2025-07-31-accounts - Young People's Counselling Service

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Company registration number: CE022643 Charity registration number: 1190555

Annual report and unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2025

for

Young People's Counselling Service

Young People's Counselling Service

Contents page

for the year ended 31 July 2025

	Page
Trustees' report	2
Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Young People's Counselling Service	7
Statement of financial activities	8
Balance sheet	9
Notes to the financial statements	11
Detailed statement of financial activities	21

Young People's Counselling Service

Trustees’ report

for the year ended 31 July 2025

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 July 2025. 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).

Objectives and activities

Significant activities

Our significant activities for the year can be broadly categorised into the following areas:

•Provision of parent/carer support groups in Yaxley
•Starting a second group in the Peterborough area
•Development of plans for fundraising and bid writing to support the above
•Closing our charity ethically and meeting all our financial obligations

•Ending contracts with schools

•Ending contracts for our employees and self-employed staff

•Handing over 2 Annabelle Davis Centres

Public benefit

The trustees confirm that they have taken account of the Charity Commission Guidance on public benefit in determining the activities of the charity.

Objectives and aims

The objects of Young People’s Counselling Service (YPCS) as stated in our CIO constitution are “To promote, preserve and protect the mental health of the public, in particular but not exclusively of children, young people and their families.”

The counselling service we deliver enables local young people to make sense of their thoughts and feelings, in the hope that they can make decisions about what they want to do to bring about change in their lives. It also provides a means of support and a space where they can feel valued and heard.

Our new direction into parent/carer support groups remains firmly within our charity objects. Many young people cannot access therapy yet present with very challenging behavior that causes huge stress to families. Many also have issues with school, need EHCPs or ASD/ADHD assessments. The system is difficult, almost adversarial to navigate and parents can feel very much alone or even blamed. By supporting parents, we can help the whole family.

Achievements and performance

Charitable activities

We have managed our funds responsibly and ensured that money from one half of the Healthier Futures project could be moved across to the support groups project and that we got longer to spend the funds (until Oct 2026)

We started group 2 and have plans to expand the groups 3 and 4 by the start of 2026

Financial review

Financial position

We are in a better position financially than we were as the groups are much cheaper to run.

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Financial review - continued

Reserves policy

The only one remaining is:

Healthier Futures- I originally bid for a 2-year project across the whole Peterborough South PCN to develop and roll out a cost-effective model of delivering mental health support from Primary Care. It used existing IT systems, practice staff as care navigators and YPCS therapists. The principles of each element had already been proven to be effective, but this was the first time it had been used for mental health support for young people. It removed all duplication, used existing resources where possible and was highly efficient. The funding offered was reduced to £50,000 and restricted to one practice (Yaxley) for 1 year. Work began April 2024. The second part of the fund was to develop parent/carer support groups. The project preparation and planning started in Yaxley in April 2024 with the service itself beginning in Sep 2024 led our therapist.

We were able to plan the service, write the SOPs and work closely with the surgery to develop the protocols and pathways. Sadly, our therapist had to leave at the end of Dec 2024 and we decided not to recruit again as the deadline for the end of the project was close. Despite this lack of implementation data, we have a turnkey solution for any practice who wishes to employ their own therapist and would be happy to share our documentation. We faced systemic problems (not with Primary Care) but with the existing system involving CAMH and YOUnited who were very reluctant to fully engage with us which I am sad to say were not a surprise but we didn’t have the time to try to resolve any of them. e.g. if a child/family had been assessed by our therapist did they still need a YOUnited assessment……the answer was yes even though our therapist was more qualified.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the charity, and are satisfied that systems and procedures are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.

Future plans

Our plans are to expand to provide more groups across the area. With groups 3 and 4 by July 2026.

Structure, governance and management

Governing document

Young People’s Counselling Service (YPCS) was originally established in 1994. A new registered Charity was formed with a differing governance structure when YPCS was registered as a CIO on 24th July 2020. Old and new legal entities have operated in tandem to ensure that service delivery remains consistent without causing any disruption to the young people that we serve. We intend for the ‘old’ charity accounts to be wound up.

The limited company associated with YPCS established some years ago was closed on 06/05/2025. It was called ADC Wellbeing Ltd and we had hoped to use it as a vehicle to develop a trading arm to raise funds. In the end it was never used.

We lost a trustee this year when our Vice Chair resigned. I would like to thank our Vice Chair on behalf of the board for his hard work over the years he has been involved. We still have 7 trustees including myself.

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Reference and administrative details

Company registration number

CE022643

Charity registration number

1190555

Trustees

The trustees shown below have held office during the period from 1 August 2024 to the date of this report.

