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Confide Counselling St Paul's Parish Centre Churchside Chichester Westsussex PO19 6FT TeloiJl)one.' 01243 531936 Annual Report 2025 WWW.LL>iili(IL-COLiiisolling.co.uk 13ACI) Mi:Iiil)f'.i %liii) No.. 102539

Confide - the Service Contents Confide provides counselllng support for people living in West Sussex who are experiencing hardshlp or dlstre8S through emotional, splrltual, phy81¢al, or mental ill health. or by reason of 80ci81 or economic clrcumstanco8. Conflde-the seNlce Content8 Personnel Our Trustees come from 8 range ot backgrounds, including ordained mlnlstry, counselling and soclal work experienc8. lègal advic8, safeguardlng and mental health practice, each with due regard to Charlty Commi88ion guidance on serrflces for public benefiL Reportfrom the Chalr 5-7 Rec8ptionl8t Report All our fully qualified counsellors and advanced tralnee$ volunteerwith th8 servlce and recefve regu18r. professional supervision. The $èrvlc8 Is open to anyone, regardless of b8li8f, to talk over problems in Confidènco wlth someone who wlll help them to flnd their own solutions. Counselllng Co-ordinator's Report 11>11 Stoneplllow Report 12-13 Those who seek help may be anxiou8, lonely. or depressed. They may be unemployed or overburdened, have problems wlth children or other members of theirfamlly, or be fecing problèms in relatlonshlps. Servlce Adminlstrator Report 14 Treasurers Report 1>17 They may be faclng a difflcult decision in Ufe or struggling to come to term% wlth illness. bgr88vament. feellngs of hope18ssness. or copingwlth problems of falth. Counsellors alm to provide a sustaining relationship to those with troublo8, building on respect and trust. Confidentiality Is assured. Publlclty Report 18 Organlsatlonalstructure 19 Sessions are u8ually held weekly and Last 50 minutes. Some counsellors offerthls 8eNioe online and vla telephonelvideo 8e88i0ns. as approprlate, provldlng cliénts wfth valuable cholce 8nd flexibillty. Contributlons are requlred, but no one is refused help through lack of means, and bursaryfundlng Is used selectively to top up such payments to r881istic levels that cover costs. Client Responses Mlssion Statement 21

Personnel Confide Counsellors Lucy Barrington Leslay Bennett Haz81 Denman Afrodite Erdelyl (Left June 20251 Klm Evan8 Jackie Gooding Heather Gwenl8n M8r8aret H8mbrook Kate Hlcks Keith Howard {L8ft Aprll 20251 Darren James Honey Lansdowne Martln Lofty Loulse Martln Sarah Mltchell {LeftJanuary 20261 Nicola Mvere Angle O'Rourk8 Jo Osmond Allce Saunders Anna Schoults (Left De¢emb8r 20251 Peter Sear Jonathan Smith (Left July 20251 Ali Smith-jones Miriam V81encia Noemiwarren rin8 Webb Sheri Weir Tlnek8 Zwinkels Trustees and Manag6ment Commltteo Chair of TrusteeslChairper80n Trusteel Supervlsor I Counsellor Co-ordinator Revd. Richard More M8ry Ashwin J8n8t Aldridge Revd. Allson Green Tru8t88 Trustee Trustee Martin Troy M8rg8ret Hambrook TrusteelSupeNisor Treasurer Servi¢8 Administrator Secr&tary Publicityofficer Intake Offioer Receptionist Tlneke Zviinkels Tlneke Zwinkeis M8rgaret Hambrook Hazel Denman (retired June 2025) Marg8ret Hambrook Le818y Bennett Studgnt Placement Manager Admin Support Assessment Counseiiors SallyKnight Sally Knight Margaret Hambrook, L8siey B8nnett, SallyKnight and Tinake Zwinkeis Sally Knlght and Tlneke Zwlnkels Supervisor

