Petersfield Counselling Service
REGisfERED (HARtTY NWBER 298408
REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 DECEMBER 2024

Peter5field Counselling Service
Lega and Adffinistrative lftformation at 31" December 2024
TRUSTEES
Mar¥aretScutt
Dr aaire Cox
Dr BrTran Eli5
Andy H￿kMan
DrEmma M(Evoy
Stephen Cummw
Rlchard
Mar8èretScott
AECtOR
Andrea West
Paul Cawklll (from September 20241
SUPEIMSOI
JoHeap
NK*y Wbon
Jane George
PeteT5fiekl CounsdIw￿ Sern
clo w￿t￿n House
18 Htgh Street
Gu32 3JL
Sinon Gibson ACMA
Bardays Bank pk
Leicester LE87 2BB
M*am&s & Lunt
16 Hih Street
Hampshire GU32 3JJ

REPORTON 2024 ACTMTIES
TheTrustees prwmtheir repon wrth thefThncial statements of the5eryttfortheyw ended 31
DKemt*r 2024
The princlpal aar¥r(u *)d tha11rab￿ objeLts of thed￿rtY in theyear under re4iew were:
To providecounselling to w￿l¥Klua15 in Peter5fiekl aFKlthe5urroundw* area
The Charitrfs Management WKI Advisory C(Mnrritrcomprises theTrustee5. the DIr￿)r. thesuperysors
and up to two representatvlesfrom thecounselkxs.
The Trustees hold#i8offke h) the yearwere:
Margaretscott
Chair
DrClaiTr Cox
CT Brian E115
Shona Faulkner
Andy Hickman
Dr Emma M(Evoy
Stephen Cummins
Rith¥d Gorn￿n
IkKM)raryTreasurff {untHJune2024
(fr￿n AGM June20241
{Irom AGM June 20241
During 2024, Petersfield Counselin8 SeNKe (ontinued to offEr a muth-valued ser¥ke to peopSe In Petersfidd
and the surrounding areas. In ￿ a¥erage month. 20 r￿UnSelorS provided weekty counsellv)8 sesslons to 40
dients, workin8 from of ¥xat￿$ to ensure acce5sMJility and thoice.
Our team Indudes both quaufied and trdinee (ounsevths. al of whom ￿ether￿me on a voluntary basis.
Weaintmiueto attract trainees fr<xM a number of rtsperted coun5ekng tra￿Ing or8an6ath)ns, brin8WI8
dNer51ty, new pwspthes. and energy to our work. Eathtrainee is support￿ through professional
5upeNLsk)n provitled by PCS and is invited to attend tsweewi-house training Sess￿?￿$ peryear ah)n8sKletheir
aeademk studies.
2024 was a year of d￿elopMent￿d positvle thange*)r PCS. We made5%nlficant improv•n￿ts inthe way
we manage and support the servKe. thjrc￿0r is now I0￿Sed on * strthKarEas ￿thd1DE fundrabthi8,
poly d￿t￿pM￿l and budding strong partn￿ShipS ￿ the¢ommynV.
Wewere P￿Sed to appoint oneof Ourey4)er￿(ed and kJng-st3ndin8 counseHors, as our Operations
Mana8er. a role that is now re5pon5ible fDrthe rerJuitnrt inductb)n, and ongoing support of Ouf trainee
counselbT5. Thry also represent PCS in a number of kKal fDrum5 and nerworks. indudingsocial pre5cribew5,
the East Hampshi￿ Afmgj Forcts sta￿￿￿￿oUp. Wknt¢)n Fk)use, and A8eMies Work•i8Together.
In August. we also wekomed a ne41 FinavKe A55i5ta)L Thw ha¥eakeady mademalor Improvements to the
way we mana8e dl￿alIty￿ 8r•ts. and our •)ttrnalsystems and enharKin8 our
finandal accountabdilv.
Both administrative Toles are part-timeand havebeen introduced within thesame cost envelope, refittiing
our and responsknlefinancial mènyn￿t. Thwewas a short-term inuease in costs dueto the
need for induct*)n and handoverforthe peopletskM?gup these ne41 roles.
We are supported ￿ a dedKated and skled Board ofTnstees who 8￿￿theIrtime8eneroUSty. Their
gUidan￿and gOV￿OCea￿eS5ry￿l to the heath and dre¢riM of the ser￿£ In 2024. we be8an the

