Gloucestershire Counselling Service

Analysis

Gloucestershire Counselling Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stroud. It was registered in June 2005, 21 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 04754643). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Gloucestershire Counselling Service reported income of £917k and spending of £1.0m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £984k to £917k (-6.8%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gloucestershire Counselling Service 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 Whitehaven Community Trust Limited (£916k), Sparkle (South Wales) (£917k) and Richmond Upon Thames Crossroads Care Scheme (£916k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, donations and legacies 5.3% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.6%. Reserves of £330k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 74 people.