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.

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

Latest income

£365k

Latest spending

£364k

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £226 for the year, resulting in total funds of £198,525. The trustees note that the reduction in training applications was unclear but likely influenced by inflation and competition. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £197,450 against a restricted fund balance of £1,075.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£365k	£364k
31/12/2023	£371k	£345k
31/12/2022	£330k	£279k
31/12/2021	£306k	£297k
31/12/2020	£263k	£266k

Common questions

Is HIGHGATE COUNSELLING CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £226 for the year, resulting in total funds of £198,525. The trustees note that the reduction in training applications was unclear but likely influenced by inflation and competition. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £197,450 against a restricted fund balance of £1,075. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

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
OPEN DOOR YOUTH COUNSELLING LTD income £144k
THE MINSTER CENTRE income £2.0m
NEWGATE CHURCH - MILTON KEYNES income £121k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HIGHGATE COUNSELLING CENTRE	£365k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£1.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF HIGHGATE SCHOOL SOCIETY FY2025	£149k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HIGHGATE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2023	£150k	—	above	—	no doubt
OPEN DOOR YOUTH COUNSELLING LTD FY2025	£144k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE MINSTER CENTRE FY2025	£2.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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