The Trustees work closelywith the management committee. In the summer. Hazel Denman stepp8d down from the committee, on which she had been responsiblé for our publicty. This ha$ included sending a twice-y88rly mailln8 to ralse awareness of Conflde's work. We are so grateful for the care that Hazel has givèn to this key task. Report from the Chair 2025 was an 8ncouragingyearforConfide asw8 celebrated the 4￿ 8nnlvers8ry ofthe establishment of Confide Counselllng by members of the Chichester and Bognor Methodist circuit in 1985. Hazel Is a membeT of Bognor Methodist Church and has r8present8d the Methodist Church at Confide, so m8int8ining an important link with our M8thodlst roots.we shall mi88 herat our meetings but are verypleased thet she wlll continué as one of our most experienced Counsellors. It is good that, In this anniversary year, we can report a year of growth: 21 counsellors offerlng a total of 1492 counselling sesslons. Wé can also report th8t more ¢lients and sever81 successful Erant applications have provided us with v￿lcOme financi81 growth and stabillty. It has been 8 good year. Durlng 2025. th8 Trust885 met three tlmes. At each meetln& we recelve reports, includlng the receptlonist's report on the number of enquirlas. our work wlth Stonepillow, 8nd fin8nc8 8nd funding. Our clinical Supervlsion group, Mary Ashwin, Margaret Hambrook, Tineke Zwinkels and Sally Knight meet monthly to overseè OUT work with clients. They also regularly report to the Trustees. We considerthatthis is workingwell. Our vislon remains that of our tounders to provide .8 saThlce for the rèlief of people in Westsussex who experienceh8rdshlp ordistress byr88son ofmental orphyslcal ill hg8lth orbyreason of soclal oreconomic clrcumst8nces'. In 2025, we have continued to put that Vision Into practice by provlding ouns811ing service for people who feel that they might struggle financially to access counselling and by off8rlng supervised tralnlng placements for student counsellors. We consider th8t we are complying wlth our duty und8r Section 4 of the 2006 Actto hav8 due regard to the guidance on publlc benefit. One Issue that has continued to concern the Trustees Is payment for adminlstr8tive work, and e8pe¢i8lly for the Service Administrator. Many charltles sh8rè ¢oncerns 8bout tha exp8Ct8tion of ever-increaslng administration to be undertaken voluntarlly. The Trustees have now agreed that from 1 January 2026, we should pay the Service Administrator for 5 hours per week for 8dministratlV8 work. To mark our 40 8nnivers8ry, we were very pleased that Jess Brown-Fuller. the MPfor Chichester. was able to Soln us to speak at ourAnnual Meating In June. It W8s very encour88ingto sense her interest and support for our work. The Treasurer's role wlll remaln a voluntary post. This paid appotntment has flnancial Impll¢ations and wlll n88d the establlshment of a subgroup with speciflc responsibiltyforfundrgising. We 8re verygratefulfor severalgrants thatwe have recelved recently. but maklng 8rant applicatlons Is an art and very time- consuming. In September. we joined with the congregation at St Paul's Church for a servl¢e of thanksgfving. It was an Insplring occasion. end we are very grateful for the support that we received from the ¢on8re8ation at St Paul's and the rector, Canon Paul t>oick. We 81so need to review the whole area of our publlclty and appolnt Someone to take on responslbilityfor thls essential task. At present, we have 6 Trustees and are hoping to appolnt ong further trustee before our Annual Meeting. Margaret Hambrook. who was one of our foundation Trustees, completed her 4-year term 8t the end of 2025 and has been reappointed. The Trustees remaln very grateful to Tineke Zwinkets foT 811 she does. In addttion to her own work as a counsellor and supervisor. as Service Administrator, sh8 ensures Confide runs smoothly wtth her great 8ttention to detail.

