2022-03-31-accounts - Worthing Counselling Centre

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WORTHING COUNSELLING CENTRE

Annual Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2022

2021 - 22 ANNUAL REPORT

INTRODUCTION

Worthing Counselling Centre was originally set up in 1983. It has changed its name and constitution but still maintains the same ethics and professional standards and with the same charitable objectives.

Worthing Counselling Centre (WCC) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and as such the Trustees must apply the income of the Charity in furthering the following objectives: Counselling for the relief of people in need, hardship and distress caused by mental or physical ill health or by social or economic circumstances, by establishing, maintaining and developing a service for the provision of counselling and practical advice. This we have done:-

WCC carried out 2253 counselling sessions, which is back to pre-pandemic levels.
We have continued to provide a professional supportive environment for counsellors offering supervision levels in line with British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

REVIEW OF THE YEAR

Strategic planning remained challenging within the background of a pandemic.

Going forward, the pandemic has enabled us to work more flexibly and telephone and Zoom counselling will continue to be part of our offer. Face to face counselling within the boundaries of COVID restrictions did not resume until June 2021, so the level of activity achieved this year is a very positive outcome.

The main focus this year has been on operational issues. This included the introduction of new working practices associated with Covid and the completion of a comprehensive review and update of our policies and procedures.

Our office move to South Downs Leisure’s (SDL) Field Place has worked well and has been a step forward for us. SDL use WCC for their Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and we are good fit with their wellbeing programme. We recognise that it would be difficult to have all our ideal accommodation needs met with our very specific requirements and within our financial constraints but they remain on our wish list. We continue to be proactive and consider any potential opportunities.

Contract income enables us to offer subsidised counselling for those in need. We have several clients we offer a counselling Employee Assistance Programme. We carried out 250 contract sessions which made a valuable contribution to the charity.

We have also continued to work closely with West Sussex MIND and developed a strong ongoing professional partnership. The Head of Service, Emma Castledine has provided consultation work for MIND. This included a coproduction model of a psychoeducation course. Annette Quinn has run reflective practice groups for Guildcare and we have offered to facilitate the same formatted reflective practice for MIND.

An example of WCC meeting its objectives of providing practical advice was the young people training that Emma and Annette offered to counsellors. This was part funded by Worthing Community Chest. It was an intensive 20-hour course over 2 weekends and was extremely well received by all the counsellors who attended. It was compliant with new guidelines and framework for counselling young people.

We can now offer counselling from the age of 16. We have worked with MIND and young people to develop a specific young people leaflet and poster under the umbrella name of Express Yourself.

PEOPLE

Trustees

The trustees have operated as a strategic cohesive team and continue to be ambitious for the organisation but also recognising the risks faced by charities.

Chris Corin has stood down as Chair. He has been chair since 1995 and has been the key player calmly guiding WCC through the ups and downs of the Charity’s life and ensured its continuity. His contribution cannot be overstated. He is continuing as a trustee and has kindly offered his services as minute taker for trustee meetings.

Christine Ryder is now Chair and Joseph Saville has taken over the important role of Treasurer.

Jack Delbridge and Louise Wellcome have stepped down as trustees.

Paula Spencer-Snell joined the trustee team. Her background is social media and her involvement has been invaluable. She is very proactive and has completely revamped our website. She has also set up Facebook and Instagram accounts, including a donation button facility on Facebook.

Supervisors

Ivan Thorpe has been a supervisor since 1993 and has now retired. He was also a lecturer at Northbrook College and many of our counsellors past and present were also his students. He is an iconic legend at WCC and will be missed.

Ivan’s leaving party did highlight the goodwill that WCC has accumulated over the years and we want to develop this into a positive outcome by setting up a Friends of Worthing Counselling Centre group.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Although, we have made a small operating deficit of £2,297 for the year this was anticipated and WCC is in quite a strong financial position with reserves at the end of the year of £64,709.

Our policy for reserves is to hold 6-12 months as an operating reserve for working capital which we have done.

