HIGHGATE COUNSELLING CENTRE

Registered charity 289420 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The prinicipal objective is to maintain, without profit, a centre where any person in need can, if necessary free of cost, obtain professional counselling with personal problems of all kinds.

Objects

TO CONDUCT AND MAINTAIN A CENTRE WITHOUT A PROFIT WHERE ANY PERSON IN NEED CAN FREE OF COST OBTAIN COUNSEL, ADVICE, COMFORT AND HELP WITH PERSONAL PROBLEMS OF ALL KINDS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £49,150 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £198,525 to £149,375. Despite this loss, the trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Highgate Counselling Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Elizabeth Finch
• Nicholas Alexander Nicolaides
• Nicholas Cobill · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sheena Fawcett
• VIVIEN WILKINSON

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

Operates in: Haringey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION TRUST.

• CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION TRUST income £1.9m
• FRIENDS OF HIGHGATE SCHOOL SOCIETY income £149k
• HIGHGATE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £150k
• HIGHGATE HARRIERS income £226k
• OPEN DOOR YOUTH COUNSELLING LTD income £144k
• THE MINSTER CENTRE income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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