Freeflow Counselling Services

Analysis

Freeflow Counselling Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in August 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Freeflow Counselling Services reported income of £238k and spending of £255k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £156k to £238k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Freeflow Counselling Services sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parkfields Community Centre (£238k), Our Community Foundation (£239k) and The Pearson Centre for Young People (£237k).