UMBRELLA COUNSELLING EAST MIDLANDS CIO

Registered charity 1200745 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UMBRELLA COUNSELLING EAST MIDLANDS CIC

We are based in Grantham, Lincolnshire.We offer one to one counselling to anyone who has been affected by recent or non recent sexual violence.We provide training to counsellors to support their continued professional development, as well as supervised volunteering/counselling hours to trainee counsellors.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE EAST MIDLANDS IMPACTED AND AFFECTED BY RAPE, SEXUAL ABUSE, AND/OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE, THEIR FAMILIES/CARERS, PRIMARILY THROUGH:A) PROVIDING TRAUMA COUNSELLING SESSIONS; B) PROVIDING TRAINING TO COUNSELLORS AND SUPERVISED VOLUNTEERING/COUNSELLING HOURS TO TRAINEE COUNSELLORS TO ENHANCE PROVISION AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY THE ABOVE.

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds held by the charity were £58,401.38 at the end of the period, against a trustee policy target of one to three months of core costs. The charity reported a net surplus of £53,013.42 for the year, having received £179,485.87 in receipts against payments of £126,472.45.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Alexander Ballentinechair
• Laura Joanknecht
• Sarah Louise Gibson
• Victoria Holden
• Victoria Katherine Stephenson

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

Operates in: Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire · Peterborough City · Rutland

Income and spending

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