**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE014241 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1178563** Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2021 for The Counselling Hub Ridgway and Company Chartered Accountants The Office, Ffordd Pentre Bach, Nercwys. Mold Flintshire CH7 4EG The Counselling Hub Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2021 |||Page|| |---|---|---|---| |Report of the trustees|1|to|3| |Independent examiner's report||4|| |Statement of financial activities||5|| |Balance sheet|6|to|7| |Notes to the financial statements|8|to|13| |Detailed statement of financial activities||14|| The Counselling Hub ## Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 May 2021 The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 May 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019). The board of Trustees meet once a month with the organisation manager to direct the management and governance of the Counselling Hub Charity. This includes matters relating to health and safety, finance, risks, maintenance, staff, volunteers, activities, marketing, compliance with regulations, grants and the development of the business. ## **Objectives and activities** ## **Objectives and aims** The objectives of the CIO are to protect and promote the mental and emotional health of the general public by the provision of a safe and affordable counselling service. ## **Public benefit** The Trustees have referred to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing their aims and objectives and in planning future activities. The Trustees remain committed to equal opportunities for all. Page 1 The Counselling Hub ## Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 May 2021 ## **Achievement and performance** ## **Charitable activities** We have diversified our organisation during the current COVID-19 pandemic by adapting our existing mental health support and activities to be transitional between in person and remote practice. We have had a 40% increase in demand. Staff and volunteers have been trained inline with the necessary changes. We follow business continuity, risk assessment, health and safety and government COVID-19 measures. Also, in response to local outcry and increased referrals, we have started delivering food goods, donated by our local supermarkets, to our most vulnerable families and individuals that are socially isolating and unable to access or afford. We coordinate our responses for community delivery parcels through telephone methods; for most people, we are the only contact they have. We use this contact opportunity to provide additional mental health support. Last year we directly helped 122 (new) members and their extended families. Current upscale services; this is likely to be more than double if demand runs at the current rate. We use equal opportunities monitoring forms to evaluate outcomes and hold regular trustee meetings to review and work on SMART and SWOT analysis. We run a suicide prevention, self-harm and depression management drop-in, consisting of one large room and two smaller offices and maintain a further office in another area. We provide supervised contact for families that are not permitted to see their children unsupervised. These placements are allocated by the courts and are carried out by suitably qualified / vetted persons. We provide mediation services (fully qualified and insured) to families with young children, or mediation for teens that are struggling with their family relationships. We have extended our volunteering opportunities and placements for student counsellors. We have also commenced work with the probation services and provide placements for unpaid work / community services. In December 2019 we moved premises from the small shop into a huge multi-storey building that houses three floors of retail space. We have redocorated, installed fittings and fixtures and also installed CCTV. The building has four offices. These are still in need of further reparation but have greatly improved. We have paid a £40,000 deposit on the building and are in the process of purchasing it. Further work has been undertaken with local youngsters to help them deal with troubling issues such as bullying, self-harm and bereavement to suicide. Ongoing support is offered for those struggling with suicide, self-harm and depression management by means of counselling, social inclusion, volunteering and skill building, training and referrals to appropriate organisations. We offer food and clothing to the homeless and have even supported accommodation in extreme circumstances. ## **Structure, governance and management** ## **Governing document** The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006. ## **Reference and administrative details** ## **Registered Company number** CE014241 (England and Wales) ## **Registered Charity number** 1178563 Page 2 The Counselling Hub Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 May 2021 ## **Registered office** 9 Wrexham Street Mold Flintshire CH7 1ET ## **Trustees** P Ringeval D Schimanke V M Sale M S Alexander I Davies M A Morton ## **Company Secretary** ## **Independent Examiner** Ridgway and Company Chartered Accountants The Office, Ffordd Pentre Bach, Nercwys. Mold Flintshire CH7 4EG Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by: .......................................................................... P Ringeval - Trustee Page 3 Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Counselling Hub ## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Counselling Hub ('the Company')** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 May 2021. