Chelmsford Counselling Foundation

Analysis

Chelmsford Counselling Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in August 2001, 25 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 04147006). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Chelmsford Counselling Foundation reported income of £268k and spending of £285k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £330k to £268k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chelmsford Counselling Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Warwick Relief in Need Charity (£268k), The DPJ Foundation (£268k) and Outside Edge Theatre Company (£268k).

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.