Listening Post Counselling Service Limited
Registered charity 1013442 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LISTENING POST, LISTENING POST CHRISTIAN COUNSELLING SERVICE LIMITED
To relieve distress and promote mental health and wellbeing in local people experiencing emotional or psychological suffering by providing counselling and related services, and training and educating adults in counselling and related areas. We have centres in Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud and Lydney, staffed by around 35 staff and over 100 volunteers. We also run a series of workshops for CPD.
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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts
The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a surplus of £26,539 and unrestricted funds of £154,669. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £141,966, which equates to four months of planned operational expenditure, meeting the charity's own reserves policy target of between four and six months.
Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable Trusts & Companies (27% of income)
“Charitable Trusts & Companies £121,760”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between 4 and 6 months of planned operational expenditure (held: £142k)
“Our Reserves Policy is that these free reserves should be between 4 and 6 months of planned operational expenditure.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
- David Monument
- Mary Barnes
- Pauline Bayliss-Jones
- Robert David Kingston · trustee of 3 other charities
- Ronald George Storey
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Gloucestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Listening Post Counselling Service Limited financially healthy?
Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a surplus of £26,539 and unrestricted funds of £154,669. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £141,966, which equates to four months of planned operational expenditure, meeting the charity's own reserves policy target of between four and six months. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Listening Post Counselling Service Limited?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Listening Post Counselling Service Limited as a grant recipient include BARNWOOD TRUST, SYLVANUS LYSONS CHARITY, THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF STROUD HOSPITALS AND RELATED HEALTH PROVISION, COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION.
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