KINGSTON WOMEN'S CENTRE

Registered charity 1144805 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Kingston Women's Centre provides affordable counselling for women living in Kingston and the surrounding boroughs. The Counselling Service is staffed by volunteer counsellors who provide long-term, one to one counselling.

Objects

THE CHARITYÔÇÖS OBJECTS (ÔÇ£THE OBJECTSÔÇØ) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVEGOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT TO WOMEN IN SUCH PARTS OF KINGSTON, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity carried a deficit of £8,983 for the year ended 30th September 2025, with total income of £126,101 against total expenditure of £135,084. The trustees report that the charity remains in stable financial health, carrying free unrestricted reserves of £68,586, which they consider appropriate to its size and operational needs. The preparation of the accounts is explicitly stated to be on a going concern basis, with the trustees viewing current reserve levels as sufficient to support the charity going forward.

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.

• 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
• 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

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07775753 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• MONKS, Victoria Anne — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• ARYA, Miranda — director, appointed 25/07/2025on trustee list
• BISWAS, Jayita — director, appointed 11/10/2024on trustee list
• SWEETING, Grainne Anne — director, appointed 30/09/2022on trustee list
• DELPESHE, Keisha Ann — director, appointed 01/09/2022on trustee list
• ADAM, Sophie Mccallum — director, appointed 14/02/2022on trustee list
• KHAN, Carey — secretary, appointed 25/07/2025

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Grainne Anne Sweeting · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jayita Biswas · trustee of 1 other charity
• Keisha Delpeshe
• Miranda Arya
• Sophie Adam
• Victoria Anne Monks

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames · Richmond Upon Thames · Southwark · Surrey · Sutton

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BASINGSTOKE AND DISTRICT COUNSELLING SERVICE.

• BASINGSTOKE AND DISTRICT COUNSELLING SERVICE income £429k
• YORK WOMEN'S COUNSELLING SERVICE income £142k
• RELEASE COUNSELLING AND THERAPY FOR WOMEN CIO income £156k
• REIGATE COMMUNITY COUNSELLING CENTRE income £43k
• STOCKPORT WOMENS CENTRE income £641k
• WOMEN'S CENTRE income £173k

Side by side with its peers

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