COMMUNITY COUNSELLING

Registered charity 1049519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Counselling and training in East London

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SEVERE OR PROLONGED DEPRESSION WHICH THREATENS THEIR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL STABILITY.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF CLASSES IN COUNSELLING.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £254 for the year ended 31st May 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £18,570 to £18,315. The trustees maintain a policy to retain sufficient reserves to fund activities for the year ahead, with current reserves held at £18,315. The charity did not receive any public funding or grants during the year, relying instead on donations and fundraising.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2023 (received 02/04/2024, 2 days after the 31/03/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Damian Castellochair
• Clare Caroline Jane Hawes
• Jennifer Anne O'Connor
• LOVA RAJAONARIMANANA
• Maria Spyrou
• Nadayna Alexander-Johnson
• Rachel Remedios
• Rosemary Margaret Williams
• Sally Jane Higgs
• Sharon Patricia Anderson
• Vincent Foxcroft
• Will Buckley

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Hackney · Newham · Redbridge · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY CONCERN LONDON.

• COMMUNITY CONCERN LONDON income £934
• ANCHOR-THE COUNSELLING PRACTICE income £363k
• TAMESIDE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LTD income £467k
• COUNSELLING PASTORAL TRUST income £56k
• CITIZENS ADVICE IN NORTH & WEST KENT income £2.1m
• COMMUNITY MONEY ADVICE LTD income £512k

Side by side with its peers

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