During 2025, this has included continuing work on putting tO88ther the H8ndbook. vthlch is proving to be an invaluable resource for Trustees and counsellors, 88 it brings togethar our policy documents and procedures. Rece tionist Re ort In 2025, we had a high numbel ol enqulrleg. Wlth a major increase in client referrals and Intskes. Confide 18 8 Small ¢ounselllng agency, 8nd one of the great benefrts of this is that the Trustses and Management Commtttee know each other w811 and can work closely together. As Chair. l am very grateful for the wisdom and support of my fellowTrustees 8nd the members olthe management Committee. The details below pr(yAde a breakdown of the nurnb8rof calls received in 2025. along with a comparison to 2024. It does not record any calls that vlere scams OT marketlng related. We contlnue to be very gratefulto Sally Knight. who brings much experience to our meetings. assists Tineke, and is responsible for the Student placements. Lesley Bennett continues to Serve asthe receptionist. handling ciientenquiries with efficlency and sensltivlty. At present, we 8r8 pleased to report that we have a lull complement of committed counsellors for which we are very grateful. They include a number of very experionced counsellors who have been with us for m8nyyear$, asweu as student counsellors who are on placement with us as part of their trainin& We are only sorrythat most of them need to mova on once they have qualified. as they need a paid post. We require 811 our counsellors to attend fortnightly supèrvislon sessions. We consider this to be a very important aspect of our V￿rk and arevery concerned thatstudent counsellors should be V•BII prep8red for tholr future work. Clients mainly contacted Confide through recommendations from GP ment81 health nurses. fimeto Talk. frlends, or by picking up a leaflet. Ofthe 89 clients irwlted to an Intake assessment, 57 completed the assessment and continued V￿th counselling. 32 people declined. Atthe end of 2025. we had 15 clients 8W8iting allocation to a counsellor. Some enqulrles did not piogres$ further due to availabilty i88ues. w￿ltIng times. confiicts of Inter￿, or Confide was unabl8 to provlde the required seNÈce. Otherenquiries included confirm8ti0n of assessment appointments or Payments received. messagesfor counsellors. p18c8ment enquiries. referrals from health professionals. Stonepliiow enquiries. or Questions from other oiganisations about Confida. At thé moment, hear much 8bout a crisis in m8ntsl health In our country. Our hope is that Confidè can continue to offer help 8nd support to some of the many people who, at present. find themselves struggling viith life. We will eontinue to record and develop informatlon to provide useful data and Increase outr88ch in the communlty. Rlchard More Chalr of tho Tru8teo8 of Confldo Coun8eWng (Wert Sussex

Counsellin Co-ordinator's Re ort Reeeptlon Report 2025 We have seen a growth In our team of counsellors. with 21 counsellors vmrkin8 with cltents. During 2025. we welcomed Darren James, Miriam Valencia, Peter Saar. Nicola Mverè. Sarah Mitchell and Loulse Martln. wlth Sherl Weir. Alic8 Saunders and Honey Lansdowne joining us from January 2026 as student counsellors. Intake enquiries pro¢e$$ed 45 64 Intake enqulrle8 not pro¢ossed 16 31 47 2026 Other messages Telephone Web Total 73 Atrodite Erdelyl, Jonathan Smith 8nd Anna Schoultz left Confide duringthe year following their qualific8tions. Keith Howard and Sarah Mitchell w￿re unable to continue their V￿rk at Confide. We thank them fortheir workwith Confide and Stonepillow clients 8nd wish them w811 in the future. 150 2024-2025 Comparison Enquiries for intake processed Counselling enquirias not rocessed General 8nquirle$ Tot81 Telephone 2024 19 Wéb 2024 35 Total 2024 Telephone 2025 Web 2025 Total 2025 There is now 8 fourth superrfision group every other week, vthich Sally Knight wlll lead following completion of her supeNision training. Sally also provided cover when another supervlsor was away. It Is the BACP and tralnlng organi$8tlons' requiremerfts that no more than 4 supervi8ees be 8ssign8d to 8 supervisor. Confide wlii maInly*￿rkw1th 3 supeNlsees per supervlsor. Thls will provjde sufficient time for each counsellor to present and flexibllity to allocate counsellors to another supervisorwhen one supervisor is 8bsenL 13 14 27 16 31 47 46 27 73 We continue to discu88 8 subject during the first 30 minutes ofthe supervlslon evening, when all counsellors are together. We have engaged In fascinating subjects. which have strengthened our interactions and support for each other. 78 76 154 134 172 Specialthanks 80 to Lesley and M8r8aret. who handled the high number of intake8 in 2025. Lesley Bennatt Session Statistics 2025 Isee graphs) 0 89 clients approached Confide for counselling, of vthich 57 engaged. We offered 1492 sessions to Confide clients. which is an incr88s8 of 586 sessions165%) in comparfson to 2024. Clients 8ttend8d (Arn 1212 sessions. cancellèd ICANI 244 sessions and dld not attend {DNA) 36 sessions. In percentages, thls Is like 2024. We had 41 eliants Attending more than 15 sessions. Ovorthe last S years, 65% of our clients have attended more than 15 sessions. io

