BEACON BOLTON COUNSELLING SERVICE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 16 January 2019
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £20,539
Latest expenditure: £41,941
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: BEACON COUNSELLING SERVICE, BOLTON HUB, BOLD STREET, BOLTON, BL1 1LS

Website recorded by the regulator: www.beaconcounselling.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Beacon Bolton Counselling Service, established in 1990, provides therapeutic counselling toanyone over the age of 16 years, irrespective of race, religion, gender or sexuality.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 19 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 19 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £20,539
Total Gross Expenditure: £41,941

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 31 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £82,143
Total Gross Expenditure: £84,151
Accounts Qualified: Yes

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 31 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 19 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £79,134
Total Gross Expenditure: £89,664

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 23 March 2023
Date Accounts Received: 23 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £66,312
Total Gross Expenditure: £86,044

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 31 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £73,936
Total Gross Expenditure: £82,146

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 19 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £20,539
Total Gross Expenditure: £41,941
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £82,143
Total Gross Expenditure: £84,151
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 33

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £79,134
Total Gross Expenditure: £89,664
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 38

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 23 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £66,312
Total Gross Expenditure: £86,044
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 40

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £73,936
Total Gross Expenditure: £82,146
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 40

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: BEACON BOLTON COUNSELLING SERVICE
Charity Event Order: 3
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2023-09-19T00:00:00
Reason: Ceased to exist
Assoc Organisation Number: 4046205
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1133478
Assoc Charity Name: MANCHESTER AND SALFORD COUNSELLING SERVICE

Charity Name: BEACON BOLTON COUNSELLING SERVICE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2019-01-16T00:00:00

Charity Name: BEACON BOLTON COUNSELLING SERVICE
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2021-02-22T00:00:00
Reason: Ceased to exist
Assoc Organisation Number: 1002925
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1002925
Assoc Charity Name: BEACON, BOLTON COUNSELLING SERVICE

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Jan 2019 as amended on 22 Feb 2020
Charitable Objects: 1) TO HELP RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AMONG ALL INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH WEST AREA OF ENGLAND AND IN PARTICULAR ENSURE EQUALITY OF ACCESS TO PERSONS IN NEED OF HELP AND GUIDANCE AND FOR THIS PURPOSE BUT NOT OTHERWISE TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP A COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION SERVICE.2) TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR COUNSELLORS WORKING IN EITHER PROFESSIONAL OR VOLUNTARY SETTINGS, WHETHER FULL OR PART TIME, WITH A VIEW TO RAISING THE STANDARDS OF COUNSELLING FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF COUNSELLING.

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 603667
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: BEACON, BOLTON COUNSELLING SERVICE

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures