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CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1056420 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C C P E

Education and Training, providing low cost/free counselling

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Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net expenditure for the year, with total income of £1,928,287 against total expenditure of £1,921,091, resulting in a small net gain of £8,133. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains strong reserves of £594,605, including £492,781 in the bank, which they note they can draw upon to restrict and reduce expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Rent of £540,000 payable to trustee Nigel Hamilton for property occupied by the charity.
“Rent of £540,000 (2024: £370,000) was payable to Mr Nigel Hamilton in respect of the property owned by him and occupied by the charity.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent payable to trustee
“Rent of £540,000 (2024: £370,000) was payable to Mr Nigel Hamilton in respect of the property owned by him and occupied by the charity. It is estimated that the property could be let out annually for the same use in the open market for a rental of at least £750,000.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£595k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (76% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.9m£1.9m
31/03/2024£1.7m£1.6m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.2m£1.2m

Common questions

Is CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net expenditure for the year, with total income of £1,928,287 against total expenditure of £1,921,091, resulting in a small net gain of £8,133. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains strong reserves of £594,605, including £492,781 in the bank, which they note they can draw upon to restrict and reduce expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE S M B TRUST2£4k
THE JD FOUNDATION1£561k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION1£355k
THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£300k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£182k
THE LINBURY TRUST1£150k
THE 3 TS CHARITABLE TRUST1£135k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£100k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION TRUST£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION FY2024£2.1m—2unclear—no doubt
BRITISH PSYCHOTHERAPY FOUNDATION FY2025£2.8m£130,001 - £140,000—within—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY FY2025£14.3m——below—no doubt
Chiltern Nursery and Training College FY2025£2.8m£80,001 - £90,0001within—no doubt
YOUNG MINDS TRUST FY2025£7.9m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.