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|Susan Smith|Chair|Elected at AGM 2021|
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|John Rampton|Hon. Treasurer|Elected at AGM 2021|
|Darren Sharpe||Elected at AGM 2022|
|Michelle Hamer||Elected at AGM 2023|
|Chris Stanley||Co-opted Nov 2025|
|Neil Bedwell||Co -opted Nov 2025|
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|Sealy & Johnson Accountants|Accountant and Independent Examiner|
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|vacant|Independent Consultant and Tax Adviser|
|Lloyds Bank, Ashford|Bankers|
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|Femmie Bonsier January 2023 to present|Manager|
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|Brigitte McAndrew|Clinical Lead|
|HeatherDehara|Administrator|
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|2021|2022|2023|2024|2025|
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|COVID/no|||||
|record|102|1485|1855|2112|
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|CS|Current|Account&|Petty|Cash||22,502|f17,816|
|CS|Reserve|Account||||f5,076|f5,116|
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|Report to the trustees/|Ashford Counselling Service|
|---|---|
|members of||
|On accounts for the year|31 December2025
Charity no
1169322|
|ended|(if any)|
|Set out on pages||
||I report to the trustees on myexamination of the accounts of the above|
||charity ("the Trust") for the yearended 31 December 2025|
|Responsibilities and|As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the|
|basis of report|accounts in accordance with the requirements of the CI-•ities 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 all the applicableDirections 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
'other than that|
||disclosed below
*) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material|
||respect:|
||the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130|
||of the CharitiesAct; or|
||the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or|
||the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements|
||concerning the form and content of accountsset out in the Charities|
||(Accounts and Reports) Regulations2008 other than any requirement|
||that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter|
||considered as part of an independent examination|
||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 properunderstanding of the accounts to be reached.|
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|Income and Expenditure|Accounts|1|
|Balance sheet||2|
|Independent Examiner's|Report on the Accounts|3-4|
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||2025|2024|
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|Income|||
|Client Contributions|47 ,827.60|39,559.50|
|Room Hire|3,456.00|14,615.00|
|Fund Raising|188.07|339.30|
|Donations|12,161.41|6,012.69|
|Teaching Program Income/Study Days|725.00|430.00|
|Miscellaneous:|||
|Gift Aid|||
|Refund National lottery|||
|Bank Account Interest|40.36|59.74|
|TOTAL|64,398.44|61,016.23|
|LESS: Expenditure|||
|Staff& Counsellor Pay & Expenses|55,446.93|50,790.47|
|Utilities& Running Costs|12,728.91|9,873.69|
|Teaching Program Costs|933.50||
|Adj on Depreciation|266.85||
|Depreciation|1 ,057.93|1 ,322.41|
|Accrued Expenses|||
|TOTAL|70,434.12|63,256.57|
|Excess (Expenditure)/Surplusover Income|(6,035.68)|(2,240.34)|
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|Report to the trustees/|Ashford Counselling Service|
|---|---|
|members of||
|On accounts for the year|31 December2025
Charity no
1169322|
|ended|(if any)|
|Set out on pages||
||I report to the trustees on myexamination of the accounts of the above|
||charity ("the Trust") for the yearended 31 December 2025|
|Responsibilities and|As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the|
|basis of report|accounts in accordance with the requirements of the CI-•ities 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 all the applicableDirections 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
'other than that|
||disclosed below
*) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material|
||respect:|
||the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130|
||of the CharitiesAct; or|
||the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or|
||the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements|
||concerning the form and content of accountsset out in the Charities|
||(Accounts and Reports) Regulations2008 other than any requirement|
||that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter|
||considered as part of an independent examination|
||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 properunderstanding of the accounts to be reached.|
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|Income and Expenditure|Accounts|1|
|Balance sheet||2|
|Independent Examiner's|Report on the Accounts|3-4|
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||2025|2024|
|---|---|---|
|Income|||
|Client Contributions|47 ,827.60|39,559.50|
|Room Hire|3,456.00|14,615.00|
|Fund Raising|188.07|339.30|
|Donations|12,161.41|6,012.69|
|Teaching Program Income/Study Days|725.00|430.00|
|Miscellaneous:|||
|Gift Aid|||
|Refund National lottery|||
|Bank Account Interest|40.36|59.74|
|TOTAL|64,398.44|61,016.23|
|LESS: Expenditure|||
|Staff& Counsellor Pay & Expenses|55,446.93|50,790.47|
|Utilities& Running Costs|12,728.91|9,873.69|
|Teaching Program Costs|933.50||
|Adj on Depreciation|266.85||
|Depreciation|1 ,057.93|1 ,322.41|
|Accrued Expenses|||
|TOTAL|70,434.12|63,256.57|
|Excess (Expenditure)/Surplusover Income|(6,035.68)|(2,240.34)|
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