CHELMSFORD COUNSELLING FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1088283
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Chelmsford Counselling foundation provides affordable counselling to members of the community and trains counsellors to BACP accredited standards.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income: £252,590
Total expenditure: £281,951

People

4 Trustee(s)

7 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:
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 31 August 2001: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
04147006 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases 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

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dimitra Theodoropoulou Trustee 26 May 2023
None on record
Jagjeet Panesar Trustee 25 November 2022
None on record
Caroline Louise Travis Trustee 21 November 2022
None on record
Arvinder Paul Singh Mudhar Trustee 18 March 2022
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £283.63k £330.42k £336.18k £290.04k £252.59k
Total expenditure £320.77k £328.46k £298.27k £293.58k £281.95k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £726 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 August 2024 13 February 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 13 February 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 20 May 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 20 May 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 01 February 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 01 February 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 02 February 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 02 February 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2020 01 February 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 03 February 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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 24TH JANUARY 2001 AND AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23RD JULY 2001

Charitable objects

1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS 2) TO CONDUCT STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO METHODS OF TREATMENT OF SUCH PERSONS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH 3) TO TRAIN PERSONS IN COUNSELLING SO THAT THEY MAY TREAT PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
42 CEDAR AVENUE
CHELMSFORD
CM1 2QH
Phone:
01245284890
Email:
admin@chelmsfordcounselling.org.uk
Website:

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