Annual Report 202412025 WORTHING COUNSELLING CENTRE Wc)rtliiiig Counselling fonLI"e %T. 1905 MS OfFIN¢.IOW ¢OIJN%ELIINS S*.AVICF. Annual Report for the financial year ended March 2025 2024- 2025 ANNUAL REPORT INTRODUCTION Worthing Counselllng Centre was originally set up in 1983. It has changed it5 name and constitution but still maintains the same ethics and professional standards, with the same charitable objectives. Worthing Counselling Centre {WCCI is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation ICIOI and as such the Trustees must apply the income of the Charity in furtherlng 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. ma intaining and developing a service for the provision of counselling and practical advice. This has been achieved by: Providing 2,200 sessions for 173 clients during the fina ncial year. We have continued to provide a professional supportive environment for counsellors offering supervision levels in line with British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy IBACPI. REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2025 was a period of settling into our new premises and building community networks in the local areas. It was a very positive move and strengthened our already supportive organisation. Funding received from Victoria Road Surgery and MIND gave some stability moving into 2025-2026. This along with the new pricing structure has continued to remove some of the Initial f inancial challenges. However, other local counselling charities continue to struEgle financially and WCC is no exception. We have continued to monitor our fee structure and take up of sessions at the various levels of the prici ng structure. The new structure is now embedded and accepted by both counsellors and clients. Our long-term aim is to be able to offer free or very low-cost sessions to some sectors of the community, and we hope to work towards this over the coming years. Funding bids have become increasingly difficult to win. and this continues to be reviewed as the charity receives no external funding. We did achieve a bid with the Albert Trust to be part of a partnership project with a local charity Andls Angels. This was an innovative project combining specialist bereavement counselling for adults and bespoke therapeutic creative sessions for children. We worked with local creatives who ran the creative spaces. The project w35 completed at the end of July 2025 and was very successful. Both the counsellors, clients and Andy's Angels reported that they had gained significantly from thi5 project. WCC continues to support trainee counsellors, who in turn support WCC. The aim Is to reach and support as many areas of the community as we are able. Contract income enables us to offer subsidised counselling for those in need. We have several clients for whom we offer a counselling Employee Assistance Programme. In the period of April 2024 to March 2025 WCC carried out 596 contract sessions. PEOPLE Trustees The trustees have operated a5 a strategic cohesive team and continue to be ambitious for the organisation but also recognising the risks faced by charities. We have been fortunate to have retained our new trustees and are currently working to strengthen our board by recruiting trustees with speclflc skills. Su ervision We continue to offer a very high standard of clinical supervision to the organisation. Bereavement Trainin We were able to secure funding forthe staff team who were directly involved in the Andy'5 Angels projectto have bereavementtraining for the project. This wasextremelywell received and pro￿1 essential to the work during the project. This has also meant that we have counsellors who now have some specialism in this area long term. We are hoping to have some further training for working Wlth Neurodivergent people as we a experiencing a significant rise in referrals from this client group. We are exploring the possibility of offering couples counselling in the near future and we will tr applying for bids in order to fund the specialist training necessary to offer this service. FINANCIAL REVIEW WCC have made a surplus for the year of £23,814; restricted fLJnds of £42,250 were utilised during the year. This was above the budgeted surplus of £1,522. WCC has reserves at the end of the year of £52,505, being £97 in restricted funds