THE STOCKWELL CENTRE (COLCHESTER) LIMITED

Registered charity 291433 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Psychotherapy & Counselling

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL OR EMOTIONAL DISORDER BY THE USE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHODYNAMIC COUNSELLING AND OTHER SUITABLE TECHNIQUES AND GENERALLY TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE WORK IN THE RELIEF OF SUCH PATIENTS AND TO PROVIDE THE AFORESAID TREATMENT TO IMPECUNIOUS PATIENTS EITHER AT REDUCED FEES OR FREE OF CHARGE. 2. TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC, PSYCHODYNAMIC COUNSELLING AND OTHER SIMILAR TECHNIQUES, SUCH TRAINING TO BE GIVEN TO PROFESSIONAL PERSONS ALREADY INVOLVED IN VOLUNTARY OR STATUTORY SCHEMES FOR THE RELIEF OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds exceeded expenditure by £10,780 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a net asset position of £176,097. The trustees report that reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to 26 weeks' expenditure, which they consider sufficient to continue activities in the event of a significant drop in funding. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr JOANNA BISDEE
• Dr SEBASTIAN RANDALL
• Iris Brenda Clements
• NIGEL CORNES
• ROBERT BARTHOLOMEW

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

Operates in: Essex · Suffolk

Income and spending

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