WOKINGHAM YOUTH COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION SERVICE

Registered charity 1043347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as A R C, WOKINGHAM YOUTH ADVICE RESOURCE AND COUNSELLING SERVICE

provide a free and confidential counselling and information service to wokingham district residents

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Latest income
£287k
Latest spending
£262k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faces financial pressure due to increased costs and a squeeze on public finances, relying on continued support from local authorities and donors to meet service demands. While specific unrestricted reserves figures are not disclosed in the provided text, the organization reports significant operational activity, including over 1,500 counselling sessions and 3,115 youth access sessions, supported by new funding rounds and volunteer staff.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ARC counselling and information (matched by registered charity number).

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£287k£262k
31/03/2024£260k£277k
31/03/2023£241k£228k
31/03/2022£194k£193k
31/03/2021£156k£132k

Common questions

Is WOKINGHAM YOUTH COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity faces financial pressure due to increased costs and a squeeze on public finances, relying on continued support from local authorities and donors to meet service demands. While specific unrestricted reserves figures are not disclosed in the provided text, the organization reports significant operational activity, including over 1,500 counselling sessions and 3,115 youth access sessions, supported by new funding rounds and volunteer staff.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery18/12/2023£30kMillionaire Street 2023 12w4
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2005£5kAnti bullying campaign

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Citizens Advice Lancashire West.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOKINGHAM YOUTH COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION SERVICE£287k0unclearno doubt
Citizens Advice Lancashire West FY2025£2.1m0unclearno doubt
EPSOM AND EWELL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£500k0unclearno doubt
MERSEYSIDE PLAY ACTION COUNCIL FY2025£728k0unclearno doubt
TAKING PART FY2025£245k0aboveno doubt
CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNSELLING SERVICE FY2025£102k0unclearno doubt

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