SANDHURST COUNSELLING SERVICE

Registered charity 1143572 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of Counselling Service in the area of Sandhurst Berks

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN SANDHURST AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL STRESS IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: 3.1 BY THE PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING SERVICE WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS; 3.2 BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND SUPERVISION FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN COUNSELLING ON BEHALF OF THE CHARITY; AND 3.3 BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND STUDY FACILITIES FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN COUNSELLING ON BEHALF OF THE CHARITY AND THE GENERAL COMMUNITY.

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 operated at a deficit of £5,515 for the seven months to July 2025 due to the loss of council funding. Per the trustees' report, the charity suspended operations to redesign its financial model and successfully restarted services in September 2025 relying on client contributions. The trustees confirmed that sufficient reserves were maintained to cover closure costs during the suspension 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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID ROBIN PERCIVAL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Eric George Wilkinson
• Gill Birch
• Ian Chambers
• Martin Thomas
• Nicola Jane Thomas
• SARAH ASHTON

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).