INSPIRE COUNSELLING AND TRAINING LIMITED

Registered charity 1068491 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INSPIRE, INSPIRE CHRISTIAN COUNSELLING

The principal activities of the charity are the provision of professional Counselling Services with a Christian ethos, and provision of professional and informal training in counselling and related skills.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £7,036 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £38,934 to £31,898. Despite this moderate financial loss, the trustees report that they have maintained a prudent financial approach and secured grant funding to support sustainability. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03510939

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.

• PLATT, Peter — director, appointed 02/10/2025on trustee list
• DOWSETT, Beverley Jayne — director, appointed 21/05/2025on trustee list
• SAUNDERS, Jocelyn Patricia — director, appointed 21/05/2025on trustee list
• BARRATT, Catherine — director, appointed 16/02/2022on trustee list
• FORSDIKE, Alan William, Rev — director, appointed 26/11/2020on trustee list
• BUCHANAN, Alison Jane — director, appointed 01/09/2020on trustee list
• BARRATT, Catherine — secretary, appointed 11/11/2024

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON JANE BUCHANAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Beverley Jayne Dowsett
• Catherine Barratt
• Jocelyn Patricia Saunders
• Peter Mark Platt
• Rev Alan William Forsdike · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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