Mr B Bonar Mr C Doyle Mrs K Gardner Mrs J Phillips Mr W Rand Mr P Williamson Dr A Graham Mr P Ashworth

Registered office

School Bungalow Broadway Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 3JD

Independent examiners

Hills Accountants Limited Greenhill House First Floor East Wing Thorpe Road Peterborough PE3 6RU United Kingdom

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Overview

Throughout this period our small team have continued to work hard to re-invent our work following the closure of our therapy services in September 2024.

We are proud to report that we met all our financial obligations and the wind down and closure was managed very well by our Manager and, our Treasurer. We had a final series of social events to say goodbye to our hard-working therapists and published our closure widely with sadly little feedback. The closing statement was shared with our report for last year. The Annabelle Davis Centre Wisbech was gifted in its entirety to another charity Centre 33 and continues to provide services for children and young people of the town. The centre in Yaxley has been more problematic. We hoped to gift it similarly to a local charity but that didn’t materialize and DEMAT have been chronically difficult to get hold of. Currently the school uses it occasionally and is responsible for cleaning and maintenance. We use it one evening every 2 weeks for our parent support groups and retain ownership of all the contents. Further discussions are happening with the NHS we understand, to perhaps use space but for now it remains largely empty, which is a shame.

We got trustee approval to focus on parent/carer support groups as we knew there was a huge amount of unmet need and we were already running a project in this area funded by Healthier Futures. We got an extension from them to use the funds until Oct 2026, over 12 months longer than initially agreed, which was helpful.

The Yaxley group began in Sept 2024, meets every 2 weeks and is run by our Parent Group Facilitator. We have a database of over 60 parents who get a regular email full of support and advice after each meeting. We get up to 8 attendees and have seen a number of successes as a result of the group’s support e.g. winning an appeal against fines for poor attendance due to mental illness and undiagnosed Autism, a parent who stayed in work rather than go off sick and a child who will sit GCSEs at home after being out of school for many months. We conduct satisfaction scores and occasionally have guest speakers. The feedback is very positive about how important the groups have been in supporting and educating families struggling with school issues due to their children’s ill health, which in turn is usually due to mental health problems secondary to undiagnosed neuro-divergent diagnoses. This is further compounded by waiting lists that are years long and a punitive fines system for poor attendance that simply only adds to the pressure and does not improve attendance. It is clear that this is a CAN’T go to school rather than a WON’T.

Sadly, our last remaining therapist had to leave for family reasons in Dec 2025 and we were forced to close the GP project that was the other half of the Healthier Futures Project. We were given permission by the funders to use the remaining money for the support groups, and we recruited for our Professional support across both the Yaxley and Peterborough groups.

We started a second group, which meets every 2 weeks and is also run by our Parent Group Facilitator in Peterborough in July 2025. This is based at the EAST family HUB in Peterborough, and we are grateful to Barnardos for letting us use their space for free.

We have ideas to expand to provide groups in perhaps Stamford and Wisbech and this will be part of our business plan for 2026. For now, we are consolidating the 2 groups we have.

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In summary

I feel it is best to end this report with some quotes from those who have accessed the groups and they express far more powerfully than I ever could, why help is needed and how the groups fill that gap.

Initial feedback from our extensive questionnaire handed out in Dec 2025, shows these replies to the question:

’What matters most to you?’

-Nonjudgmental safe space to share experience.

-Being listened to and not feeling alone and being in a place where people don’t judge you but they understand and offer compassion and support.

-To be well enough to support my son with school avoidance and what can be done in the meantime whilst long waiting lists for neuro assessments and mental health assessments.

-Feeling less alone.

-Knowing that I am not alone and others are going through similar experiences which we can share and support each other.

-Peer support, people who have ’walked the walk’.

-Just being able to talk, and also to support others where I can.

What has been achieved by attending?

’’More confident’’

’’Helping to manage thoughts and feelings with my child and giving him space to be himself too and also to give myself a break as life is hard and I am also juggling a lot with my own mental health too ’’ ’’Sleeping better myself / more confidence / less time off work / more productive at work / relationships with child improved / case taken on by advocate Define Fine & Alison Graham. ’’

’’Confidence to say ’No’ and challenge school’s poor handling of our daughter. Sleeping better, more productive at work, child attending school more and progressing toward setting EHCP and hopefully getting child into specialist school. ’’

’’Definitely improving relationship with young adults.’’

Again, on behalf of the Board of Trustees, thank you to everybody involved with the excellent work of YPCS. We are proud to be part of a team that works so tirelessly to make a difference to the lives of local young people. I am thrilled that we have been able to re-invent ourselves as a provider of parent/carer support. It is good that we can continue help young people via their parents.

