COUNSELLING PLUS COMMUNITY

Charity number: 1168634
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Counselling Plus (previously known as Hastings & Rother Counselling Services) provides counselling (primarily) for local residents on low wages and benefits.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £308,615
Total expenditure: £288,759

Total income includes £64,934 from 1 government contract(s) and £128,000 from 5 government grant(s)

People

3 Trustee(s)

18 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:
  • 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:
  • East Sussex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 05 August 2016: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

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
  • 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 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Elizabeth Clare Knight Chair 30 November 2023
None on record
JANET BEALE Trustee 07 October 2024
None on record
Angelica McMillan Trustee 13 October 2022
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £215.11k £243.48k £225.93k £248.87k £308.62k
Total expenditure £214.04k £188.79k £224.07k £250.23k £288.76k
Income from government contracts £64.93k £106.00k £140.00k N/A £64.93k
Income from government grants £18.00k N/A £6.00k £142.50k £128.00k

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 December 2023 04 September 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 04 September 2024 On time
Annual return 31 December 2022 01 June 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 01 June 2023 On time
Annual return 31 December 2021 11 August 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 11 August 2022 On time
Annual return 31 December 2020 08 September 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 08 September 2021 On time
Annual return 31 December 2019 23 September 2020 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 23 September 2020 On time
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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 05 Aug 2016

Charitable objects

(1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED OR DISTRESSED BY THE PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING SERVICE FOR SUCH PERSONS (2) TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN PERSONS IN COUNSELLING SO THAT THEY MAY ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL DISORDERS OR PROBLEMS.

Contact information

Address:
Counselling Plus
48 Cambridge Gardens
HASTINGS
TN34 1EN
Phone:
01424428300
Email:
admin@counsellingplus.org
Website:

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