ST BARNABAS COUNSELLING CENTRE

Registered charity 1000797 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Offering professional counselling to help those facing emotional problems, in particular those who cannot manage this from their own resources, where those less able to pay are not excluded.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£175k
Latest spending
£194k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £18,984 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £122,337 to £103,353. The trustees' report notes that key challenges remain in securing sustainable funding, although free reserves increased to £87,615. The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and has no trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately six months expenditure (held: £88k)
The Trustees wish to maintain approximately six months expenditure in reserves. — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£175k£194k
31/12/2024£196k£172k
31/12/2023£123k£148k
31/12/2022£199k£156k
31/12/2021£91k£112k

Common questions

Is ST BARNABAS COUNSELLING CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £18,984 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £122,337 to £103,353. The trustees' report notes that key challenges remain in securing sustainable funding, although free reserves increased to £87,615. The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and has no trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/04/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund12/01/2024£20kCounselling for All
The National Lottery Community Fund30/08/2022£10kCounselling Support

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST. BARNABAS SOUTHWOLD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST BARNABAS COUNSELLING CENTRE£175k0unclearno doubt
ST. BARNABAS SOUTHWOLD FY2023£1.3m0unclearno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS WOODSIDE PARK FY2023£1.4m0aboveno doubt
BARNABAS FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES TRUST FY2024£154k0unclearno doubt
THE ST BARNABAS SOCIETY FY2025£922k0below1.2%no doubt
BARNABAS FUND FY2024£16.5m0unclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.