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act'). Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or 4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)). 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. Christian Ridgway Ridgway and Company Chartered Accountants The Office, Ffordd Pentre Bach, Nercwys. Mold Flintshire CH7 4EG Date: ............................................. Page 4 The Counselling Hub ## Statement of Financial Activities ## for the Year Ended 31 May 2021 |31.5.21
Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
81,428
Other trading activities
2
31,792
Other income
750
**Total**
113,970
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
84,644
**NET INCOME**
29,326
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
24,073
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
53,399|31.5.20
Total
funds
£
49,660
26,610
-| |---|---| ||76,270
58,547| ||17,723
6,350| ||24,073| The notes form part of these financial statements Page 5 The Counselling Hub ## Balance Sheet ## 31 May 2021 |||31.5.21|31.5.20| |---|---|---|---| |||Unrestricted|Total| |||fund|funds| ||Notes|£|£| |**FIXED ASSETS**|||| |Tangible assets|7|8,382|2,176| |**CURRENT ASSETS**|||| |Debtors|8|43,043|-| |Cash at bank||8,166|27,662| |||51,209|27,662| |**CREDITORS**|||| |Amounts falling due within one year|9|(6,192)|(5,765)| |**NET CURRENT ASSETS**||45,017|21,897| |**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**|||| |**LIABILITIES**||53,399|24,073| |**NET ASSETS**||53,399|24,073| |**FUNDS**|11||| |Unrestricted funds||53,399|24,073| |**TOTAL FUNDS**||53,399|24,073| The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 May 2021. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2021 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for - (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and - (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company. The notes form part of these financial statements Page 6 continued... The Counselling Hub ## Balance Sheet - continued 31 May 2021 These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime. The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by: ............................................. P Ringeval - Trustee The notes form part of these financial statements Page 7 The Counselling Hub ## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2021 ## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **BASIS OF PREPARING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. ## **INCOME** All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. ## **EXPENDITURE** Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. ## **TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS** Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. Plant and machinery - 25% on reducing balance Motor vehicles - 25% on reducing balance Computer equipment - 25% on reducing balance ## **TAXATION** The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities. ## **FUND ACCOUNTING** Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. ## **2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES** Sales 31.5.21 31.5.20 £ £ 31,792 26,610 continued... Page 8 The Counselling Hub ## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 May 2021 ## **3. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)** Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting): ||31.5.21|31.5.20| |---|---|---| ||£|£| |Depreciation - owned assets|1,894|693| |Surplus on disposal of fixed assets|(750)|-| ## **4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** Mrs P Ringeval received gross income of £31,416 during the year to 31/05/2021 (prior year £20,146). ## **TRUSTEES' EXPENSES** There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 May 2021 nor for the year ended 31 May 2020. ## **5. STAFF COSTS** The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows: ||31.5.21|31.5.20| |---|---|---| |Average employees|4|4| |No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.||| |**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**||| |||Unrestricted| |||fund| |||£| |**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**||| |Donations and legacies||49,660| |Other trading activities||26,610| |**Total**||76,270| |**EXPENDITURE ON**||| |Raising funds||58,547| |**NET INCOME**||17,723| |**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**||| |**Total funds brought forward**||6,350| |**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**||24,073| ## **6. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** continued... Page 9 The Counselling Hub ## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 May 2021 ## **7. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS** |**7.