We organised 2 training events in 2025. 26 April- led by David Pierce-Myers- Addiction in the counselling room 4 October- le(J by David Pierce-Myers- following on from the previous training, we looked at the 12-step programme in combination with counselling. The first event was attended by a Stonepillow staff member, who contribute(J valuable insights and information to the training. Stonepillow Report 24 Stonepillow clients were supported with counselling in 2025. which is the same number aswere 5UPPOrted in 2024. Counsellors offered 468 client sessions. an increase of 17% from 2024. Of these 468 sessions offered. 381 181%) were attended, 55112%) were cancelled, and 3217%) were not attended with no notice given. Thesefigures show more sessions attended and fewer cancellations than in 2024. Counsellors continue to see their clients at St Paul's Church and at Bognor Friends Meeting House. wherewe now hirethe room more often. enabling us to work with more clients from Bognor Regis and the Ioc81 area. 32 referrals for clients supported by Stonepillow were received. 0 20% reduction trom 2024. Once again. most referrals were for male clients supported in the Bognor area, either in the Recovery Servi¢e. a hostel, or supported shared living accommodation. Stonepillow clients are seen at either the Glassworks in Chichester orThe Hostel in Bognor Regis. We would like to thank the oiganisations for providing the facilities. Kate. Ali. Jackie. Nicola. Miriam and Martin were the counsellors working with Stonepillow clients at the end of the year, and Alice is a Tecently recruited experienced student who will begin working with Stonepillow clients after her forthcoming induction. Confide Session Detall5 Isoo 1400 13C 120Q li Confide Shortl Lo￿TernI session uptake 45 40 Because of the sometimes-challenging nature of this client group, the interview process tor new students involves assessing any prior experience with complex clients and how theywould feel about working with this group. This is then managed within the fortnightly supeivision sessions. 30 900 800 35 OOO 50Q 00 30 25 5tDtheplllowSes5iOrt Details 2QO -￿?1 70-: 2023 2024 70?s 759 677 7JO 1212 15 rA*S 81 98 104 140 241 ONA is 14 36 1Q21 2012 2G?3 2Q24 10?5 io Total 872 790 708 90ts < LS se5￿00> 10 12 Is 16 30 In£rease )26 .82 198 i8¥t

IS se55iQftS 22 31 .ir .1 jo•2 ￿:3 20?J 2025 Arr 321 134 3?9 321 11 I, 1111 ,1 The Coun$elling Co-ordinatorteam 2071 ?0?2 2023 :034 202S CAP4 103 5? Clients ¢15 4e55￿n$ ONA 35 52 so 39 io 25 12 li 388 35D 513 4EI 468 Clients >15 essioni 12 InC￿35e 74 IS7