Our normal donations streams from Moongate Gardens and Broadwater Carnival did not happen this year, hopefully donations will improve next year as activities resume to prepandemic levels.

CLOSING REMARKS

I am very grateful for all the work and commitment of our counsellors, supervisors, management team and my fellow trustees. It is the people who make WCC the fine counselling service that it is.

Chrissy Ryder

Chair of Trustees

Appendix 1 Details of the Service

Headquarters Worthing Counselling Centre Field Place Manor House, The Boulevard, Worthing BN13 1NP

Contact Details Telephone: 01903 212275 and 07565 546604 E-mail: info@worthingcounsellingcentre.org Website: www.worthingcounsellingcentre.org

Board of Trustees Christine Ryder 2017 Treasurer from 2017 – Chair from July 2021 Chris Corin (Chair) Trustee since 1985 (Chair since 1995) stood down as Chair July 2021 Jack Delbridge 2015 stood down March 2022 Julia Foster 2013 Corrine Samaras 2018 Joseph Saville 2020 Louise Welcome 2020 stood down February 2022 Paula Spencer -Snell May 2021

Charity Registration Number 1181141

Appendix 2 Counselling sessions provided by WCC

A Statistical summary

	21-22	20-21	19-20	18-19	17-18
Initial Consultation	120	123	90	65	67
Supported Counselling	1349	1147	1791	1261	1271
Bursary	325	187
Full Fee Paying	209	113	406	690	655
Contract or Employer Funded	250	523	88	64	27
Total Number	2253	2093	2375	2080	2033

Notes

Before 2020 Full Fee-Paying clients did not have a separate Initial Consultation, it was their first session.

