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Compass {counselling on Merseyside - Pastoral and Supporting Service}

RegisteredRegistered charity number 700335LiverpoolOther charitable purposes
Income£240k2025-12-31
Spending£210ksame year
Spent / received116%5-year average
Size in its cause88th pctOther charitable purposes
Registered1988Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Compass {counselling on Merseyside - Pastoral and Supporting Service} is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in June 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02235061). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Compass {counselling on Merseyside - Pastoral and Supporting Service} reported income of £240k and spending of £210k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £142k to £240k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Compass {counselling on Merseyside - Pastoral and Supporting Service} sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% 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 Lincoln Bishop University Students Union (£235k), York House Officers' Mess RAF Cranwell (£242k) and The Nidderdale Agricultural Society Limited (£235k).

Income and spending

£0£60k£120k£180k£240k2021 Income: £142,4192021 Spending: £184,18320212022 Income: £118,4302022 Spending: £199,62320222023 Income: £156,4602023 Spending: £197,41720232024 Income: £192,1652024 Spending: £199,02220242025 Income: £240,2452025 Spending: £209,7532025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Counselling and counselling training

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Lincoln Bishop University Students UnionLincoln£235k
York House Officers' Mess RAF CranwellLincolnshire£242k
The Nidderdale Agricultural Society LimitedLeyburn£235k
The Social Work Awards LtdSuffolk£242k