Beacon Bolton Counselling Service

Analysis

Beacon Bolton Counselling Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in January 2019, 7 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Beacon Bolton Counselling Service reported income of £21k and spending of £42k, spending 204% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £74k to £21k (-72%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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 Bolton Counselling Service sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of St Anne's Hospital Liuli (£21k), Etsako Progressive Union England and Wales (£21k) and Crynant Community Association (£21k).

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.