THE ENFIELD COUNSELLING SERVICE

Registered charity 1003589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides counselling and training

Objects

(1)RELIEVE PERSONS LIVING OR WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD AND THE ADJOINING NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, BY THE PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING SERVICE; (2)TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN PERSONS IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF COUNSELLING AS AFORESAID.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD AND THE ADJOINING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Enfield, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £25,798 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £337,687. Unrestricted reserves increased to £142,225, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue as a going concern. The majority of income was derived from fees for counselling services and training, with staff costs being the largest expenditure category.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Enfield Counselling Service (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JULIA WATSONchair
• Patrick Madigan

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Enfield

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION.

• THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• TONBRIDGE COUNSELLING SERVICE income £136k
• COUNSELLING PASTORAL TRUST income £56k
• CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION TRUST income £1.9m
• ONE TO ONE (ENFIELD) income £223k
• FRONTLINE MINISTRIES ENFIELD TRUST income £74k

Side by side with its peers

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