Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 1st July 2023 To 30th June 2024
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Restore Counselling, Training and Related Services
Restore, Restore Counselling, Restore Counselling Services, Other names charity is known by Buddy of Hope (Bursary Fund name)
Registered charity number (if any) 1164306
Charity's principal address
| 57 High Street | |
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| Tunbridge Wells | |
| Kent | |
| Postcode | TN1 1XU |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Stephen McCreath | Chairman | |||
| Duncan MacMurchy | Retired in April 2024 | |||
| Linden Sanders | ||||
| David Hill | Appointed in April 2024 |
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Type of adviser Name Address |
Type of adviser Name Address |
Type of adviser Name Address |
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| Independent Examiner | ||
| Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) | ||
| Jacqueline (Jackie) Barrett: Managing Director (now known as Jacqueline Farmer) |
Jacqueline (Jackie) Barrett: Managing Director (now known as Jacqueline Farmer)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution (based on the Charity Commission model for a CIO whose only Type of governing document voting members are its charity trustees) (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by charity founder initially; further trustees have been and will be Trustee selection methods appointed by existing trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by)
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Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include Appointment, induction and training of trustees. additional information, where relevant, about:
Trustees are appointed who have the necessary skills and experience to ensure that the charity is operating as professionally as possible (for example in governance, administrative and financial matters) and also to enable the charity to move forwards and grow.
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
Each trustee will be given an oversight of the objects, vision and present status of the charity, a copy of both the charity's constitution and the Charity Commission's guidance: 'The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do', will declare any conflicts of interest and sign the Charity Commission Trustee Declaration. The trustees all hold a valid DBS certificate and are committed to training in safeguarding.
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of Organisational structure. major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
The trustees have appointed Jackie Barrett as Managing Director of the charity's operations, which includes being the principal counsellor, supervisor and trainer for the charity. Jackie reports directly to the trustees.
Risk management.
The charity holds a risk management policy and maintains a risk register which identifies any potential risk for the charity, the likelihood of that risk occurring and the impact that risk would have, should it occur. The register identifies 22 risks under 4 headings: Governance risks, Operational risks, Financial risks and External Factors. The register sets out the procedure to manage the risks through identifying whose responsibility it is to monitor the risk, the control procedure and monitoring process, what possible improvements could be made and the date the risk needs to be reviewed.
Section C Objectives and activities
| Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) |
The charity has two objectives: 1. The advancement of physical, spiritual and mental health, primarily, but not exclusively, through the provision of counselling and therapy services 2. The relief of those in need by reason of loneliness, isolation, age, ill health, disability or financial hardship All such purposes are to be carried out in a manner consistent with the Christian Faith and the doctrines set out in the schedule attached to its constitution. |
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| Counselling and Psychotherapy Service. The charity's counselling and psychotherapy service is available for any member of the public and its main purpose is for those in poverty not to be excluded. Therefore, the charity has a bursary fund which means that an individual can pay what they realistically can afford to access the service. Assessments regarding how much bursary will be granted will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. In order for clients to place a value on the service that they are receiving, the trustees have set the minimum |
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donation as being £15 per session. The bursary fund is advertised on all the material the charity displays and is also stated on their website:
It is the charity's commitment to provide a skilled, safe and professional service for the public benefit. All counsellors who work for Restore are members of The Association of Christians in Counselling & Linked Professions, the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, the UK Council for Psychotherapy or The British Association of Art Therapists. This means that they abide by the ethical framework set out by these bodies, receive regular supervision and ongoing training. In addition, all counsellors are DBS checked and have received relevant safeguard training.
The charity is committed to providing a non-judgemental service and aims to treat all people respectfully regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin or religion. Whilst the charity upholds a Christian ethos and demonstrates Christian values, it does not see the advancement of Christianity as one of its purposes and Christianity is not promoted.
Supervision.
A clinical supervision service is offered as part of the charity's services. In order for the service to be affordable to all, trainee counsellors and qualified counsellors with a very small client load are eligible for a fee reduction and therefore help through the bursary. Charities are offered a fee which will not see an annual increase. The supervision service pays for the charity's counsellors to receive supervision (using external qualified supervisors) and has money left over for the charity's general and bursary fund.
Training.
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) training for both counsellors and the general public provides a means of raising funds for the charity. Public benefit is also ensured because the training enables counsellors and others in the helping professions to increase their skills and knowledge, which will help a significant section of the public. CPD also keeps counsellors up to date with ethics and legislation, safeguarding their professional practice.
Any private benefit received through the counselling, supervision and training service has been considered by the trustees and concluded to be legitimately incidental. This is due to such benefits falling below the national average for the service delivered, as well as any benefit being a necessary by-product of providing professional services for the public benefit.
Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Counselling. Now in its ninth financial year, the team has increased to one full time and eleven part time therapists. During the period 1[st] July 2023-30[th] June 2024 the charity supported over 100 people. 35% were people in the 4– 25-year age group, 55% were people aged over 25, 2% were couples and 8% were parents.
Overall, 1,346 counselling/therapy sessions were provided over the year.
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Section D Achievements and performance This is 431 more sessions than two years ago. 53% of those who came to see us required bursary assistance, which totalled £19,789.
Supervision.
20 individuals have received clinical supervision through the charity this year. This has taken place either fortnightly, monthly or six weekly. The individuals make up trainee counsellors and qualified counsellors (both for charities and in private practice) and professionals who work in a charity setting with those who are experiencing suicidal intent or have experienced trauma, violence and/or abuse. In April 2024, the charity rekindled a partnership made prior to lockdown and began to facilitate group supervision to managers and volunteers of a local charity working with domestic abuse.
Training.
