WATERLOO COMMUNITY COUNSELLING

Registered charity 1045444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WCC

To relieve the mental suffering and distress of persons in need by reason of illness or emotional distress in the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark and their environs, through the provision of counselling, psychotherapy, and support.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF ILLNESS OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF LAMBETH AND SOUTHWARK AND THEIR ENVIRONS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, PSYCHOTHERAPY AND SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGHS OF LAMBETH AND SOUTHWARK AND THEIR ENVIRONS

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £40,727 and total net assets of £217,996. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £150,977, which is below the stated policy target of £180,022. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern despite noting financial challenges ahead.

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 5 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
• Investing charity funds 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

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Waterloo Community Counselling (matched by registered charity number).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (63% 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: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hazel Flynnchair
• John Davis
• LYNNE DWEENA JOAN BROWN
• Laura Phillips
• Taiwo Olukunle Soretire
• Tarrance Ryder-Downes

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WATERLOO ACTION CENTRE.

• WATERLOO ACTION CENTRE income £203k
• SOMERSET COUNSELLING CENTRE income £476k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WATERLOO income £1.0m
• THE BRIDGE AT WATERLOO income £131k
• WELLSPRING COUNSELLING LIMITED income £204k
• TALK COUNSELLING CIO income £27k

Side by side with its peers

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