CONNECT COUNSELLING SERVICE

Charity number: 1042852
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Connect provides professional counselling, within a Christian ethos to individual adults, couples and family groups irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, religion or ethnic origin.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £139,593
Total expenditure: £145,584

Total income includes £5,999 from 3 government grant(s)

People

5 Trustee(s)

65 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Bracknell Forest
  • Hampshire
  • Surrey
  • West Berkshire
  • Wokingham

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 December 1994: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • CONNECT (Working name)
  • CONNECT CHRISTIAN COUNSELLING SERVICE (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Jonathan Paul Shepard Chair 14 January 2026
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WONERSH WITH BLACKHEATH
Received: On time
Jose Benedict Dias Trustee 05 December 2025
None on record
Dr Ines Maria Banos Estevez Trustee 16 July 2024
None on record
Robert Jackson Trustee 06 July 2022
None on record
Alison Mary de Winter Trustee 10 January 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £86.88k £80.89k £123.92k £107.89k £139.59k
Total expenditure £83.72k £85.93k £102.95k £141.75k £145.58k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £2.50k £20.25k N/A £500 £6.00k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 22 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 22 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 27 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 27 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 29 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 29 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 19 July 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 19 July 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 13 October 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 13 October 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

TRUST DEED DATED 05/11/1994 AS AMENDED ON 28/06/2012

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN CAMBERLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL STRESS IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: (I) BY THE PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING SERVICE IN A CHRISTIAN CONTEXT; (II) BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND SUPERVISION FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN COUNSELLING ON BEHALF OF THE TRUST FUND AND THE GENERAL CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY; AND (III) BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND STUDY FACILITIES FOR THOSE CHRISTIANS INVOLVED IN COUNSELLING ON BEHALF OF THE TRUST FUND AND THE GENERAL COMMUNITY

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

CAMBERLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Contact information

Address:
8 PORTESBERY ROAD
CAMBERLEY
SURREY
GU15 3TA
Phone:
0127624210
Email:
info@connectcounselling.org.uk
Website:

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