Cogwheel Counselling

Registered charity 1157141 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE COGWHEEL TRUST CIO

The Cogwheel Trust endeavours to carry out its mission by: Providing a range of counselling and psychotherapy services, including a substantial proportion of subsidised places for those on low income; Improving access to counselling and psychotherapy services (our own and the services of other providers in the region); Promoting emotional and psychological well-being.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £54,467, which is below the charity's stated policy target of £56,000. The trustees note that the charity's finances are precarious without free reserves and are working to maintain reserves to be compliant with the required standard. The charity has designated £31,000 of unrestricted funds to a Commitments Fund to help with the anticipated costs of a well-ordered closure should the charity need to cease operations.

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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Alfred Haines Charitable Trust — “Alfred Haines Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Cole Charitable Trust — “Cole Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Diocese of Ely – Church of England — “Diocese of Ely – Church of England” (source page)
• Sawston Parish Council — “Sawston Parish Council” (source page)
• Redmayne Arnold & Harris — “Redmayne Arnold & Harris” (source page)
• The Barnaby Obey Trust — “The Barnaby Obey Trust” (source page)
• Cambridgeshire Community Foundation — “Cambridgeshire Community Foundation” (source page)
• The Marsh Charitable Trust — “The Marsh Charitable Trust” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/09/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emily Argentchair
• Caroline Harper Jantuah
• DAVID MICHAEL GELSON FARRER · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr David Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Elisabeth Anne Silver · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Elizabeth Julia Proctor · trustee of 1 other charity
• JEREMY WILLIAM BARNETT FCA
• Rev Mark Adrian Burleigh

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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