Derwent Rural Counselling Service

Analysis

Derwent Rural Counselling Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 06081874). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Derwent Rural Counselling Service reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.6m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.3m to £1.8m (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Derwent Rural Counselling Service sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sandwell Crossroads Care Attendant Scheme Limited (£1.8m), Renewal Church (£1.8m) and Hourglass (Safer Ageing) (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £196k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.