Dr A Graham Chair of Trustees

This report was approved by the trustees on 31 May 2026 and signed on their behalf by:

Mr B Bonar, Trustee 31 May 2026

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Young People's Counselling Service

I report on the accounts of Young People's Counselling Service (the “charitable company”) for the year ended 31 July 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As trustees of the charitable 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 charitable 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 the charitable company’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act2011 (“the 2011 Act”) and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

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:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charitable company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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
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.

Mr Lee James Hills Hills Accountants Limited Greenhill House First Floor East Wing Thorpe Road Peterborough PE3 6RU United Kingdom

Date: 31 May 2026

Young People's Counselling Service

Statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 July 2025

Unrestricted funds £ (16,682) 1,754 3,325	Restricted funds £ 1 - -	2025 Total funds £ (16,681) 1,754 3,325	2024 Total funds £ 198,527 22,116 12,487
(11,603)	1	(11,602)	233,130
(35,846)	(17,793)	(53,639)	(353,086)
(47,449) 73,244	(17,792) 29,731	(65,241) 102,975	(119,956) 222,931
25,795	11,939	37,734	102,975

Young People's Counselling Service

Balance sheet as at 31 July 2025

£ 3,172	2025 £ 3,172 38,892 (4,330)	£ 4,135	2024 £ 4,135 107,080 (8,240)
319 38,573		6,493 100,587

	34,562		98,840
	37,734		102,975
	25,795 11,939		73,244 29,731
	37,734		102,975

The company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies for the year ended 31 July 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities to comply with the Companies Act 2006 in respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

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as at 31 July 2025

These financial statements were approved by the Board of trustees and authorised for issue on 31 May 2026 and signed on its behalf by:

Mr B Bonar, Trustee 31 May 2026

Young People's Counselling Service

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2025

1 Statutory information

Young People's Counselling Service is a charitable company registered in England and Wales. Its company registration number is CE022643 and its charity registration number is 1190555. The charitable company is limited by guarantee. Its registered office is School Bungalow, Broadway, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3JD.

2 Accounting policies

Basis of preparing the financial statements

These 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)’, the 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 historic cost convention.

Going concern

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees have assessed whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt upon the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern. In making this assessment, the trustees take into account all available information about the future which is at least 12 months from the date that the financial statements are authorised for issue.

The trustees consider that the charitable company has adequate resources to continue in business for the foreseeable future and that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of financial activities once the charitable company has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and 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 charitable company 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 or, if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

Plant and machinery etc.: Plant and machinery

25% reducing balance

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2 Accounting policies - continued

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 charitable company. 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.

Retirement benefits

The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company’s pension scheme are charged to the Statement of financial activities in the period to which they relate.

3 Income from donations and legacies

Donations Income from other trading activities Primary trading	Unrestricted funds £ (16,681)	Restricted funds £ -	2025 Total funds £ (16,681)	2024 Total funds £ 198,527
	Unrestricted funds £ 1,754	Restricted funds £ -	2025 Total funds £ 1,754	2024 Total funds £ 22,116

4 Income from other trading activities

5 Investment income

			2025	2024
	Unrestricted	Restricted
	funds	funds	Total funds	Total funds
	£	£	£	£
Rents received	3,325	-	3,325	12,487

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6 Expenditure on charitable activities

Analysis by type of fund

Primary Trading Analysis by type of expenditure Primary Trading	Unrestricted funds £ 35,846	Restricted funds £ 17,793	2025 Total funds £ 53,639	2024 Total funds £ 353,086
	Direct costs (see note 7) £ 51,533	Support costs (see note 8) £ 2,106	2025 Total £ 53,639	2024 Total £ 353,086
	51,533	2,106	53,639	353,086

7 Direct costs

Staff costs Other costs Depreciation of fixed assets	Unrestricted funds £ 25,703 7,074 963	Restricted funds £ 13,367 4,426 -	2025 Total funds £ 39,070 11,500 963	2024 Total funds £ 248,638 97,390 1,387
	33,740	17,793	51,533	347,415

8 Support costs

Support costs, grouped by function, are apportioned to activities as follows:

			2025	2024
		Governance
	Finance	costs	Total	Total
	£	£	£	£
Primary Trading	120	1,986	2,106	5,671

Support costs, grouped by function, are analysed as follows:

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8 Support costs - continued

Support costs, grouped by function, are analysed as follows:

			2025	2024
		Governance
	Finance	costs	Total	Total
	£	£	£	£
Other costs	120	1,986	2,106	5,671

9 Independent examiner’s remuneration

	2025	2024
	£	£
Fees paid to the charitable company’s independent examiner for:
Independent examination of the charitable company’s annual accounts	1,145	1,145

10 Trustees’ remuneration and expenses

The trustees did not receive any remuneration or other benefits in either year. Trustees’ expenses

No trustee was reimbursed for expenses incurred in either year.

