The Relationships Counselling, Therapy and Mediation Service

Analysis

The Relationships Counselling, Therapy and Mediation Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03141164). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Relationships Counselling, Therapy and Mediation Service reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £1.1m (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Relationships Counselling, Therapy and Mediation Service sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Association of Dental Implantology Limited (£1.1m), Association of Directors of Public Health (UK) (£1.1m) and Sheffield Mind Ltd (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and investments 3.3%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £915k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 57 people.