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.

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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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein 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

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BARNWOOD TRUST1£130k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST1£25k
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY1£15k
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION1£10k

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
CHELMSFORD COUNSELLING FOUNDATION£268k0unclearno doubt
THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION FY2024£2.1m2unclearno doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNSELLING SERVICE FY2025£917k0withinno doubt
Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions FY2024£295k0aboveno doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY FY2025£14.3mbelowno doubt
CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.9m0unclearno doubt

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