||||||||The chanty's
policy isthat no person should be refused access to its| ||||||||counselling
services on grounds ofaffordability.
Accordingly
the charity| |You may choose
further statements,|||||to include
where||provides a limited number ofAssisted Places for people within the
Tonbridge area who are unable to pay the full fee amount.| |relevant,|||about:||||Volunteers| |~|policy||on grant||making;||In the interests ofmaintaining
a high professional
standard
and ensuring
accountability,
all counsellors
sign afreelance agreement
covering their| |~|policy||programme|||related|obligations
tothe charity, and the charity's obligation to provide| ||investment;||||||supervision,
safeguarding
checks, insurance
and afee based on hours| |~|contribution
volunteers.|||made||by|incurred
in client work. Where a counsellor wishes to return the fee to
the charity, this is included
within
'gifts and donations'.
Bookkeeping
services were provided
by a Trustee, part ofwhich is on a paid basis ata| ||||||||rate lower than market.
Various support services such as charity| ||||||||secretary and fundraising
are provided
by volunteers.| |||~|~||||~
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r| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year|||||||Counselling
In this tenth year ofoperation,
counselling
services continued
under the
leadership
ofNicola Canham.
Most counselling
appointment
are face-to-
face at Gilbert House, but online and telephone
counselling
which were| ||||||||developed
during the period ofCOVID resbictions
continue to be| ||||||||available.| ||||||||During 2023:| ||||||||the team ofcounsellors
has reduced to9(2022 —12);| ||||||||in total, we dealt with 101dients (2022 —102),ofwhich 81 were| ||||||||discharged
(2022 —48);| ||||||||49clients received help from the assisted places scheme (2022—| ||||||||42).| ||||||||Most referrals continue to be direct self-referrals.
Most clients are dealt| ||||||||with as single adults, but we are also able to work with couples.
The| ||||||||website www. tonbrid
ecounsellin
service co uk indudes an introduction| ||||||||to counselling,
a clear statement
ofour ethos, profiles ofour counsellors,| ||||||||and an explanation
ofthe introductory
process we follow.| ||||||||Training| ||||||||No training courses commenced
during the year, and there are currently| ||||||||no plans to resume accredited
training courses leading to qualification.| ||||||||We continued
our programme
ofCPD training
events for our existing| ||||||||counsellors
and students.| |Briefstatement ofthe
charity's
policy on reserves|Briefstatement ofthe
charity's
policy on reserves|Briefstatement ofthe
charity's
policy on reserves|Unrestricted
funds:
In summary,
the charity received f83,066(2022—
f80,700) in unrestricted
income, and spent f76,770(2022 —f79,135).
The balance ofunrestricted
funds at31"December 2023wasf31,111
(2022 —f33,815). While the charity's financial
model ofpaying| |---|---|---|---| ||||counsellors
an hourly rate for client appointments,
and clients contribute| ||||on the basis ofaffordability,
has served well there isa continuing
need to| ||||transfer unrestricted
funds to the Assisted Places scheme
in addition to| ||||grants received.| ||||Assisted Places scheme:
During 2023,the charity provided assistance
towards fees off19,569(2022 - f17,392)to49clients (2022 -42 clients).| ||||The charity continued
to utilise grants received
in 2019,notably from| ||||High Hilden
Fund (through
Kent Community
Foundation —Vulnerable| ||||Adults Themed Programme)
and National
Lottery Community
Fund.
At
31"December 2022, the restricted
fund available to provide assistance
stood atf6,205 (2022 —f2,023). In 2023, the charity transfered
further| ||||funds from unrestdicted
reserves, and will seek further grant funding.| ||||Training assistance:
As no training courses ran in 2023, no grants
were sought and the balance off1,952is carried forward.| |Details ofany funds||materially|| |in|deficit||| |Further financial
review details|||(Optional
information)| |You may choose to include
additional
information,
where
relevant about:
~
the charity's
principal
sources offunds (including|||Gilbert House:
The charity's premises at Gilbert House
in the centre of
Tonbridge were transferred
tothe Charity from Tonbridge
Baptist Church
(TBC)for nil consideration
in February 2020. The premises
had
previously
been gifted toTBCfor use as a counselling
centre and cafe.