proce55 of bewmwsg a Charitable In(orWJr￿ed O￿l54t￿)n iaoi-a new *alstmclure for d￿ritIeS that
will pr￿￿le us wrth greaterfl￿bIrrtY and Pro￿lon. We hopeto complEtethistransitK)n durin8 2025.
We are deepty grateful forthe contir￿￿ financkal support we r￿efroM East Hampshwe DistrKt Counci
The National Lottwy. Petusfiehj Area Churthes ToEÈther(PACT). and Peter5fidd and Sheet Rdief ￿ Need.
Many of our Cl￿ts are unableto afvfd thefull suggested donation (DrcounsellNig. Thegenerosityof our
funder5 and supponers ￿ thereforevtsl to ensuM8that wecan conknueto offer alh)rdable
coun5ell.ng to those in need.
Finaty, I would Ik tothank everyonet#ho contributes to PCS-otsra)unseifors, supffvsor5. Yo￿nteerS,
staff. and Trustees. It ks a pknure arKI a Privilege towotk ak)ry*lesuch a tomm(tted, Compa￿1￿nate team
of people.
HNANCIALWJNAGV•lENT
Reser¥es Lwel
The T￿Stee5 haVedetermIn￿ that theapproprfate1￿lof Tuaves for PC5 is E15.iMX) whtth reve5t￿ts si¥
months of opÈratin8 eNpendrture. This level is fe4v*ed annualty and renerts..
. The risk proff* of the charlty. *Kludkn8 tsKoMe5ta￿ ar•d e*wditurn commrtment
. The tharws cash Ilow requwements.
- Potentlal futufe IlabTrlltle5 ¢1 ¢)ppOrtunI￿ that mty artse.
Malnts1nl￿ R•s•ms
To mantain the agreed levd of reserves. theTrusteeswTI '.
. Regularty monrtorthe cha￿5 financial perfomunce and p051tion.
. Ensure thatfundrdisingand ￿Come-@enerètr)n artr4t*s are adequateto rnaintsin reseffts at the requlred
ieE.
. the reseThes le4el * least annu* as partofthe charws bud8et.settin8 Pro￿5.
RISK M4V4AGEMENr
TheTrustees have exam1r￿1 the majorsrdtee4 IwSb￿S and opuational thetharity and
confirms that systems have been established to enable regubrreport5 to beprodvced so that the necessary
steps can be takn to le5%￿ these risk5.
law aPP￿3b￿ to ¢hariti&% n England and Wale5 rniuyes Ihe Trustees to preparÈflnan(ial statements for
eKh financial y￿, whKh gi¥ea true and fa"Lrv*w of the tha￿S fFnan(&41 activw dumg theyear and of
Itsfln3na￿ poSit￿n atthe e￿1 of theyear. In prw*8 thesefknanoal ststanents. theTrustÈÈs are
required to..
111 Selert suitsbk pokn5 and thth app￿ them consistentty.
121 Make judgements and estimate5 that are ￿sonab￿ prudenL
131 State whÈther appkable accounti￿ SI￿d￿d5 and statern￿ of recomrn￿ded prndice hove
been followed subjÉrtto d￿artureS dthjsed andeNplained in thefinathial StateM￿ts,. and

