Renew Counselling

Analysis

Renew Counselling is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in February 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04099810). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Renew Counselling reported income of £907k and spending of £1.1m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £923k to £907k (-1.7%), an average of -0.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Renew Counselling sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include R.i.s.e. (Refuge, Information, Support and Education) (£907k), Imara CIO (£907k) and North Huyton Communities Future (£906k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 26% and donations and legacies 1.8%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. It employed 23 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.