BASINGSTOKE AND DISTRICT COUNSELLING SERVICE

Registered charity 1197373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCS

BCS provide affordable counselling to vulnerable people in the Basingstoke area, who not otherwise be able to gain access to such support.We also provide training courses on counselling up to Diploma level for those wishing to follow a career in counselling.

Objects

(A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ILL HEALTH IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CIO THINKS FIT; AND(B) TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE ENGAGED OR WISHING TO BE ENGAGED IN COUNSELLING.

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 net income of £41,691 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit. However, the charity holds negative unrestricted reserves of £149,768, indicating that its accumulated liabilities exceed its assets. The trustees report that financial strength has strengthened through increased income and disciplined cost management, with plans to repay outstanding loans and stabilize rent.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Fradley Bellischair
• Camilla Lovell-Hoare
• Joanna Mary Hopkins
• Julian Frederick Charles Cracknell
• Martin Jon Green
• Samir Kotecha

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

Operates in: Hampshire

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 BASINGSTOKE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED.

• THE BASINGSTOKE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED income £488k
• THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• BASINGSTOKE VOLUNTARY ACTION income £555k
• CHELMSFORD COUNSELLING FOUNDATION income £268k
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNSELLING SERVICE income £917k
• BASINGSTOKE GYMNASTICS CLUB income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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