Annual Report for Jakin Pregnancy Care and Counselling 2025
This was our twenty-third year of running our free counselling service in Leicester and Leicestershire. On the 24th September 2024 we were 23 years Old.
We continued to care for clients from Monday to Friday, offering our blended service through a variety of means, giving free counselling sessions to clients either by telephone, zoom, video, or face to face in person at The Kings Centre in Wigston. Working virtually or face to face and offering this choice to our clients, as well as matching our own needs as counsellors and support workers, continues to work well. Our supervision sessions have been on the telephone and zoom, and our trustee meetings have all been in person.
Our client numbers have risen in 2024 [96 compared to 80 in 2023] and the number of sessions offered [617 compared to 502 in 2023]. Our clients are mainly female, but we also saw 9 men. 79% were white British, the rest being Asian, Mixed race and European. Most of the problems our clients present with are post abortion needs with an increase in pregnancy choices [10 compared to 2 in 2023].
There are other pregnancy support agencies allowing us to concentrate on our core calling.
Clients come to us from GPs, NHS counselling services, direct from internet [increasing], Bereavement mid wives, word of mouth and 1 from BPAS[British Pregnancy Advisory Service, a private provider funded by the NHS to provide many of the abortions in England].
Funding for this service is provided by individuals, churches, businesses and clients usually after they have completed their counselling. Only Rose who is the centre manager and founder, is paid a salary, the other counsellors and helpers are all voluntary as are the trustees.
We have seen a decrease in our number of available counsellors due to change of family or work circumstances. In 2023 we had 10 but now have 5. They have been able to increase capacity plus Rose has managed to return to her usual hours following her bereavement.
As a charity valued by our local hospitals, GPs and other mental health services. We will continue to provide this important area of counselling, seeing healed people able to move on in their lives and are very grateful to all who support the work.
31.1124 TOT AL 31.12.23 TOTAL ONETARY ASSETS 6tt34 5.238.20
JAKIN PREGNANCY AND COUNSELLING TRUST (Charlty Reglstratlon No. 1181151) Independent ExamIn•9 Report to tho Trustees of Jakln Prngnancy and Counvlllng Trust I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Jakin Pregnancy and Coun8elling Trust (the Trust) for the period ende<l 318t December 2024. Responsibllltles and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparatlon of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examlnerfs ststsment I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention In connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect.. 1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the 2. The accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination tc which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of th accounts to be reached. Signed . . l.L4 J, W. Ireland Chartered Accountant 10 Station Street Kibworth Beauchamp Leicester LE8 OLN