THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1014988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HERTS. & BEDS. COUNSELLING FOUNDATION, HERTS. & BEDS. PASTORAL FOUNDATION
The provision of counselling, education and training in counselling, and the promotion of better mental health and pyschological wellbeing.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £185,600 for the year ended 31 December 2024, building on a five-year progression of net income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,310,600, representing 7.7 months of average expenditure, which the trustees consider adequate and above their minimum policy target of six months.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“There were two employees whose emoluments exceeded £60,000 (2023: nil).” — page 26
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6 months’ expenditure in non-property related reserves (held: £1.3m)
“its reserves policy is to continue the work of the recent years to further enhance its financial resilience where reasonably possible to do so, to provide some financial buffer above its base target of 6 months’ expenditure in non-property related reserves.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Mercer & Hole LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2023) → 2 (FY2024).
Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Counselling Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~10.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Anne Markey
- Antony George Cates · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Wendy Molefi-Youri
- Jacqueline Williams
- Mandy Macqueen
- Richard Clarke
- Sean Robinson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bedford · Hertfordshire · Luton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £185,600 for the year ended 31 December 2024, building on a five-year progression of net income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,310,600, representing 7.7 months of average expenditure, which the trustees consider adequate and above their minimum policy target of six months. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Mercer & Hole LLP.
Who funds THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY.
Known funders
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