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Sunderland Counselling Service

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 17

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Linda Morris 2011-2022 Director View profile
Mark Douglas Hall 2008-2013 Director View profile
Andrew Whitfield 2006-2013 Director View profile
Judith Ann Philips 2006-2011 Director View profile
Autumn Lenoze Strike 2006-2006 Director View profile
Reverend David Alan Hands 2005-2018 Director View profile
Harold James Henry 2005-2005 Director View profile
Vincent Thomas Wright 2003-2006 Director View profile
Thomas Brown 2003-2004 Director View profile
Linda Procopis 1998-2000 Director View profile
Susan May Pinder 1998-2003 Director View profile
Norma Wright 1997-1998 Director View profile
Bernard Greener 2005-2025 Secretary View profile
Harry Henry 2003-2005 Secretary View profile
Judith Potelle 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
Leslie Collins 1997-1997 Secretary View profile
William Ernest David Howell 1997-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

From 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.

Provision of an additional Counsellor for 15 months in the Community Buyer: South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender
Provision of an additional Counsellor for 15 months in the Community for South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

About

Incorporated: 07/02/1997
Also a registered charity: Sunderland Counselling Service

Financials

Employees: 168
Turnover: Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

8 grants · £477,770 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 · £436,474 (7 grants)
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £41,296

Most recent

The National Lottery Community Fund £9,7572024-07-25
The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9672021-02-19
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £41,2962020-07-17
The National Lottery Community Fund £9,4652018-08-23
The National Lottery Community Fund £8,7032016-11-16

Board analysis

Board DNA

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

6 directors on the board

Eileen Mary Watt Director · appointed 2011
Carl Sketchley Director · appointed 2010
Anne Loadman Director · appointed 2011
Gordon Mark Speer Director · appointed 2023
Laura Helen Bruton Director · appointed 2014
Dr Kim Gilligan Director · appointed 2021

10.9y median 13.2y

average tenure

15.8y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Eileen Mary Watt Director · appointed 2011
Carl Sketchley Director · appointed 2010
Anne Loadman Director · appointed 2011
Laura Helen Bruton Director · appointed 2014

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Carl Sketchley Director · appointed 2010
Anne Loadman Director · appointed 2011
Gordon Mark Speer Director · appointed 2023
Laura Helen Bruton Director · appointed 2014
Dr Kim Gilligan Director · appointed 2021

Portfolio (1)

Eileen Mary Watt Director · appointed 2011

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving directors could step down together
No director brings board experience from anywhere else
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Company number: 03315039
Status: Active
Type: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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