Hadley Nicol, our main contact in Bognor. has now changed roles within Stoneplllowand Is In the process of passing over responsibility for his Conflde liaison workto 8 new colle8gu8. Colleen Mccabe. Sallyand Tlneke had an online meeting in Decernberto meet with both. Service Administrator Report Followingfeedback from our counsèllors. vm cr88ted th8 Conflde Handbook, whlch provldes the organlsation overvlew, policies, procedures. and documents. This will be revlewed annually and presented to the Trustees at the first m88tinE of the calendar year. It remalns difficultto arrang8 asséssments wlth referrals, so we hope to work with Colleen to egtablish 8 moro efflclent process. We have been invlted to the wider Stonepillow Managers, meetings to discuss the support that Confide offers. and we are waitingfor thls to be arranged. In 2025, th8 team continued to have regu18r meetings, in addition to the Trustèè & Management meetings. One Issuethat came up in 2025 i8the importance of m8int8inln8 confidantialty within sessions, as Stoneplllow cllonts may know. or even 8hafe 8ccommodatlon wlth, oth8r cllents and mlght dlscuss thls In their counselling. As y￿{{ as addressingthe speclflc issue. we discussed thls ethical challenge wlthin the group supervision meetlngs, and it also formed part of the 8g8nda forthe Stonepillow meetln8. Ailtr8inee counsellors have rec8iv8d their Confide contracts. and all DBS checks are upto date. For D8Scheck purpo$es,trainee counsellor8are no tonger considered volunteers. The position is deemed intended to lead to 8 paid PO8ltion and to enhance their qualifications. Charges to obtaln DBS detai18 for Confide are now £60.75 l+VAf) for students and £11.25 l+VATI forvolunteers. Allson Green has contlnuèd to meet monthly vAth Rach81 Hole during 20251 2026. In these sessions, we discuss IndSvldual cllnical issues and reflect on the pressures within Stoneplliow as 8 ch8rity. Rachel has been working in a role wlth responslbllities for c88e management, team m8n8gement, and training delivery. Conflde does accept DBS certificates 8pplied for by other organlsations, provided they relate to the Adult Worktorce. The webslte has been regularly updatefl with o Revised Policies and Procedures Details of the Handbook in the Couns8llors section o Llnkto the Applicatlon form o Reviewed information on'useful links" o Detalls ol evants, Includlngtraining events and thé 4 annNersary events o Improved Ilnk to the Gift-ald form o New te$timoniaLs from cli8nts o Referr81 form for clients now Includes 8 request for address d8tails. telephone number and preferred method of contact. Recently, Rachel intonned me that Stonepillow h8d lost a contract with Pathflnder, and as 8 result. herteam, which was funded through the P8thfinder contract, has left tha Charity. Rachel reported that her managemènt role h8s ended nowth8t her team has left, and she is in discussion with management about the nature of herjob. AliBon Oreon and Sally Knlght We would Ilke to thank Mary Ashwln for her generous hospft81ty in providlng rooms in her house for 8upervi8ion éveryweek. I would like to thank the Trustees. Haz81 Denman, Lesley Bennett, Sally Knight, and the counsellor8 for their support. Tlneke Zwlnke18 13 12

