CHELMSFORD COUNSELLING FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1088283 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Chelmsford Counselling foundation provides affordable counselling to members of the community and trains counsellors to BACP accredited standards.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS2) TO CONDUCT STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO METHODS OF TREATMENT OF SUCH PERSONS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH3) TO TRAIN PERSONS IN COUNSELLING SO THAT THEY MAY TREAT PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS

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

Latest income

£268k

Latest spending

£285k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £17,334 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a reduction from the previous year's deficit of £29,361. Total net assets stood at £854,347, with unrestricted reserves of £48,329, which the trustees consider satisfactory against their policy target of 2 to 3 months of annual expenditure. The charity remains solvent with sufficient funds to continue as a going concern.

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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04147006

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.

THEODOROPOULOU, Dimitra — director, appointed 26/05/2023on trustee list
PANESAR, Jagjeet Singh — director, appointed 25/11/2022on trustee list
TRAVIS, Caroline Louise — director, appointed 23/11/2022on trustee list
MUDHAR, Arvinder Paul Singh — director, appointed 18/03/2022on trustee list
MAXFIELD, Julie Lynne — secretary, appointed 11/06/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Arvinder Paul Singh Mudhar
Caroline Louise Travis
Dimitra Theodoropoulou
Jagjeet Panesar

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£268k	£285k
31/08/2024	£253k	£282k
31/08/2023	£290k	£294k
31/08/2022	£336k	£298k
31/08/2021	£330k	£328k

Common questions

Is CHELMSFORD COUNSELLING FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £17,334 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a reduction from the previous year's deficit of £29,361. Total net assets stood at £854,347, with unrestricted reserves of £48,329, which the trustees consider satisfactory against their policy target of 2 to 3 months of annual expenditure. The charity remains solvent with sufficient funds to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BARNWOOD TRUST	1	£161k
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY	1	£15k
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION income £2.1m
GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNSELLING SERVICE income £917k
Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions income £252k
CHELMSFORD CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £276k
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY income £15.3m
CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION TRUST income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHELMSFORD COUNSELLING FOUNDATION	£268k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION FY2024	£2.1m	—	2	unclear	—	no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNSELLING SERVICE FY2025	£917k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions FY2025	£252k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHELMSFORD CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025	£276k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY FY2025	£15.3m	—	—	below	—	no doubt

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