ALTON COUNSELLING SERVICE

Registered charity 279857 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALTON PASTORAL COUNSELLING SERVICE

Alton Counselling Service aims to provide high quality counselling, for an individually negotiated donation which ensures nobody is refused counselling for financial reasons. We provide a safe environment and an assurance of confidentiality which gives clients the opportunity to talk through and reflect upon difficulties which we can all experience from time to time in life.

Objects

(A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE COUNSELLING TO PERSONS SEEKING HELP FOR EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT BEST PRACTICE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT (B) TO CONDUCT STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO METHODS OF TREATMENT OF SUCH PERSONS THROUGH PSYCHIATRY IN PARTICULAR TO RESEARCH THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COUNSELLING AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH (C) TO OFFER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN COUNSELLING TO QUALIFIED AND TRAINEE COUNSELLORS.

Area of benefit: ALTON, HAMPSHIRE

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 a net profit of £2,946 for the year, with unrestricted cash funds totaling £23,619 at year-end. The charity notes it remains financially stable despite economic pressures and a lack of grant income, having secured an anonymous donation of £10,000. Premises costs were reduced by terminating an unsustainable rental agreement in July 2024.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Alton Counselling Service (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Bothwellchair
• Fiona Strathern Lapraik
• Graham Hill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Warren

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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