Registered charity (CIO) · Reading
Hope Counselling Service
Hope Counselling Service is a registered charity (number 1185376) based in Reading, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £24k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £24k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, West Berkshire and more
- Website
- www.hopecounselling.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£24k£21k
- 2024£16k£24k
- 2023£21k£21k
Earlier years
- 2022£28k£21k
- 2021£19k£17k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 25%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE RESIDING IN READING AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VALUES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Deborah ANN Hunt since 2019
- Jane Elizabeth Clark since 2023
- Neil Hooley since 2019
- William Stewart Johnston since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Deborah ANN Hunt since 2019
- Neil Hooley since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Deborah ANN Hunt since 2019
- Jane Elizabeth Clark since 2023
- Neil Hooley since 2019
- William Stewart Johnston since 2023
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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
- 1185376
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 18 Sep 2019
- Contact on the register
- 0118 328 3258 · office@hopecounselling.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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