During 2019,TBCceased to operate acafe in Gilbert House, and
concluded that the charitable
purpose for which Gilbert House was given| ||any fundraising);||tothe Church would be better served by transferring
the building to| |~|how expenditure
has
supported
the key objectives
ofthe charity;||Tonbridge
Counselling
Service for nil consideration.
After careful
deliberation
and seeking advice, the trustees accepted the transfer.
The
building
has been dassifiied as an Endowment
Asset. The ground tloor
has been sub-let to 65mm Coffee Ltd as a cafe for 5years terminating
in| |~|investment
policy and||2024 and the rental applied
in part to maintain
the building
and in part to| ||objectives including|any|support the work ofthe charity.
The counselling
service operates from| ||ethical investment|policy|the first floor ofthe building.| ||adopted.||| ||||-| ||||~
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~| |on behal|f ofthe charity's|trustees| |---|---|---| ||Signature(s)|| ||Full name(s)|| |Position|(eg Secretary,
Chair, etc)|CHrt iC.| ||Date|| |||||Tonbridge|Counselling|Service||||1155690||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Receipts and payments||||accounts|||CC~68| |||||Forthe period
from||1 Janua|2023|To||31 December 2023||| |x||||||||||||| |||~||||||||||| |||||funds||Restricted|funds|Endowment
funds||Total|funds|Last year| |||||to the nearest
K||to the nearest 2||to the nearest 9||tothe nearest
K||to the nearest
&| |A1 Recei
s||||||||||||| |Client counsellin
fees|||||71„039||||||?1,039|64,159| |Grants|||||||13,009||||13,090|12,500| |Gifts and donations|||||2?||1,759|||||2,414| |Rental income|||||12,099||||||12,900|12,000| |Sub total(Grossincome|||forAR)||||14,750||||97,816|91,973| |A2 Asset and investment|||sales|||||||||| |seetable .||||||||||||| ||||Sub total|||||||||| ||Total||receipts||83,066||14,750|||-|97,816|91,073| |A3pa ments||||||||||||| |Counsellors'
fees|||||28.692||||||28,692|34,628| |Supervision
and safeguarding|||||10,117||||||10,117|7,9&7| |Office and adniinistration|||||28,744|||||||39,?78| |Resources
and development|||||||||||1,530|1,3?&| |Training expenses||||||||||||1,1&?| |Trustee travel expenses||||||||||||| |Grants from bursanr
fund|||||||19,569||||19,569|17,392| |Property
expendkure|||||||||||?,687|3.1?2| ||||Sub total||76,7?0||19,569||||99,33&|| |A4Asset and investment||||||||||||| |purchases,
(see table)||||||||||||| ||||Sub total|||||||||| |Total||payments|||76,770||19,569|||-|96,338|96,527| |Net ofreceiptsl(payments)|||||6,296||4,818||||1,478|5,454| |A5 Transfers between funds|||||9000||9,000|||||| |A6 Cash funds last|year|end|||33,815||2,023||||35,838|41,292| |Cash fund's|this||year end||31,111||6,205||||37,316|35,838| ||||||~|~|~
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~|~ ~|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|funds||Endowment| ||C0|to0orI(!9|Do't|lls|||funds||||funds| ||||||||to nearest 6|to nearest||6|to nearest 6| |81Cash|funds||Cash|at bank|- Hat West Current a/c||31.639|||6,205|| ||||Cash|in hand|||||||| |||||||Totalcash funds|31,111||6,205||| ||||(BaBBuslSpecs||wit 1 Mcu Pls BBBPBFliocls BcccUBI(s))||||||| ||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|funds||Endowment| ||||||||funds||||funds| ||||Details||||to nearest 6|to nearest||F.|to nearest 6| |82Other|monetary assets||||||||||| |83investment||assets|Details||||Fund towtach asset
belongs|Cast (opt)anal)|||Current value
(opbonal)| |84Assets retained forthe|||Details
Gilbert House||||Fund towhich Bssot
balooga
Endowmrut|Cost (opeooal)|||Cw rant value
(oplional)| |charity's|own use||Office|acd counselling||room fumlturo|Unrestricted||||| ||||Desktop computer and|||printer|Unrestricted||||| ||||||||Fund towhich|Amount|dua||When duo| ||||Details||||liahl) tv relates|(optional)|||(opbonal)| |85Liabilities|||||||||||| |Signed by one ortwo tmstees on
behalf of all the trustees|||||Signature||Print|Name|||Date ofapproval| ||||||||Rhu-'f
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