Beacon Counselling Trust

Analysis

Beacon Counselling Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Beacon Counselling Trust reported income of £5.2m and spending of £2.9m, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £5.2m (+218%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2024, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Beacon Counselling Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yeshuos Shabbos (£5.1m), Goal (International) (£5.2m) and Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove (£5.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 2.7% and donations and legacies 2.6%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.