SEVENOAKS CHRISTIAN COUNSELLING SERVICE

Registered charity 288191 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. Counselling individuals, couples and family groups, including children and teenagers in a wide range of situations : mental and emotional issues, serious illness, post-trauma, marital and relationship problems, etc.2. In-service training of counsellors and others working in the field.3. The professional supervision of counsellors. Area: West Kent, East and West Sussex, Bromley, Bexley etc

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£130k
Latest spending
£122k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a modest surplus of £8,100 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £52,428. The trustees report that these reserves represent around five months' worth of total expenditure, providing confidence in meeting obligations over the next twelve months. However, the trustees note that the continued receipt of grants at previous levels cannot be guaranteed.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: five months’ worth of total expenditure (held: £52k)
“with reserves standing at some £54k, representing around five months’ worth of total expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · East Sussex · Kent · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£130k£122k
31/01/2024£119k£134k
31/01/2023£102k£101k
31/01/2022£95k£94k
31/01/2021£94k£95k

Common questions

Is SEVENOAKS CHRISTIAN COUNSELLING SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a modest surplus of £8,100 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £52,428. The trustees report that these reserves represent around five months' worth of total expenditure, providing confidence in meeting obligations over the next twelve months. However, the trustees note that the continued receipt of grants at previous levels cannot be guaranteed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SEVENOAKS CHRISTIAN COUNSELLING SERVICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SEVENOAKS CHRISTIAN COUNSELLING SERVICE as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, SEVENOAKS.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2025£8kFunding for Deputy Head of Counselling
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2024£10kFunding for Deputy Head of Counselling salary

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN'S SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SEVENOAKS CHRISTIAN COUNSELLING SERVICE£130k—0above—no doubt
BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN'S SOCIETY FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
Relationship Therapy North FY2025£376k—0within—no doubt
SUNDERLAND COUNSELLING SERVICE FY2025£6.6m——above—no doubt
SPACE Counselling Chesterfield FY2025£323k—0unclear—noted
Eye to Eye Counselling Service FY2025£686k—0unclear—no doubt

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