ANCHOR-THE COUNSELLING PRACTICE

Registered charity 1128195 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING SERVICE IN THE UK AND ANY OTHER ANCILLARY SERVICES WHICH MAY FACILITATE OR IMPROVE THE SERVICE

Area of benefit: IN THE UK

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is winding up with closure expected by September 2026 due to a material uncertainty regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Unrestricted reserves have fallen to £105,930 from £281,486 the previous year, driven by a net deficit of £175,556 against incoming resources of £39,021. The trustees acknowledge that sufficient assured funding is no longer available to sustain operations beyond the current 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 3 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 26/03/2024, 55 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (100% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham · Hounslow

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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