**|**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Plant and|Motor||Computer|| |||machinery|vehicles||equipment|Totals| |||£|£||£|£| ||**COST**|||||| ||At 1 June 2020|175||-|2,870|3,045| ||Additions|-|6,300||6,300|12,600| ||Disposals|-|(4,500)||-|(4,500)| ||At 31 May 2021|175|1,800||9,170|11,145| ||**DEPRECIATION**|||||| ||At 1 June 2020|26||-|843|869| ||Charge for year|37|38||1,819|1,894| ||At 31 May 2021|63|38||2,662|2,763| ||**NET BOOK VALUE**|||||| ||At 31 May 2021|112|1,762||6,508|8,382| ||At 31 May 2020|149||-|2,027|2,176| |**8.**|**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**|||||| ||||||31.5.21|31.5.20| ||||||£|£| ||Trade debtors||||3,043|-| ||Other debtors||||40,000|-| ||||||43,043|-| |**9.**|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**|||||| ||||||31.5.21|31.5.20| ||||||£|£| ||Other loans (see note 10)||||785|2,821| ||Social security and other taxes||||657|1,425| ||Pension||||160|403| ||Other creditors||||2,905|-| ||Accrued expenses||||1,685|1,116| ||||||6,192|5,765| continued... Page 10 The Counselling Hub ## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 May 2021 ## **10. LOANS** An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |Amounts falling due within one year on demand:
Other loans
**11.**
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**Comparatives for movement in funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 1.6.20
£
24,073
24,073
Incoming
resources
£
113,970
113,970
At 1.6.19
£
6,350
6,350|31.5.21
31.5.20
£
£
785
2,821
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.5.21
£
£
29,326
53,399
29,326
53,399
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(84,644)
29,326
(84,644)
29,326
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.5.20
£
£
17,723
24,073
17,723
24,073|31.5.21
31.5.20
£
£
785
2,821
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.5.21
£
£
29,326
53,399
29,326
53,399
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(84,644)
29,326
(84,644)
29,326
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.5.20
£
£
17,723
24,073
17,723
24,073|31.5.21
31.5.20
£
£
785
2,821
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.5.21
£
£
29,326
53,399
29,326
53,399
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(84,644)
29,326
(84,644)
29,326
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.5.20
£
£
17,723
24,073
17,723
24,073| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||29,326|| ||||At
31.5.20
£
24,073
24,073|| |||||24,073| continued... Page 11 The Counselling Hub ## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 May 2021 ## **11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued** Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: |Incoming|Resources|Movement| |---|---|---| |resources|expended|in funds| |£|£|£| |**Unrestricted funds**||| |General fund
76,270|(58,547)|17,723| |**TOTAL FUNDS**
76,270|(58,547)|17,723| |A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:||| ||Net|| ||movement|At| |At 1.6.19|in funds|31.5.21| |£|£|£| |**Unrestricted funds**||| |General fund
6,350|47,049|53,399| |**TOTAL FUNDS**
6,350|47,049|53,399| A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: |**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
190,240
190,240|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(143,191)
47,049
(143,191)
47,049|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(143,191)
47,049
(143,191)
47,049| |---|---|---|---| ||||47,049| continued... Page 12 The Counselling Hub Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 May 2021 ## **12. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES** There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 May 2021. Page 13 ## The Counselling Hub |**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Donations and legacies**
Grants
**Other trading activities**
Sales
**Other income**
Gain on sale of tangible fixed assets
**Total incoming resources**
**EXPENDITURE**
**Support costs**
**Other**
Wages
Rates and water
Licences and insurance
Light and heat
Telephone
Rent
Staff welfare and cleaning
Repairs and maintenance
Post and stationery
Accountancy
Advertising
Subscriptions
Legal and professional fees
Staff training
Card machine fees
Motor expenses
Software and IT costs
Plant and machinery
Motor vehicles
Computer equipment
Total resources expended
**Net income**|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 31 May 2021
31.5.21
31.5.20
£
£
81,428
49,660
31,792
26,610
750
-
113,970
76,270
49,252
36,575
2,840
693
1,082
355
2,251
1,524
1,952
2,000
11,420
10,063
524
1,745
5,080
1,728
675
313
1,927
1,467
270
153
200
238
210
1,000
2,156
-
396
-
2,411
-
104
-
37
26
38
-
1,819
667
84,644
58,547
84,644
58,547
29,326
17,723|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 31 May 2021
31.5.21
31.5.20
£
£
81,428
49,660
31,792
26,610
750
-
113,970
76,270
49,252
36,575
2,840
693
1,082
355
2,251
1,524
1,952
2,000
11,420
10,063
524
1,745
5,080
1,728
675
313
1,927
1,467
270
153
200
238
210
1,000
2,156
-
396
-
2,411
-
104
-
37
26
38
-
1,819
667
84,644
58,547
84,644
58,547
29,326
17,723| |---|---|---| |||| |||76,270
36,575
693
355
1,524
2,000
10,063
1,745
1,728
313
1,467
153
238
1,000
-
-
-
-
26
-
667| |||58,547| |||58,547| |||17,723| This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements Page 14