# BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 298361
- **Other names:** BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [02175320](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02175320)
- **Registered:** Feb. 15, 1988
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=298361


## Contact

- **Address:** BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING, 15 ST. JOHNS BUSINESS PARK, LUTTERWORTH
- **Postcode:** LE17 4HB
- **Phone:** 01455 883336
- **Email:** bacp@bacp.co.uk
- **Website:** www.bacp.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (I) TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR COUNSELLORS AND/OR PSYCHOTHERAPISTS WORKING IN EITHER PROFESSIONAL OR VOLUNTARY SETTINGS WHETHER FULL OR PART TIME WITH A VIEW TO RAISING THE STANDARDS OF THE COUNSELLING PROFESSIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE WHO ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF COUNSELLING AND/OR PSYCHOTHERAPY. (II) TO INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTION THAT THE COUNSELLING PROFESSIONS CAN MAKE GENERALLY AND PARTICULARLY IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHOSE PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN SOCIETY IS IMPAIRED BY PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH NEEDS OR DISABILITY

**Activities:** To promote &amp; provide education &amp; training for counsellors &amp;/or psychotherapists working in either professional or voluntary settings, to raise the standards of counselling/psychotherapy for the benefit of the community. To educate the public in the part that counselling/psychotherapy can play in society.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| DAVID CHENERY |  | June 21, 2024 |
| Dr Paul Taylor |  | Nov. 6, 2025 |
| Emily Garvie |  | May 1, 2025 |
| Emma Farrell |  | Nov. 2, 2023 |
| Erin Stevens |  | Nov. 6, 2025 |
| Ewan Irvine |  | Nov. 11, 2022 |
| Josephine Bey |  | Nov. 1, 2023 |
| Josephine Bey |  | Nov. 2, 2023 |
| Matthew Cormack |  | Nov. 6, 2025 |
| Olubumi Akinmutande |  | Nov. 6, 2025 |
| William Llorel-Antoine |  | May 1, 2025 |




