## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From** Period start date Period end date 22 November 2022 31 December 2023 **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Tenterden Counselling Service **Other names charity is known by** TCS **Registered charity number (if any)** 1201106 **Charity's principal address** Milroy House, Sayers Lane, Tenterden, Kent. **Postcode** TN30 6BW ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Joe Scarboro|Chair|01/09/2020 – 03/07/2023|ExistingTrustees| ||Mark Hassan-Ali|Trustee then Chair|(Chair 03/07/23 –
31/12/23)|Existing Trustees| ||Jolyon Vickers|||ExistingTrustees| ||Debbie Bray|||Existing Trustees| ||Kimberley Trow|||Existing Trustees| ||Jonathan Dowling|||Existing Trustees| ||Christine Wilding|||Existing Trustees| ||Rachel De Silva||06/05/2024 - current|Existing Trustees| ||Catherine
Farragher||09/05/2024 – current|Existing Trustees| ||Edward Perry|Chair|03/09/2024 – current|Existing Trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** October **2024** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |Tim Beaman, CEO (03/06/2024 – current)||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by existing Trustees Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** October **2024** **TAR** 2 In summary, the objectives of the charity are to help and support people suffering from mental and emotional problems; and, in support of this, to **Summary of the objects of the** offer counsellors opportunities to enhance and develop their practice **charity set out in its** through experience, clinical supervision and training. **governing document** The main activity undertaken for the public benefit has been the provision of weekly, affordable, open-ended counselling to people suffering emotional distress who live in and around Tenterden in Kent. Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** October **2024** **TAR** 3 You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance October **2024** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** On 1/10/23, Tenterden Counselling Service CIO (charity number 1201106) took over the activities of Tenterden Counselling Service (charity number 292667 - please see Section F below). From its start of trading on 1/10/23 to its year end on 31/12/23, the counsellors of Tenterden Counselling Service provided 355 affordable, professionally supervised, counselling sessions to local people who referred themselves to the Service suffering from emotional distress. Most of these counselling sessions took place in two dedicated counselling rooms in Tenterden, with a small minority taking place online for reasons including safety and accessibility. October **2024** **TAR** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** The policy is to hold £15000 as a reserve. **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially** None. **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** Tenterden Counselling Service CIO (charity number 1201106) was constituted on 22/11/2022 (the start-date of this report) but did not start trading until 1/10/2023. Up until this date, the organisation traded as a charity, (charity number 292667). Please note that the 2023 annual accounts pertain to the CIO, registered charity number 1201106, and therefore only include 3 months of transactions (from its start of trading on 1/10/23 to its year end on 31/12/23). On request, TCS is happy to provide an aggregated set of 2023 accounts representing the financial activities of both legal entities during that year. ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Rachel De Silva **Position (eg** Trustee **Secretary, Chair, etc)** October **2024** **TAR** 6 Date 10 October. 2024 TAR October 2024 **----- Start of picture text -----**
Tenterden Counselling Service 1201126
Registered 22.11.22 Commenced 1.10.23
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date To Period end date
from 22.11.22 31.12.2023
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Endowment
Restricted funds Total funds Last year
funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Business donations 2,700 - - 2,700 -
Client donations 6,380 - - 6,380 -
Individual donations (non client) 31 - - 31 -
Interest income 2 - - 2 -
Transfer from TCS 29,100 - - 29,100 -
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38,213 - - 38,213 -
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 38,213 - - 38,213 -
A3 Payments
Bank fees 12 - - 12 -
Contractors 5,900 - - 5,900 -
Counsellors fees 5,920 - - 5,920 -
Supervision fees 1,485 - - 1,485 -
Insurance 1,521 - - 1,521 -
Insurance run off cover 489 - - 489 -
General expenses 116 - - 116 -
IT software 68 - - 68 -
Legal expenses 5 5
Recruitment and training 59 59
Rent Milroy House 1,154 1,154
Rent Westview 180 180
Subscriptions 75 - - 75 -
Sub total 16,984 - - 16,984 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Sub total - - - -
Total payments 16,984 - - 16,984 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 21,229 - - 21,229 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end 21,229 - - 21,229 -
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** ||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted funds**|||**Endowment**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**|||||**funds**| ||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|Bank balance||**-**
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Total cash funds 21,229 - -
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Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment
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B2 Other monetary assets Rent for Milroy 664 -
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Cost (optional)
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B3 Investment assets - -
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Fund to which Amount due When due
Details liability relates (optional) (optional)
B5 Liabilities Rent West View November & December unrestricted 240
Counsellors December Fees unresticted 1,225
Supervision Fees unrestricted 225
Contractors December unrestricted 100
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of approval
Rachel De Silva 15.10.24
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Tenterden Counselling Servi On accounts for the year ended 31 $1 December 2023 Charity no (if any) 1201106 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and As the chanty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance wtth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Acr). 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charty Commission under section 145(5){b) of the Ad. I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wtth the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. ccounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no cOn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection wilh the examination to which attention should be drawn in order lo enable 2 proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please dele the w￿S in the brackets ilthey do not apply. Signed: Date: 12 Ocrbof￿ 2 02 Name: Relevant professional qualifiGationls) or body (rf any): Address: 93 r itrNJ30 LLE Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, IndetEndent examination of charity accounts" directions and guidance for examiners). IER October 2018 Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018 CHARITY COMMISSIO FOR EN6IANO AND WAiE5 Re9ThlerEd2Z1122C(X1￿￿￿￿Qrt 1.10.2J Receipts and payments accounts Fortho wiod from CC16a .11.22 To Section A Receipts and payments 3T.7220YJ Unrestri£tsd furtrd¥ fitnts Total funds Last year A1 R0¢el S*ressdun*s T{Bntyfr￿Tcs 29.1DO Sub ¢otal(Gm&s Mjcfft forARJ A2Asstrt and Irivestnwnt sa*s. JU2J3 38/13 Sub t•t 31213 A3Pa nkl*s co￿tsac1 31￿ J 12 920 ITsthare Hw* Sub lolal 75 f$ ys A4Asset and rTrvestsnent pur¢hastrs, (see labfÈl Sub totri f6.914 16. A5 Translers A6 Cash funds lastyearen 21.229 21329 2t329 Section 8 Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period &Ipyoit• Det fvjnds ErJdo%Yrnont nds tyr•rESt£ B1 Cash funds Totalcash fvnds 21229 funds I￿PurP¥tE Detai]5 {optir￿all B3 Inveslmpnta55ets B4A550ts retained forthe charity￿ own us• Details B5 Lbibi¥ties 225 by or1￿)tru￿￿￿ t￿(4 IthEtru*es Date of apyoval