11 Employees

Wages and salaries Social security costs During the year the average number of employees was as follows: Manager Admin Therapist	2025 £ 38,610 -	2024 £ 227,725 16,150
	38,610	243,875
	2025 1 1 1	2024 1 2 6
	3	9

No employees received emoluments exceeding £60,000 in either year.

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12 Comparatives for the Statement of financial activities

Unrestricted funds £ 112,082 22,116 12,487	Restricted funds £ 86,445 - -	Total funds £ 198,527 22,116 12,487
146,685	86,445	233,130
(128,842)	(224,244)	(353,086)
17,843 55,401	(137,799) 167,530	(119,956) 222,931
73,244	29,731	102,975

13 Tangible fixed assets

Cost At 1 August 2024 At 31 July 2025 Depreciation At 1 August 2024 Charge for year At 31 July 2025	Plant and machinery £ 10,149
	10,149
	6,014 963
	6,977

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13 Tangible fixed assets - continued Net book value At 31 July 2025 At 31 July 2024 14 Debtors Trade debtors Taxation 15 Cash at bank and in hand Other bank accounts 16 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Trade creditors Other creditors	2025 £ - 319	3,172
		4,135
		2024 £ 5,684 809
	319	6,493
	2025 £ 38,573	2024 £ 100,587
	2025 £ 3,442 888	2024 £ 7,352 888
	4,330	8,240

Movement in funds
	At 1 August			At 31 July
	2024	Income	Expenditure	2025
	£	£	£	£
Unrestricted funds
General fund	73,244	(11,603)	(35,846)	25,795

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17 Movement in funds - continued

At 1 August 2024 £ 521 2,649 1,561 25,000	Income £ - 1 - -	Expenditure £ (521) (2,650) (1,561) (13,061)	At 31 July 2025 £ - - - 11,939
29,731	1	(17,793)	11,939
At 1 August 2024 £	Income £	Expenditure £	At 31 July 2025 £
102,975	(11,602)	(53,639)	37,734
At 1 August 2023 £ 55,401	Income £ 146,685	Expenditure £ (128,842)	At 31 July 2024 £ 73,244
At 1 August 2023 £ 3,637 1,068 6,425 (1,347) 157,747 - - - -	Income £ - - 25,000 29,054 - 2,500 20,001 8,890 1,000	Expenditure £ (3,637) (1,068) (5,904) (25,058) (156,186) (2,500) (20,001) (8,890) (1,000)	At 31 July 2024 £ - - 25,521 2,649 1,561 - - - -
167,530	86,445	(224,244)	29,731
At 1 August 2023 £	Income £	Expenditure £	At 31 July 2024 £
222,931	233,130	(353,086)	102,975

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17 Movement in funds - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds - continued

18 Analysis of net assets

Unrestricted funds £ 3,172	Restricted funds £ -	Total funds £ 3,172
319 26,634	- 11,939	319 38,573
26,953	11,939	38,892
(4,330) 22,623 25,795	- 11,939 11,939	(4,330) 34,562 37,734
25,795	11,939	37,734

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18 Analysis of net assets - continued

At 31 July 2024

Unrestricted funds £ 4,135	Restricted funds £ -	Total funds £ 4,135
6,493 70,856	- 29,731	6,493 100,587
77,349	29,731	107,080
(8,240) 69,109 73,244	- 29,731 29,731	(8,240) 98,840 102,975
73,244	29,731	102,975

The detailed statement of financial activities which follows is for information purposes only.

It does not form part of the statutory financial statements.

Young People's Counselling Service

Detailed statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 July 2025

£ (16,681)	2025 £ (16,681) 1,754 3,325	£ 198,527	2024 £ 198,527 22,116 12,487
38,610 - 460 - 896 1,388 - 86 603 4,666 366 102 1,316 1,325 - 43 709 963 120 1,986		227,725 16,150 4,763 1,032 2,643 2,255 574 1,217 2,186 60,461 4,710 3,795 6,783 8,760 1,177 736 1,061 1,387 145 5,526
	(11,602) (53,639)		233,130 (353,086)

	(53,639)		(353,086)
	(65,241)		(119,956)

This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements.

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£ SUPPORT COSTS Finance Governance costs TOTAL SUPPORT COSTS	2025 £ £ 120 1,986 2,106	2024 £ 145 5,526
		5,671

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