Treasurers Report The Designated Fund at the end of 2025 stands at £9030.63. The fund, with regular contributions from St John's Trust. supports clients who are unable to payfor sessions and covers unpaid sessions for various reasons. In 2025. 80 sessions Y￿re pald through the Designated fund. The fund has also covered webslte maintenanc8 costs. The fin8nci81 report below reL8tes 8olelytothe Income and Expenditure transactlons In 2025. In 2025, there w8S 8 significant upllft in cllent contributions to £18788.00 (2024: £10795.60). an increase ol nearly £7800. The contribution breakdown is as follow9: 69% of clients P8y Upto £15 per session12024-82%). 6% pay £20 par sèssion12024-9%18nd 25% pay £25 per session (2024-Vh). We continue to apply for further fundingthrough grant applications. We are 8r8tefulfor St John's Trust's continuing support. for Chalk Cliff Trust's fundlng In 2025. and for Hall & Woodhouse. vthlch provkled Confide wth a grant of £2000.00 in February 2026. Ston8pilloWs contrlbutions to Intak8 assessments and supeNision amounted to £7620. simiLarto the previous year. WÈ provide profwdsional risk in8ur8nce for 25 professionals. wth a £2 million Indemnty lirnit per event. The man8gement ofthe websit8 Includes regutsr Changes, reporting. security updates & and certification. Last year, donations included £3.000.IxI from St John'sTrust, £5,000.00 from Chau( Cliff Trust, and £94.IXI from other sources. We cialmed £509.94 In Glft Ald for a donatlon recelved In 2024. We thank everyone who supported Confide overthe past year. The overall income rose from £27562 to £36342. an Incre888 of £8052. We are members of the British Assocl8tlon of Counselling and Psychotherapy, registered with ICO and wtth Thirty-one: Eight for Safegugrding 8nd DBS checks. The 2025 accounts have been independently examined by R. Smith, and v thank him for his time and commitment. The increase In the number of counsellors has led to hi8her room-hire expenses. Additionally, the raised volume ot referrals contributes to higher intske costs. The gTaph below shows the difference between income and cosusession. Average session calculations use only paid sesslons, not all sessions offered. Confide Contributed to the supervision trainlng for Sally Knight. 85 r8fl8ct8d in the trainin￿InterVieW costs. Administration costs include £ 2,01]Ofor the 2024 honorarlum Contribution allocated to the Service Administrator. Tlneke Zwinko1s-Treasurer At y88r-end, £1082.50 in client contributions and £397.50 from Stonepillow were outstandlng. These figures ar8 not in tho overall income details given 8bov8. A tot81 of £630.00 in 8xpenditure reLatlng to activltles undert8k8n in 2025 was settled after 31st December 2025. These costs are Éssociated with supervision and intakè 85sessments. Our expenditure increased from £27115.79 to £32142.69. The overall result is a substantlal galn of £4199. provldlng us with 8 more secure base golngforw8rd. 15 16

Confide Income Publicity 15000 Publicity for Confide was delivered via regular leaflet mailouts, with detailed information on the service's progress and activities provided in the annual report. ioooo 5000 11 Many local organisations, charities. agencies, and individuals receive the leaflets and annual reports. 8 616. 1.)795. 1578g.00 J.200. 1:3e.00 .57S.00 DOnaTIO￿$ 1.672.ao 2.397.00 .950 7958.67 SOJ 94 Confide owes its excellent reputation locally to the continued positive feedback from our users and associates, and we work hard to ensure professional standaids as established by the British Association for Counselling an(J Psychotherapy IBACPI are upheld. All publicity material and articles reflect this commitment. 20000 Confide Expenditure -I.LLLL Isooo janet Aldridge produced an article for the Chichester ObseTver to celebrate our 40"ye8r anniversary. 5000 We are committed to ongoing seNice provision to the 1oc8lcommunity during 8 period characterised by consi(Jerable family stress and persistent public mental health challenges. Confide aims to make 8 meaningful professional contribution in collabolation with statutory agencies and our partners. 17S40. 179¢0.(W) 750th? 480.00 430.00 930 00 l#SO. 1.7S8. *734.5Q 34.09 63C.7: 702.90 2 473.5a We would like to thank Hazel Denman for her work as Publicity Officer for manyyears. Income v Cost I Sesslon Ave Income I session This position is currently vacant, and we are looking tor someone to take on this important role for the organisation. 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 17 18

