TONBRIDGE COUNSELLING SERVICE

Registered charity 1155690 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TCS

Therapeutic counselling and training in counselling

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE IN NEED IN TONBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY WAY OF A PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING SERVICE BASED ON A CHRISTIAN ETHOS.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING IN COUNSELLING

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

Registered contact address: Tonbridge and Malling, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £35,179, an increase from the previous year's £30,473. Unrestricted income rose significantly to £123,012 from £64,623, driven largely by a doubling of client counselling fees. While the charity continues to rely on grants and unrestricted reserves to fund its Assisted Places scheme, the accounts indicate a stable financial position with adequate cash funds.

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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tonbridge Counselling Service (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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

• John Barrchair
• Andy Simmonds BSC FCA
• Katie Rebecca Clayton
• Tony Atkinson

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• THE ENFIELD COUNSELLING SERVICE income £338k
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• TAX ADVISERS' CHARITABLE TRUST income £37k

Side by side with its peers

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