COUNSELLING PASTORAL TRUST

Registered charity 1027526 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COUNSELLING AND PRAYER TOWER TRUST, COUNSELLING AND PRAYER TRUST

Counselling and training

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Latest income

£56k

Latest spending

£53k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,287 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £56,251 and total expenditure of £52,964. The trustees confirm that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The charity is working towards its reserves policy target of £12,500 in free reserves to cover three months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable funding & Donations

“Charitable funding & Donations (including former beneficiaries)” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The Charity is working towards £12,500 free reserves to cover 3 months expenditure. The Trustees will be addressing the matter of increasing these Funds within the next two years to the level required by the above policy.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02848495

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

BLYTHE, Alexander Robert — director, appointed 29/09/2024on trustee list
VASEY, Cathy Mary — director, appointed 24/11/2014on trustee list
SHORTT, Lissa Gaye — director, appointed 10/06/2003on trustee list
EXTON, John Michael — secretary, appointed 30/11/2016

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexander Blythe
Cathy Vasey
Dr AGNES SHEILA SULLIVAN · trustee of 1 other charity
LISSA GAYE SHORTT

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£56k	£53k
31/08/2024	£99k	£87k
31/08/2023	£109k	£116k
31/08/2022	£86k	£123k
31/08/2021	£123k	£122k

Common questions

Is COUNSELLING PASTORAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,287 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £56,251 and total expenditure of £52,964. The trustees confirm that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The charity is working towards its reserves policy target of £12,500 in free reserves to cover three months of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COUNSELLING PASTORAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COUNSELLING PASTORAL TRUST as a grant recipient include DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY	FY2022	£1k	Grants to organisations