Organisational Structure Confide is a not-for-PTofit organi$8tion, 8n independent registered charltyunderthe Charltycommisslon. Nominated Individuals can applyfor vacBncies on thé 808rd of the Trust and become 8 Trustee followlng 8 8election procedure managed by the Board, which Involves personal references 8nd an inteNiaw. Client Responses We sendfeedbackquestionnaireswhen ourclientsttaveflnished thelr counselling and ask for their permission to share their responses anonymously. Here are some of them: The Board otTrustees v40rks closely wAth the Management Committee. oftan in joint m8etings ofbthich théy are members. "Ith8S 8n8bledme to think drff8r8ntly8ndput8 diff8rent persp8CtiV8 on things" Serving on the M8n8gement Committeé 8re the Chair of Twstees, the Counselllng CO￿rdInatOr, Counselllng Supervlsor, Trusiees, S8rvlc8 Administrator, Tr88sur8r, Receptlon r8presentative. and typlcally the Publlcity and Counsellor rgpresentatlves. however, these posltlons ere currently vacant. "I f881 more positive about my lits. future, 8nd to st8rt Ilvingmore fully" "Counselllngh8sglven me tlme to t81k abouthowltsel, which I h8V8 noth8d the opportunity to do before.. The M8n8gement Committee meets around three times a year. It deals with all matters of or8anls8tlon. admlnistration. fSn8nce, professional standards, publicity. and relatlonships wRh other org8nls8tlons. Including the communty in bthl¢h Confide operate$. 'It has h8lpedm8 to b8 more objectlve 8nd to reallse that l am movingfoN8rd.' 'CounselUngh8s helped m8 to see things in 8 diff8r8ntiight, ev81u8te andpmcess situations better8nd8ct8ccordingiy.' Confide rec8lv8s reports and recommendations from Its officers. including recommendations related lo the appointment of new counsellors. 'It s been c8th8rtic opening up 8nd dlscussing things In the p8Stand present, its made me realistlc and c81mer.' All the Confide officers and the Management Commtttee are finally accountable to their Trustee8. 'Counsellinghas en8bl8dme to have more understandingof how to cope with myson., 19 20

Mission Statement Thankyou to the organisations and those who wish to rernain anonymous for supporting Confide CounsellinE Service Confide seeks to provide a counselling seNice for the relief of people in West Sussex who experience hardship or distress by reason of mental or physical ill-health or by reason of social or economic circumstances. St Paul's Church c.hichester Confide was formed in 1985, a service sponsored by Methodist Churches in Chichester and Bognor Regis. As such. its philosophy and work emanate from this Christian base. Confide continues to be supported by various other Christian Churches in Chichester and Bognor Regis and their members. t.,J()Iiii C,Iicll)Ll We are based at St Paul's Church in Chichester and The Friends Meeting House in Bognor Regis. We are grateful forthe hospitality we have ieceived there. As 8 registered Charity in our own right, the service is provided wholly for the public benefit. ton pillow Alongside our Counselling SeNice, we work hard to include:_ Provision of training in counselling for students and colleagues Co-operation and work alongside statutory authorities. CHALK CLIFF TRUST professional bodies and voluntary organisations Collaboration with any charitable bodies operating WFthin West Sussex with similar aims and objectives. 17 77 HILL&WOODHOUSE 21

CHAR￿¥ COhv￿55loH 1197103 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a To 3111212025 Section A Receipt5 and payments Un￿striCted Rostrfcted Endowmonl lunds L¥Jtyew 15201 10.?% lJ7 Sub lotallGmss rncts A2 A$8•t¥nd inveslmentsalo4 Isoe AR) Sub 36J42 27A6f ijt lJ92 16310 IT￿10 4.73$ 2JS rtolal ZT.111 i¥bto Sub to 31142 27.116 NetOlTrcelpt￿(p8ymentsj A5 TAnsfers bgM•n futhds A6 Cash funts k¥y•ai8nd Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period ilnrp5trictÈd fund Re5trictBd Endowm8nl 15 81 Cajsh fvnds rol*l¢•sh 110 fund# 82 Otherrnonotsry a88ets

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT

to the Trustees of

Confide Counselling (West Sussex) Charity Number: 1197103

For the year ended 31 December 2025

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Confide Counselling (West Sussex) (“the charity”) for the year ended 31 December 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 charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis.

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:

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

3. 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 an independent examination.

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.

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