Cornerstone Annual Return for the Period ending 31st December 2024
Trustees Report
Cornerstone provides in person and online counselling to residents in Hampshire, Wokingham, Bracknell Forest and Surrey. Until 10th June 2020 Cornerstone was a part of St Peter’s Church, Yateley. From 10th June 2020 Cornerstone Counselling became an independent charity although the charity still operates out of the church premises and in return for a service fee receives access to counselling rooms, bookkeeping and support in arranging bookings for clients.
In 2024 our income from clients was significantly reduced compared with 2023 and amounted to just over £20300, compared with £ 25237 in 2023. The total number of counselling sessions in 2024 was about 700, which is significantly down on the previous year's figure of 935. We presume this was a continuation of the effects of inflation and increase in cost of living, which we first noticed in 2023. Because of our reduced income we felt compelled to negotiate a moratorium of 6 months in our rent payments to St Peters, payable in 2025 for the July to December (2024) period in order to protect our cash flow.
We ran a couples counselling training course during the first half of 2024 and subsequently increased the number of couples counselled in the year to two. (In 2023 we counselled one couple).
The number of Trustees reduced from seven to six over the year as we had three resignations and two new appointments.
The trustees continue to have confidence in the service provided by Cornerstone Counselling and will continue to build on our heritage of being closely associated with St Peter’s church (Yateley). We will continue to look at ways of developing working partnerships with other groups in the area.
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Financial Summary Cornerstone Counselling 1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2024
| Cornerstone Income Cornerstone - Client Income Cornerstone - Donations Received Cornerstone - Interest Receivable Total Cornerstone Income Profit and Loss A/C (per Xero / Virgin statements) |
6m to 30/06/24 £10,859.65 £1,601.77 £123.27 £12,584.69 £258.00 £136.71 £853.14 £0.00 £0.00 £93.60 £108.00 £0.00 £2,600.00 £35.00 £1,743.20 £3,480.00 £88.94 £4,933.50 £14,330.09 -£1,745.40 £2,600.00 £11,589.78 -£1,745.40 £9,844.38 £9,844.38 |
6m to 31/12/24 Full Year £9,512.00 £20,371.65 £465.81 £2,067.58 £37.11 £160.38 £10,014.92 £22,599.61 £0.00 £258.00 £121.35 £258.06 £803.05 £1,656.19 -£53.90 -£53.90 £60.97 £60.97 £667.30 £760.90 £196.80 £304.80 £150.00 £150.00 £2,610.00 £5,210.00 £0.00 £35.00 £0.00 £1,743.20 £4,055.00 £7,535.00 £91.69 £180.63 £4,933.50 £9,867.00 £13,635.76 £27,965.85 -£3,620.84 -£5,366.24 £2,610.00 £5,210.00 -£3,620.84 £6,159.65 £6,159.65 |
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| Cornerstone Expenses Cornerstone – Advertising & Marketing Cornerstone - Bank Fees Cornerstone - Counsellor Expenses Cornerstone – General Expenses Cornerstone – Entertainment Cornerstone - Insurance Cornerstone – IT Software & Consumables Cornerstone – Miscellaneous purchases & expenses Cornerstone – Rent Cornerstone – Subscriptions Cornerstone – Training Cornerstone - Supervision Fees Cornerstone – Telephone & internet Cornerstone - Wages Total Cornerstone Expenses |
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| Net Profit Payments to St. Peter's Church (30% of Revenue- rounded) Paid January 2024 re. 2023 (6m to 31 December 2023) and July 2024 re 6m to 30 June 2024 Reconciliation of Bank Balances Combined balances at 1 January / 2024 Net Profit for the period Combined balances at period end (Per Banks) Combined balances at period end (Per Xero / Virgin) |