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Registered charity · Alton

Alton Counselling Service

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £62k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Hampshire, Surrey
Website
www.altoncounselling.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£62k£59k
  • 2024£53k£60k
  • 2023£69k£62k
Earlier years
  • 2022£69k£62k
  • 2021£54k£60k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE COUNSELLING TO PERSONS SEEKING HELP FOR EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT BEST PRACTICE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT (B) TO CONDUCT STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO METHODS OF TREATMENT OF SUCH PERSONS THROUGH PSYCHIATRY IN PARTICULAR TO RESEARCH THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COUNSELLING AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH (C) TO OFFER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN COUNSELLING TO QUALIFIED AND TRAINEE COUNSELLORS.

Grants received

4 grants · £21,526 total

360Giving 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 · £16,526 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £5,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002022-10-28
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £5,0002020-09-03
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £2,0262009-03-11
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,5002006-10-17
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

6.2y median 7.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4Accommodation/housing 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.

Education 1Health and social care 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£62k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
279857
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 6TH FEBRUARY 1980 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED 7 DECEMBER 2010.
Contact on the register
0142089207 · admin@altoncounselling.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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