OFF THE RECORD

Registered charity 508061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Free confidential counselling service for young people between the ages of 10-28.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF TAMESIDE, GLOSSOP AND OLDHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT SUFFERING CAUSED BY MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH OR BY SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING A COUNSELLING SERVICE IN TAMESIDE, GLOSSOP, OLDHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS FOR THE GIVING OF INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP COUNSELLING AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.

Area of benefit: TAMESIDE, GLOSSOP, OLDHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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 that unrestricted reserves stood at £146,138, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining approximately £80,000 (representing two to three months of running costs). Although the charity reported a net income increase of £51,366 compared to the prior year's deficit, the trustees note a general loss of funding from larger contracts over the past three years and identify long-term dependence on short-term grant funding as a major risk.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Hansfordchair
• Judith Mary Foxton
• Paul Alan Quinn

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

Operates in: Oldham · Tameside

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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