ABACUS COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT

Charity Number: 1163844
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING IN ESSEX BY PROVIDING, DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING AN AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE COUNSELLING SERVICE, WITH RELEVANT AND ASSESSED SUPPORT.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £18,032
Total expenditure: £22,490

People

7 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

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex
  • Southend-on-sea
  • Thurrock

Governance

Registration history:
  • 06 October 2015: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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 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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
LESLEY ANN BUTCHER Chair 13 May 2014
None on record
Carolyn Williams Trustee 17 January 2024
None on record
Paula Buck Trustee 26 May 2022
None on record
Brenda Joan Lewis Trustee 25 January 2021
None on record
David James Bannister Trustee 25 January 2021
None on record
NICHOLAS ANTHONY CHARD B.Sc MBACP Trustee 29 January 2019
None on record
JANICE LYONS Trustee 14 May 2015
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £9.81k £9.45k £7.87k £32.74k £18.03k
Total expenditure £8.93k £3.92k £10.74k £17.47k £22.49k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £9.46k 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 March 2024 31 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 31 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 26 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 26 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 16 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 16 January 2023 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2021 10 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 10 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 25 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 25 January 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.

CIO - Foundation Registered 06 Oct 2015

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING IN SOUTH ESSEX BY PROVIDING, DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING AN AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE COUNSELLING SERVICE.

Area of benefit

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

LOCAL

Contact information

Address:
EVANGELICAL CHURCH
WEST ROAD
SHOEBURYNESS
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
SS3 9EF
Phone:
07910 261780
Email:
info@abacuscounsellingandsupport.co.uk
Website:

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