RIVERSIDE COUNSELLING SERVICE

Registered charity 1018853 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides affordable counselling services.

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Latest income
£284k
Latest spending
£269k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £15,084 for the year ended 28th February 2025, resulting in an increase in unrestricted reserves to £35,014. The trustees confirm that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. However, the Chair’s report notes that fundraising remains a significant challenge and the charity is actively streamlining operations to ensure financial sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Riverside Counselling Service (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£284k£269k
29/02/2024£249k£295k
28/02/2023£322k£282k
28/02/2022£231k£288k
28/02/2021£292k£264k

Common questions

Is RIVERSIDE COUNSELLING SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £15,084 for the year ended 28th February 2025, resulting in an increase in unrestricted reserves to £35,014. The trustees confirm that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. However, the Chair’s report notes that fundraising remains a significant challenge and the charity is actively streamlining operations to ensure financial sustainability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/11/2022£10kRiversides' Remote Community Counselling Support
UK government11/08/2020£50kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund09/10/2019£10kOpen Door
UK government07/01/2019£10kTampon Tax Community Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/07/2018£10kVolunteer Counsellors Training Project

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VINE COUNSELLING SERVICES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RIVERSIDE COUNSELLING SERVICE£284k0unclearno doubt
VINE COUNSELLING SERVICES FY2025£105k0unclearno doubt
RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£143k0unclearno doubt
RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION FY2025£2.0m0aboveno doubt
FULL FACT FY2024£2.9mwithinno doubt
BEIS RUCHEL SCHOOL LTD FY2024£1.7m0aboveno doubt

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