Registered charity · Cambridge
Choices
- 6 trustees
- Income £152k (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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Public contracts won
3 contracts · £7,832,196 totalFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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EMP for Supported Living Services Further Competitions Awarded on Lot 1 Qtr 4 2025/2026
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the "Council") is conducting this procurement exercise, in accordance with the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102), and intends to establish an Electronic Market …
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EMP for Supported Living Services Further Competitions Awarded on Lot 1 Qtr 3 2025/2026
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the "Council") is conducting this procurement exercise, in accordance with the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102), and intends to establish an Electronic Market …
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Electronic Market Place for Supported Living Services Further Competitions Awarded on Lot 1 Qtr 1 2026/2027
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the "Council") is conducting this procurement exercise, in accordance with the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102), and intends to establish an Electronic Market …
About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Cambridgeshire, Peterborough City
- Website
- www.choicescounselling.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£152k£283k
- 2024£257k£229k
- 2023£224k£179k
Earlier years
- 2022£198k£155k
- 2021£161k£113k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 91%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF CHOICES IS TO RELIEVE MENTAL DISTRESS, EXPERIENCED BY ADULTS IN THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH AREA, AS A RESULT OF BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED AS CHILDREN; IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF SPECIALISED COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
Grants received
4 grants · £72,600 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
- Postcode Places Trust · £50,000
- Cambridgeshire Community Foundation · £10,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £8,500
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £4,100
Most recent
- Postcode Places Trust
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- 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
- Dr Jorge Zimbron Chair since 2018
- Alison Hunte since 2018
- Lorraine Petersen since 2020
- Michael Mcgarvey since 2026
- Sally Urquhart since 2018
- Vince Hesketh since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Jorge Zimbron Chair since 2018
- Alison Hunte since 2018
- Lorraine Petersen since 2020
- Sally Urquhart since 2018
- Vince Hesketh since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr Jorge Zimbron Chair since 2018
- Alison Hunte since 2018
- Lorraine Petersen since 2020
- Michael Mcgarvey since 2026
- Sally Urquhart since 2018
- Vince Hesketh since 2019
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 291945
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 22 APR 1986AS AMENDED ON 18 OCT 1994AS AMENDED ON 11 JUN 1997AS AMENDED ON 30 SEP 2009AS AMENDED ON 09 MAR 2017 as amended on 04 Jun 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01223358149 · admin@choicescounselling.co.uk
- 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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