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Counselling in the Community

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1195816LancashireHealth and saving lives
Income£187k2025-09-30
Spending£190ksame year
Spent / received99%4-year average
Size in its cause72nd pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2021CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Counselling in the Community is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in September 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.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Counselling in the Community reported income of £187k and spending of £190k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2022 to September 2025, income grew from £52k to £187k (+261%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Counselling in the Community sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashanti Development (£187k), The Melbourne Sporting Partnership Limited (£187k) and Free Legal Advice Group for Domestic Violence (Flag DV) (£187k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£50k£100k£150k£199k2022 Income: £51,6262022 Spending: £38,08720222023 Income: £134,4852023 Spending: £138,24820232024 Income: £198,8392024 Spending: £199,36820242025 Income: £186,6102025 Spending: £189,7892025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Counselling in the Community is a self referral mental health service offering adult, children and young persons' counselling to Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde. These are areas where it can be difficult to access mainstream services and private counselling can be costly.

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