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Ashford Counselling Service (CIO)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1169322AshfordDisability
Income£64k2025-12-31
Spending£69ksame year
Spent / received101%5-year average
Size in its cause59th pctDisability
Registered2016CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Ashford Counselling Service (CIO) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashford. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ashford Counselling Service (CIO) reported income of £64k and spending of £69k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £31k to £64k (+105%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Ashford Counselling Service (CIO) sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Switch Youth Services (£64k), The Friends of Space Preston (£64k) and The Bedford and District Society for People with Learning Disabilities (£64k).

Income and spending

£0£17k£35k£52k£69k2021 Income: £31,3702021 Spending: £38,78920212022 Income: £39,3002022 Spending: £44,05120222023 Income: £61,2722023 Spending: £43,79920232024 Income: £61,0162024 Spending: £63,25720242025 Income: £64,3982025 Spending: £69,1092025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

1. TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND/OR EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS (IN SUCH WAYS AS THE AGENCY PERSONNEL THINK FIT).2. TO CONDUCT STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO METHODS OF TREATMENT OF SUCH PERSONS.3. TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN PERSONS IN COUNSELLING SO THAT THEY MAY ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL DISORDERS OR PROBLEMS.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Switch Youth ServicesMaidstone£64k
The Friends of Space PrestonPreston£64k
The Bedford and District Society for People with Learning DisabilitiesBedford£64k
Reigate Stepping StonesCrawley£64k