Willows Counselling Service

Analysis

Willows Counselling Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in September 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Willows Counselling Service reported income of £246k and spending of £295k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £169k to £246k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Willows Counselling Service sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Disability Information Services Hub (£246k), Imperial Charity Promotions (£247k) and The Roots Foundation Wales (£246k).

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.