PETERSFIELD COUNSELUNGSERVICE
STATEMENY OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THEYEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER XI
INCOMEAND EXPENDITURE
Uwe51rlcied
Funds
General Des*naled
Total
Funds
Funds
INCOMING RESOUACES
[k)nal￿n$ Cliert
DonatKJns Intske se$$￿n$
rxjnat￿n EHCC Grant
Lk)naiK)n W Brake FwndaDon
Fund Ra￿Ing0(￿3l10nsl Flsc
Inierest & DM(Ènds
YoungFamil*s Projecl. Loltery Fundi
29.972
29,9n
20.795
924
io,(KJo
iO.(M)O
lo.¢￿)
317
827
317
827
14.763
1.201
14.763
13.794
TOTAL
44.116
14,
58.879
47.522
affirecosts &ExperBes
peM$￿FÈes&EAp
Counsellor ExFenses
InTake Cooroinalor
IndemThty Insurance
Tramiir
tl)om Hire
l¥inting& Slaiionery
TeLe￿one
Pr(rf Fees
Mtsc
0BSAppl￿allO
Computer gw
YFP Lollery
ii,
12.972
7,￿1
li
12372
7.691
9,722
10,954
3.303
1,134
T25
725
497
3.379
160
155
160
626
130
240
155
220
2fJ)
675
11,326
14.955
14355
TOTAL
I4.￿5
55.047
44,073
SURPLUMDEFICITI FOR YEAR
4024
.192
3032
UNREALISED INVEsTM￿T
rAINSIILOSSES)
3.056
2,418
Balance Bn
57282
51.421
Balancecn
64,170
57282

141 Preparethefinancial Stat•￿On thegory.torwn basis unkn it is inapprowtsteto assume
thatthetharity will continuein busine5S.
TheTrustees are respc*)sible ftyfv£epin8 ￿(ountin& whKh discknewith rea5￿ableacCurhCY at any
time thefinancial positM)n of thetharity and enablè them to enwrethat the fmanoal statements compty
withthe char7￿5 Art 1993. wslblÈforsafegu¥d￿gth@ assets ofthetharity and hen
for takin8 reasonable stepsforthe prelention and detect￿ of fraud ¥hd otherwre8ulèrl
Approved by theTntstee5 and syed on therbehalf by:
Margaret SLDtt- Chair
l&1 May 2025
REPORT OFThE IN[vEN￿rrA(Clx1￿[AtIT APPOIIITED8Y MTRUSTEESOP4THE AccouKfs OF
PEfERSFIEiD COUNSEWNG SEINICE
During 2024 PC5 appointtsy a FinatKial Assistant to Ma￿ethe0￿.ttrdaV hnandal opwathn ofthe Charlty.
This has resulted in improved tha￿lala)ntrol and ￿tou￿￿b￿ty.
The Ch¥ly was unableto re(n￿ a replacement Treasu￿. Sknon¢&bson ACMA, an accountsntindependent
of thecharity, has rv4wed ihefinanaal inforniatM)n provided by the Dirertorand prepared a set of final
acrounts.
The Independent Examw?er •ppowrted bythe Twstees ai the AGM *12024 sadtydiedjust befo￿the accounts
werefinali5ed it was not P05s*>le to appoint a rep*ement in thetimescale. HoW￿tr, the Trustees
b￿l￿e the 1n¥OP￿nent of an IndepaKlentAcrountant provKle5 adffjuate scrutiny ol thechari￿$ finances.
Isk mo4 2024

PETERSFIELDCOUNSEWNG SERVICE
BALANCE SHEEfAS AT 31st DECEMBER 2024
2024
2024
2024
2023
Unrestricted Fundx
Total
Total
Genernl Doilgnat•d Funds Funth
FIXED ASSErs
Investments
28934
28934
28296
CURRENT ASSETS
Debto
455
455
170
Deposit Fund
781
781
781
Cash 8t 88nk8nd In Hand
20227
20227
13915
Ca8h at 88nk toryoung Familles Project
21463
16540 38003
32228
CURRENT UABILMES
Cr&litors
2767
2767
3242
NET CURRENT ASSErs
18696
16540 35236
28986
NET ASSErs
R•w•*•nt•d By:
Funds as shown on
Balance Brought Fowrd
40550
16732 57282
51421
Unreali88d G8in8 I (Losses)
3056
3056
2418
Surplus l Exces8 on Oper8tions forthe year
47