Registered charity (CIO) · Essex
Abacus Counselling and Support
- 6 trustees
- Income £40k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Essex, Thurrock, Southend-on-sea
- Website
- www.abacuscounsellingandsupport.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£40k£30k
- 2024£18k£22k
- 2023£33k£17k
Earlier years
- 2022£8k£11k
- 2021£9k£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 29%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UK BY PROVIDING, DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING AN AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE COUNSELLING SERVICE, WITH RELEVANT AND ASSESSED SUPPORT.
Grants received
11 grants · £85,871 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £51,776 (4 grants)
- Essex Community Foundation · £34,095 (7 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Lesley ANN Butcher Chair since 2014
- Brenda Joan Lewis since 2021
- Carolyn Williams since 2024
- David James Bannister since 2021
- Janice Lyons since 2015
- Nicholas Chard since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Lesley ANN Butcher Chair since 2014
- Janice Lyons since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Lesley ANN Butcher Chair since 2014
- Brenda Joan Lewis since 2021
- Carolyn Williams since 2024
- David James Bannister since 2021
- Janice Lyons since 2015
- Nicholas Chard since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1163844
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 06 Oct 2015 as amended on 27 Sept 2023
- Contact on the register
- 07910 261780 · info@abacuscounsellingandsupport.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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