	`StatementofFinancial`	`StatementofFinancial`	`Activitiesfor`	`theyearending31March22`	`theyearending31March22`
		`2021/22`	`2021/22`		`2021/22`		`2020/21`
		`Unrestricted`	`Restricted`
		`Funds`	`Funds`		`Total`
`\|CounsellingIncome`
`ClientFees`		`48,959`			`48,959`		`38,618`
`Contract`		`13,181`			`13,181`		`23,523`
`InitialConsultations`
		`62,140`			`62,140`		`62,141`
`\|OtherIncome`
`Misc`		`235`	`-`		`235`
`Training`					`-`		`1,800`
`Interest` `StudentSupervisionReceipts` `DBS` `GrantIncome`		`2,060` `214`	`11,160`		`2,060` `214` `11,160`		`72` `1,000` `370` `750`
`GrantIncometomatchexpenditure`
`MiscRecs/Donations`		`100`			`100`		`20,020`
`GiftAid`							`5`
		`2,609`	`11,160`		`13,769`		`24,017`
`\|Expenditure`
`AllCounsellingCosts`
`Contract`		`537`	`372`		`909`		`1,670`
`Counsellors`		`4,164`	`2,896`		`7,060`		`5,442`
`InitialConsultation`		`436`	`304`		`740`		`330`
`Supervisors`		`7,620`	`5,300`		`12,920`		`9,637`
`AnnualLeave`		`614`	`428`		`1,042`		`884`
`YoungPeopleTraining`		`885`	`615`		`1,500`		`1,080`
`AssociateCounsellor`		`1,186`	`824`		`2,010`		`4,990`
`AllPaymentstoCounsellors`		`15,443`	`10,739`		`26,182`		`24,033`
`ManagementCosts`
`HeadofClinicalServices`		`24,968`	`-`		`24,968`		`23,880`
`SystemsCo-ordinator`		`3,014`			`3,014`		`2,748`
`Administration`		`9,516`	`-`		`9,516`		`8,852`
`Grantexpenditureforadmin`
`PensionCosts`		`837`			`837`		`880`
`TotalManagementExpenditure`		`38,336`		`-`	`38,336`		`36,360`
`BankCharges`		`30`			`30`		`69`
`Broadband`		`514`			`514`		`274`
`Covid`		`173`			`173`		`158`
`DBSSafetyChecks`		`368`			`368`		`374`
`GrantExpenditure`			`421`		`421`		`97`
`HeadofClinicalServices`	`Supervision`	`198`			`198`		`825`
`Insurances`		`616`		`-`	`616`		`1,429`
`Marketing&PublicityCosts`		`100`			`100`
`Misc/Audit/LeavingGifts/Travel`		`923`			`923`		`318`
`Newofficeexpediture`		`24`			`24`		`177`
`Payroll`		`1,977`			`1,977`		`458`
`Photocopying,Printing& Stationery`		`1,368`			`1,368`		`702`
`Postage` `RentalofPremises` `Subscriptions` `Telephone` `TrainingCosts` `Website` `TotalofOperatingExpenses`		`6,035` `404` `182` `25` `331` `13,268`	`421`		`-` `6,035` `404` `182` `25` `331` `13,688`		`49` `2,009` `374` `534` `1,382` `511` `9,740`
`TOTALEXPENDITURE`		`67,046`	`11,160`		`78,206`		`70,133`
`Surplus/Deficit(-)`		`2,297`	`0`		`2,296`	`1`	`16,025`
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	`BalanceSheetasat31`	`Mar2022`
`CurrentAssets`			`2021/22`		`2020/21`
`CashatBank`			`66,288`		`64,372`
`Debtor`			`5,363`		`5,948`
`Liabilities`
`HMRC`			`-1,472`
`pension`			`-192`
`OtherCreditor`			`-4,412`		`-2,124`
`RentCreditor`			`-866`		`-1,052`
`Manualdeposits`					`-140`
`TotalAssetsLessLiabilities`			`64,709`		`67,004`
`TheFundsoftheCharity`
`RestrictedFunds:-`			`31,496`		`33,791`
`UnrestrictedFunds:-`			`33,213`		`33,213`
			`64,709`	`0.00`	`67,004`
`ReconciliationofTheFundsofthe`	`Charity`
`RestrictedFunds:-`	`2021/22b/f`	`Income`	`Expenditure`
`ChrisBoulterBursaryFund`	`23,722`		`-2,297`	`21,425`
`Bursary`	`4,170`			`4,170`
`Grantswithspecificallocation`	`3,712`	`11,160`	`-11,160`	`3,712`
`Library`	`96`			`96`
`DanielleHenderson- FamilyBereavement`	`908`			`908`
`lanWisemanFund- Training`	`1,184`			`1,184`
`RestrictedFunds- Total`	`33,791`	`11,160`	`-13,456`	`31,496`
`UnrestrictedFunds:-`
`General`	`33,213`	`2,297`	`-2,297`	`33,213`
`Grantswithnospecificallocation`	`0`	`0`		`0`
`UnrestrictedFunds- Total`	`33,213`	`2,297`	`-2,297`	`33,213`
`TotalFunds`	`67,004`	`13,457`	`-15,753`	`64,709`

