Hope Counselling Service

Analysis

Hope Counselling Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in September 2019, 7 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 and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hope Counselling Service reported income of £24k and spending of £21k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £24k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hope Counselling Service sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Myosotis Trust (£24k), Norton Glebe Residents Association (£24k) and Christians in Overseas Service Trust CIO (£24k).