New to this year was the delivery of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy training, led by one of our experienced Play Therapist’s. This aimed to teach parents how to identify and respond to their children’s feelings, use reflective listening skills, set effective limits and help their child learn selfcontrol and responsibility. The charity received some excellent feedback on how helpful the training was. Two training days via Zoom were successfully delivered to a counselling charity. In January the Managing Director delivered training on creative counselling, and in March the training was on the subject of suicidal ideation.
Right at the end of the charity’s last financial year, we received £16,000 in restricted funds from the David Riddell Memorial CIO. This was a grant to enable the charity to deliver training on understanding and preventing suicide, to secondary school staff across the country. This year has mainly focussed on putting the training together. The charity delivered the training to two secondary schools, and has a number of schools booked to deliver the training to in the autumn term.
Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
The charity’s policy, set by the trustees, is to keep 3 months operational expenses in reserve.
Details of any 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 of funds (including any fundraising);
The charity’s sources of funds have come from: client and supervisee fees, one-off donations, regular giving by individuals and a local church, grants and training.
Six grants were given to the charity this financial year. Restore is grateful for the support of The Albert Hunt Trust, the Rowan Bentall Charitable Trust (x2), the Casey Trust, Fidelity investment and the SMB Trust.
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how expenditure has The charity also wishes to express its thanks to Royal Tunbridge Wells supported the key objectives Round Table who funded some Play Therapy resource kits to use in our of the charity; work in two local primary schools. investment policy and objectives including any This financial year the charity took on an Admin Assistant on a selfethical investment policy employed sessional basis to manage the initial enquiries when someone adopted. is seeking one of the charity’s services. This is a role which has been undertaken by one of the charity’s experienced counsellors and has meant that it can free up the Managing Director’s time to focus on other aspects of the charity.
Whilst the charity’s expenditure has exceeded its income this year, due to the reserves the charity holds and the organisational structure in place, the trustees are confident that the charity will be able to continue to grow and meet the demand for its services next year.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Full name(s) David Hill Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee etc) Date 22/04/2025
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| Restore Counselling, Training and Related Services | Restore Counselling, Training and Related Services | 1164306 | ||
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | |||
| Period start date 01/07/2023 For the period from |
To | Period end date 30/06/2024 |
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 39,831 9,060 3,810 1,532 1,900 53 6,160 10,045 - 72,391 - - - 72,391 58,966 5,065 9,579 809 - 1,731 200 - 3,684 250 1,718 2,998 - 85,000 - - - 85,000 - 12,609 32,298 19,689 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - 1,000 - 1,000 - - - 1,000 954 576 - 332 495 150 - - - - 692 - - 3,199 - - - 3,199 - 2,199 16,000 13,801 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ 39,831 9,060 3,810 1,532 1,900 53 6,160 11,045 - 73,391 - - - 73,391 59,920 5,641 9,579 1,141 495 1,881 200 1,649 3,684 250 1,718 2,998 - 88,199 - - - 88,199 - 14,808 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Client counsellingfees | 39,831 | - - - - - - - - - |
39,831 | 39,157 | ||
| Regular Giving | 9,060 | 9,060 | 6,431 | |||
| One-off donations | 3,810 | 3,810 | 3,308 | |||
| Gift Aid | 1,532 | 1,532 | 789 | |||
| Training | 1,900 | 1,900 | 655 | |||
| Fundraising | 53 | 53 | 4,164 | |||
| Supervision | 6,160 | 6,160 | 7,367 | |||
| Grants | 10,045 | 11,045 | 17,300 | |||
| Other | - | - | - | |||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
72,391 | 73,391 | 79,171 | |||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| - | 73,391 | 79,171 | ||||
| Counsellor fees and insurance | 58,966 | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
59,920 | 58,403 | ||
| Supervision,safeguardingand GDPR | 5,065 | 5,641 | 7,094 | |||
| Rent | 9,579 | 9,579 | 7,964 | |||
| Resources | 809 | 1,141 | 225 | |||
| CPD Trainingfor counsellors | - | 495 | 170 | |||
| IT costs : website,support,software | 1,731 | 1,881 | 1,419 | |||
| Marketing | 200 | 200 | 428 | |||
| Fundraisingcosts | - | 1,649 | 1,649 | |||
| Grant writing | 3,684 | 3,684 | 3,732 | |||
| Phone | 250 | 250 | 224 | |||
| Office costs,stationery,cleaning | 1,718 | 1,718 | 540 | |||
| Finance costs and bank fees | 2,998 | 2,998 | 3,139 | |||
| Other | - | - | - | |||
| Sub total | 85,000 | 88,199 | 84,987 | |||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| - | 88,199 | 84,987 | ||||
| - 12,609 |
- 2,199 |
- | - 14,808 |
- 5,816 |
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| 32,298 | 16,000 | 48,298 | 48,928 | |||
| 19,689 | 13,801 | - | 33,490 |
38,114 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Gift Aid to be reclaimed Client and supervisee fees yet to be paid Details Cash in the bank Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 19,689 13,801 - - - - 19,689 13,801 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 20 - 1,703 - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name DAVID HILL |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| DAVID HILL | 17/02/2025 | ||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Report to the trustees/ members of[Restore Counselling, Training and Related Services ] On accounts for the year 30/06/2024 Charity no 1164306 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 30/06/2024.
- Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention ( other than that disclosed below*) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:[j] � Name: EMYR JONES (JONES & GRAHAM ACCOUNTANTS LTD) j Relevant professional A.C.C.A. qualification(s) or body (if any): ' I ---------------------------' Address: JONES & GRAHAM ACCOUNTANTS LTD 6 HALL SQUARE DENBIGH, LL 16 3NU
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
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