BEDFORD COUNSELLING CENTRE

Charity Number: 1154339

Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Affordable counselling for Bedfordshire

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £45,087

Total expenditure: £46,586

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 Advocacy/advice/information

Where the charity operates:

Bedford

Governance

Registration history:

25 October 2013: CIO registration
06 May 2025: Removed (Removed by application)
06 May 2025: Funds transferred to 1191105 BRIDGE COUNSELLING
06 May 2025: Funds transferred to 1053008 Bedfordshire Open Door

Organisation type:

CIO

Other names:

BCC (Working name)

Gift aid:

Recognised by HMRC for gift aid

Other regulators:

No information available

Policies:

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

Financial history

Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure	31/12/2019	31/12/2020	31/12/2021	31/12/2022	31/12/2023
Total gross income	£78.51k	£77.87k	£39.85k	£47.23k	£45.09k
Total expenditure	£78.13k	£54.17k	£56.81k	£61.93k	£46.59k
Income from government contracts	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Income from government grants	£12.50k	£5.20k	£5.20k	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
Annual return	31 December 2023	05 November 2024	5 days late
Accounts and TAR	31 December 2023	05 November 2024	5 days late
Annual return	31 December 2022	23 October 2023	On Time
Accounts and TAR	31 December 2022	23 October 2023	On Time
Annual return	31 December 2021	21 September 2022	On Time
Accounts and TAR	31 December 2021	21 September 2022	On Time
Annual return	31 December 2020	06 October 2021	On Time
Accounts and TAR	31 December 2020	06 October 2021	On Time
Annual return	31 December 2019	29 July 2020	On Time
Accounts and TAR	31 December 2019	29 July 2020	On Time

Submit annual return

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.

CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 25 OCT 2013 AMENDED ON 23 APR 2022

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (1)TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A COUNSELLING CENTRE FOR ADULTS IN BEDFORDSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS; (2) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THROUGH THE PROVISION LOW-COST COUNSELLING TO PERSONS WHO THROUGH LACK OF MEANS WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH COUNSELLING; (3) TO PROVIDE CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES TO THE COUNSELLORS INCLUDING TRAINEE COUNSELLORS, WHO ARE CONTRACTED AT BEDFORD COUNSELLING CENTRE AND TO THOSE PRACTISING IN OTHER ORGANISATIONS OR PRIVATELY, IN BEDFORDSHIRE OR BEYOND; (4)TO ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF COUNSELLING BY PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL SUPERVISION FOR QUALIFIED AND TRAINEE COUNSELLORS, IN ORDER TO STAY AT THE FOREFRONT OF GOOD CLINICAL AND ETHICAL PRACTICE.