	`StatementofFinancial`	`StatementofFinancial`	`Activitiesfor`	`theyearending31March22`	`theyearending31March22`
		`2021/22`	`2021/22`		`2021/22`		`2020/21`
		`Unrestricted`	`Restricted`
		`Funds`	`Funds`		`Total`
`\|CounsellingIncome`
`ClientFees`		`48,959`			`48,959`		`38,618`
`Contract`		`13,181`			`13,181`		`23,523`
`InitialConsultations`
		`62,140`			`62,140`		`62,141`
`\|OtherIncome`
`Misc`		`235`	`-`		`235`
`Training`					`-`		`1,800`
`Interest` `StudentSupervisionReceipts` `DBS` `GrantIncome`		`2,060` `214`	`11,160`		`2,060` `214` `11,160`		`72` `1,000` `370` `750`
`GrantIncometomatchexpenditure`
`MiscRecs/Donations`		`100`			`100`		`20,020`
`GiftAid`							`5`
		`2,609`	`11,160`		`13,769`		`24,017`
`\|Expenditure`
`AllCounsellingCosts`
`Contract`		`537`	`372`		`909`		`1,670`
`Counsellors`		`4,164`	`2,896`		`7,060`		`5,442`
`InitialConsultation`		`436`	`304`		`740`		`330`
`Supervisors`		`7,620`	`5,300`		`12,920`		`9,637`
`AnnualLeave`		`614`	`428`		`1,042`		`884`
`YoungPeopleTraining`		`885`	`615`		`1,500`		`1,080`
`AssociateCounsellor`		`1,186`	`824`		`2,010`		`4,990`
`AllPaymentstoCounsellors`		`15,443`	`10,739`		`26,182`		`24,033`
`ManagementCosts`
`HeadofClinicalServices`		`24,968`	`-`		`24,968`		`23,880`
`SystemsCo-ordinator`		`3,014`			`3,014`		`2,748`
`Administration`		`9,516`	`-`		`9,516`		`8,852`
`Grantexpenditureforadmin`
`PensionCosts`		`837`			`837`		`880`
`TotalManagementExpenditure`		`38,336`		`-`	`38,336`		`36,360`
`BankCharges`		`30`			`30`		`69`
`Broadband`		`514`			`514`		`274`
`Covid`		`173`			`173`		`158`
`DBSSafetyChecks`		`368`			`368`		`374`
`GrantExpenditure`			`421`		`421`		`97`
`HeadofClinicalServices`	`Supervision`	`198`			`198`		`825`
`Insurances`		`616`		`-`	`616`		`1,429`
`Marketing&PublicityCosts`		`100`			`100`
`Misc/Audit/LeavingGifts/Travel`		`923`			`923`		`318`
`Newofficeexpediture`		`24`			`24`		`177`
`Payroll`		`1,977`			`1,977`		`458`
`Photocopying,Printing& Stationery`		`1,368`			`1,368`		`702`
`Postage` `RentalofPremises` `Subscriptions` `Telephone` `TrainingCosts` `Website` `TotalofOperatingExpenses`		`6,035` `404` `182` `25` `331` `13,268`	`421`		`-` `6,035` `404` `182` `25` `331` `13,688`		`49` `2,009` `374` `534` `1,382` `511` `9,740`
`TOTALEXPENDITURE`		`67,046`	`11,160`		`78,206`		`70,133`
`Surplus/Deficit(-)`		`2,297`	`0`		`2,296`	`1`	`16,025`
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	`BalanceSheetasat31`	`Mar2022`
`CurrentAssets`			`2021/22`		`2020/21`
`CashatBank`			`66,288`		`64,372`
`Debtor`			`5,363`		`5,948`
`Liabilities`
`HMRC`			`-1,472`
`pension`			`-192`
`OtherCreditor`			`-4,412`		`-2,124`
`RentCreditor`			`-866`		`-1,052`
`Manualdeposits`					`-140`
`TotalAssetsLessLiabilities`			`64,709`		`67,004`
`TheFundsoftheCharity`
`RestrictedFunds:-`			`31,496`		`33,791`
`UnrestrictedFunds:-`			`33,213`		`33,213`
			`64,709`	`0.00`	`67,004`
`ReconciliationofTheFundsofthe`	`Charity`
`RestrictedFunds:-`	`2021/22b/f`	`Income`	`Expenditure`
`ChrisBoulterBursaryFund`	`23,722`		`-2,297`	`21,425`
`Bursary`	`4,170`			`4,170`
`Grantswithspecificallocation`	`3,712`	`11,160`	`-11,160`	`3,712`
`Library`	`96`			`96`
`DanielleHenderson- FamilyBereavement`	`908`			`908`
`lanWisemanFund- Training`	`1,184`			`1,184`
`RestrictedFunds- Total`	`33,791`	`11,160`	`-13,456`	`31,496`
`UnrestrictedFunds:-`
`General`	`33,213`	`2,297`	`-2,297`	`33,213`
`Grantswithnospecificallocation`	`0`	`0`		`0`
`UnrestrictedFunds- Total`	`33,213`	`2,297`	`-2,297`	`33,213`
`TotalFunds`	`67,004`	`13,457`	`-15,753`	`64,709`