and £52,408 in unrestricted f unds. Our policy for reserves is under review with the intention to hold 3 months as an operating reserve. At March 2025 £49,159 was held in the bank. Donations We have received donations from: The Albert Hunt Foundation donated £4,000 for a project carried out alongside another charity to deal with grief counselling for families. Donations from private individuals and local organisations totalling £5,529. CLOSING REMARKS Although WCC continues to face financial challenges we are determined to provide the best service to our local community with compassion and professionalism. Whilst looking for new partnerships and ways to increase. and improve, our offering a nd reach we hope to galn the financia I stability to ensure the service is secure for years to come. Thank you to Emma Castledine. CEO. the team of supervisors and counsellors for your support during the last year, and many thanks to my fellow trustees for your continuing support and enthuslasm. Debra Schneider Chair of Trustees Appendix I Detai15 of the Service Headquarters Worthing Cout)selling Centre 47 South Street Tarring Worthing BN147LU Contact Details Telephone.. 01903 212275 and 07565 546604 E-mail.. info@worthingcounsellingcentre.org Website.. www.wo¥thingcounsellingcentre.org Board of Trustees Debra Schneider Chair Corrine Samaras Joseph Saville Anne Garbutt Birgit Woolley Rachel Misra Charity Registration Number 1181141 Report to the trustees on my examrnation of the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025. Responsibilities and basis of report.. As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connertion with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or The accounts do not accord with those records; or The accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of the independent examination. I have no concems 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 understandlng of the accounts be reached. Signed and Dated: Joel Goacher 37 Grafton Gardens Sompting West Sussex BN15 9SP WORTHING COUNSELLING CENTRE Charlty no 1181141 st8t¢m¢nt of FlnanGial AGlivities for the year ending 31 March 26 2024126 Oth*r Total 2023J24 Couns&11inu In¢omè Client In¢¢me S7,430 3,800 55.273 5.460 Rest￿l&d Funds Proje￿5 Dd1ve￿d 42,290 42,260 81,230 103N80 fj0.7)3 Otherlnctsmè Illsc- keyfobs Bank Int818st DBS Sludenl Sup*MS￿n Receipls Giant Income DonatiOhS DOna￿On$ 76 288 220 290 38.250 172 98 4.000 300 5.229 9,629 1.584 40,698 1,5e9 11,1198 ExpendKure Costs ContrAci 1.464 7.304 1.020 12.OD5 834 3.780 2b.407 4a6 7,529 940 13,200 955 2.850 15,8BQ Ind￿1¢0￿￿llttati￿n SUpE￿i$0r$ Annual Leave Associate ¢ounselknr All Paym•nts to Cctyns•llors 26,407 an HeEdol Clintsl SeNdc8s Sy51emB Ctrordliator 22.230 22.23Q 1.626 10.781 1.029 PensK)n co￿5 973 34,1140 34,040 35,898 Bankcharggs 10 Eyndrfure DBS SafEty¢heck$ IT Equipmeni Head olClini¢* Setytces 7200 493 3,695 3,394 825 616 450 692 M*keiing &Putll¢KyCo$15 rJAuthVLeavillg Gffisrfrav 376 Panda th¢ 1.027 670 PholocOpy￿9. Prinlin9 & Sta1￿￿ery Postsie Sub￿ripl10nS Telephon@ T￿n￿ll Costs 812 53 1.076 4D2 673 3.7fj0 97S 9.079 3.715 Rent Websle & It lunnlno cosis 6.304 3.305 Totsl of Opgr4llrw ExpBnsps 18,7111 10,960 29,661 23.224 TOTAL EXPENOITURE 79,148 g0.Q98 85,002 Sur 40,929 24,480 16.429 27.928 38.347 66.275 SOFA slancÈcll 52.408 97 52,5Qfj Noies Notès 1- Gramts re¢￿ved 2024128 4,000 ALErt Hunt- Andls Ange15 Prosec 4.000 Nots 3- 14lat•d Parlèx Thare wero no vuBlee olothèr Mlated P*tytranS8cliOn£ orlBtnunBration p￿Y￿￿18 kn 202412S alanco Sheet as at 31 March 2025 2024125 2023124 Current A8sets Cash al Bank 49,159 67,032 Debtor 4.030 540 Llablllty Other Creditor Rent Creditor Total Assets Lesj Llabllltles 16851 I1.0￿) 297 66,275 Thè Funds of the Charlty Resiri¢led Funds'.- Unreslricled Funds.. 97 52.408 52,505 38,347 27.928 Reconciliatlon of The Ftynds ol tho Ch8rlty Restricted Funds total MINO Vicioria Road Suro LibTary bert Hunt- Andy's Angels Proj8ct R•$¢rl¢¢od Funds tolal 2023124 1fj,250 22.ofM) 97 Income Expendllure 116,2501 122,0001 2024r25 97 4,0 4.000 14,0001 142,2501 3B.347 97 Unrè$trlcièd Fund8 General Dorbabon5 OorkpboTr- TitDB Out FD51Ering Profil8nd Lass 27.928 300 27,928 300 114.578 27,928 114.57B 13001 190,0981 190.09BI 24,480 52,AD8 Tot81 F￿ndS 66.275 118,576 1132,34BI 52,SOS Slgn•d By Ti•a$ur•r Exwmlned By 3010112026