# ABACUS COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1163844
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Oct. 6, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1163844


## Contact

- **Address:** 135 Norwich Avenue, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, Essex
- **Postcode:** SS2 4DH
- **Phone:** 07910 261780
- **Email:** info@abacuscounsellingandsupport.co.uk
- **Website:** www.abacuscounsellingandsupport.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UK BY PROVIDING, DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING AN AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE COUNSELLING SERVICE, WITH RELEVANT AND ASSESSED SUPPORT.

**Activities:** Abacus provides affordable counselling sessions in Essex, to clients referred to the service. It spends its money on providing counselling services, such as through room hire. It pays expenses to its volunteer counsellors and counselling supervision. It pays other costs associated with running a charity, such as salary to to part time managers, marketing, accounting services, insurance etc.

**Area of benefit:** LOCAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex
- Southend-on-sea
- Thurrock



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £39665 | £29906 |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2024 | £18032 | £22490 |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £32743 | £17474 |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £7869 | £10740 |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £9453 | £3918 |  -  |  -  |  |




## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **LESLEY ANN BUTCHER** | Chair | May 13, 2014 |
| Brenda Joan Lewis |  | Jan. 25, 2021 |
| Carolyn Williams |  | Jan. 17, 2024 |
| David James Bannister |  | Jan. 25, 2021 |
| JANICE LYONS |  | May 14, 2015 |
| NICHOLAS ANTHONY CHARD B.Sc MBACP |  | Jan. 29, 2019 |
| Nicholas Chard |  | Nov. 24, 2025 |
| Paula Buck |  | May 26, 2022 |