ASHFORD COUNSELLING SERVICE (CIO)

Registered charity 1169322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASHFORD COUNSELLING SERVICE, ASHFORD COUNSELLING SERVICE LIMITED

1. TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND/OR EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS (IN SUCH WAYS AS THE AGENCY PERSONNEL THINK FIT).2. TO CONDUCT STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO METHODS OF TREATMENT OF SUCH PERSONS.3. 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.

Objects

(1) TO ASSIST PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES. (2) TO CONDUCT STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO METHODS OF HELPING SUCH PERSONS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH. (3) TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING TO COUNSELLORS AND OTHERS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ashford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £6,035.68 for the year, driven by expenditure exceeding income of £64,398.44. Despite this loss, the trustees report that bank accounts remained in a positive situation with net assets of £102,164.07. The charity relies heavily on client contributions and grants to fund its operations, noting that it does not receive year-on-year grants from statutory funders.

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
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: ASHFORD COUNSELLING SERVICE Companies House CE025157

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ashford Counselling Service (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).

• Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust — “We are grateful for support from Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £25k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Darren John Sharpechair
• Christopher James Stanley
• Dr Anthony John Rampton
• Michelle Hamer Dr
• Neil Richard Bedwell
• Susan Smith

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TALK COUNSELLING CIO.

• TALK COUNSELLING CIO income £27k
• ASHFORD BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE income £246k
• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k
• ADVOCACY FOCUS income £2.6m
• BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY income £15.3m
• THE ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.