The Guild of Our Lady of Good Counsel

Analysis

The Guild of Our Lady of Good Counsel is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Guild of Our Lady of Good Counsel reported income of £493k and spending of £540k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £330k to £493k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Guild of Our Lady of Good Counsel sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ezer Mikoidesh Foundation (£493k), Refugee Community Kitchen (£493k) and Christ Church International (£493k).