COUNSEL AND CARE FOR THE ELDERLY

Registered charity 203429 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COUNSEL AND CARE, ELDERLY INVALIDS' FUND

COUNSEL AND CARE IS A NATIONAL CHARITY WORKING WITH OLDER PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS TO GET THE BEST CARE AND SUPPORT. AS PART OF INDEPENDENT AGE WE PROVIDE PERSONALISED, IN-DEPTH ADVICE AND INFORMATION, WHICH INFORMS OUR RESEARCH AND CAMPAIGNING

Objects

TO ASSIST BY MEANS DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE TO ELDERLY INVALIDS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER HELP. TO ALLEVIATE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AMONGST ELDERLY INVALIDS BY ANY MEANS CONSIDERED NECESSARY FROM TIME TO TIME AND DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2,166 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £3,190. The trustees confirm that reserves are held in accordance with a policy stating they shall not exceed twelve months' planned expenditure. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees expressing reasonable expectation that the charity will continue in operation and meet its liabilities.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00645708

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HERKLOTS, Helena Rebecca — director, appointed 15/09/2026on trustee list
• ELLIOTT, Joan Martina — director, appointed 01/06/2023on trustee list
• WADD, Clare Helen — secretary, appointed 07/12/2023

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• HELENA HERKLOTS
• Joan Elliott · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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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 CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE.

• CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE income £275k
• THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• COMMUNITY COUNSELLING income £48k
• ELDERLY ACCOMMODATION COUNSEL income £169k
• COUNSELLING PASTORAL TRUST income £56k
• YOUR VOICE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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