Winchester Youth Counselling

Analysis

Winchester Youth Counselling is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in July 2021, 5 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, Winchester Youth Counselling reported income of £553k and spending of £427k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £275k to £553k (+101%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Winchester Youth Counselling sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boots Charitable Trust (£553k), Bright Futures UK (£553k) and Highgate Newtown Community Partners (£553k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74%, charitable activities 24% and trading 1.1%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Reserves of £189k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.