SUNDERLAND COUNSELLING SERVICE

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Davies Tracey

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The trustees have concluded that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate, and no material uncertainties casting significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from authorization date were identified.”

Significant events

• “NHS Sunderland Talking Therapies: Working in partnership with Cumbria Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a stepped care model of interventions for common mental health problems, including anxiety and depression.”
• “Sunderland Primary Care Counselling Service: providing individual time limited counselling as part of the NHS Sunderland Talking Therapies pathway.”
• “Counselling for Adult Survivors of Sexual Violence and Abuse (CASSVA): provides individual counselling to men and women who have experienced childhood sexual abuse or sexual violence in adulthood.”
• “Contracts with CNTW for Sunderland's Primary Care Counselling and NHS Sunderland Talking Therapies are securely in place until March 2025, with an extension to March 2026.”
• “The contract for NHS Durham & Darlington Talking Therapies ended in March 2025; a new three-year contract was successfully negotiated to March 2028.”
• “Continued counselling for cancer patients in Sunderland with grant from Sunderland NHS commissioners, secure until September 2025, but no ongoing funding secured to continue after this date.”
• “A student supported through a bursary scheme with Sunderland University successfully completed their Counselling BA Honours degree.”
• “Maintained service accreditations with BACP for adult and young people's counselling services.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +22.6%

  £5,397,783 → £6,618,120

• Cash

  +7.1%

  £3,169,914 → £3,396,247

• Net assets

  +10.4%

  £4,744,091 → £5,239,150

• Employees

  +1.8%

  165 → 168

• Profit before tax

  +171%

  -£697,088 → £495,059

• Wages

  -2.2%

  £4,708,584 → £4,606,784

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers