The Counselling Foundation

Registered charity 1014988 Registered since 1992

Operates: Hertfordshire, Bedford, Luton

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

Anne Markey since 2024
Antony George Cates since 2021
Dr Wendy Molefi-Youri since 2019
Jacqueline Williams since 2024
Mandy Macqueen since 2017
Richard Clarke since 2023
Sean Robinson since 2023

4.4y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Dr Wendy Molefi-Youri since 2019
Mandy Macqueen since 2017

18.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Anne Markey since 2024
Dr Wendy Molefi-Youri since 2019
Jacqueline Williams since 2024
Mandy Macqueen since 2017
Richard Clarke since 2023
Sean Robinson since 2023

Portfolio (1)

Antony George Cates since 2021

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 6Professional services 6Business services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£1.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

9.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.8 in 2020

63 from 64 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Create (Arts) Limited 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.counsellingfoundation.org
Email	foundation@counsellingfoundation.org
Phone	03003036690
Address	1 COLLEGE YARD, LOWER DAGNALL STREET, ST ALBANS, HERTS, AL3 4PA

Finances

£2,106,634 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,710,349	£1,493,725
2022	£1,708,777	£1,561,335
2023	£1,956,711	£1,704,551
2024	£1,908,220	£1,722,598
2025	£2,106,634	£1,875,579

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

PROVISION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF:I)RELIEF OF SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES BY THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC COUNSELLING,II)EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS IN THE PRACTICE OF THERAPEUTIC COUNSELLING, ANDIII)THE PROMOTION OF BETTER HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/05/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/07/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 14/11/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/10/2015 AS AMENDED ON 04 DEC 2018 AS AMENDED ON 04 DEC 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 MAY 2024AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 SEP 2024

Trustees (7)

7trustees

61median age

0aged 70+

Anne Markeyage band 60-64 since 2024
Antony George Catesage band 60-64 since 2021
Dr Wendy Molefi-Youri since 2019
Jacqueline Williamsage band 60-64 since 2024
Mandy Macqueenage band 55-59 since 2017
Richard Clarkeage band 60-64 since 2023
Sean Robinsonage band 60-64 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

The Counselling Foundation · 02713806 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/05/1992

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Create (Arts) Limited 1 shared trustee

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