WESSEX COUNSELLING SERVICE

Registered charity 1056310 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Wessex Counselling & Psychotherapy provides low cost professional counselling in Frome and the surrounding area in Bath, Bristol and Street. We also provide diploma level psychodynamic counselling training and post graduate psychotherapy training in Frome.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PSYCHOLIGICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH: 1) BY PROVIDING COUNSELLING TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM PHYSCOLOGICAL OR EMOTIONAL ILLNESS OR DISTRESS. 2) BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH COUNSELLING. 3) BY UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO AND STUDY OF SUCH ILLNESS AND DISTRESS AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND STUDY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £17,403 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £190,064 to £172,661. The trustees' report notes that reserves were over 9% down on the previous year and highlights significant staff recruitment problems and budget control issues during the period.

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
• Financial reserves 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
• Volunteer management

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Kelsochair
• Hannah Patchett
• Karen de Groot
• Tamsin Bruce-Gardyne

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).