HBBS COUNSELLING

Registered charity 1198645 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAVERING AND BRENTWOOD BEREAVEMENT SERVICE

Provides counselling services to children and adults

Objects

To relieve children and adults in need, primarily in Havering and Brentwood, who are suffering from the effects of bereavement or other loss by provision of counselling services and support

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 an operating loss of £69,539 for the year, driven by a significant increase in staff wages and operational costs amidst rising inflation. Despite this loss, unrestricted reserves stood at £67,128, which the trustees confirm is above their stated policy target of 2.4 months of operating costs. The trustees acknowledge the financial pressures but maintain that the charity will continue in business, noting that reserves are regularly reviewed to ensure sustainability.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery — “HBBS Counselling, Havering Volunteer Centre and Ardleigh Green Family Centre are delighted to be working together on a National Lottery fund…” (source page)

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian David Sheridanchair
• Dr Heather Churchill
• James Cantle · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Hall
• Kelly Harman
• alan Finch

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STAFFORDSHIRE COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES.

• STAFFORDSHIRE COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES income £526k
• CYLCH MEITHRIN Y GELLI income £127k
• RIVERSIDE COUNSELLING SERVICE income £246k
• STAFFORDSHIRE SOUTH WEST CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.5m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, CAMBRIDGE income £1.8m
• ANGEL SMILE COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES income £799k

Side by side with its peers

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