Orchard Counselling

Analysis

Orchard Counselling is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in March 2015, 11 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Orchard Counselling reported income of £30k and spending of £32k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £80k to £30k (-62%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Orchard Counselling sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Karen Action Group (£30k), Ashford and Tenterden Samaritans (£30k) and The Association of Parish Mission Sisters (£30k).

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.