COUNSELLING PLUS COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1168634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Counselling Plus (previously known as Hastings & Rother Counselling Services) provides counselling (primarily) for local residents on low wages and benefits.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED OR DISTRESSED BY THE PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING SERVICE FOR SUCH PERSONS (2) TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN PERSONS IN COUNSELLING SO THAT THEY MAY ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL DISORDERS OR PROBLEMS.

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 reported a deficit of £46,795 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £83,079. The trustees note that income received in 2025 was used for ongoing projects in 2026, leading to a reduction in reserves below the agreed policy target. The trustees have instigated plans to reinstate the reserves policy as soon as possible.

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 4 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Clare Knightchair
• JANET BEALE
• Susan Manwaring

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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