The Relationships Counselling, Therapy and Mediation Service
Registered charity 1053223 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAMILY MEDIATION LONDON NORTH WEST, RELATE CENTRAL MIDDLESEX, RELATE LONDON NORTH WEST, RELATE LONDON NORTH WEST AND HERTFORDSHIRE, Relate London North West, Hertfordshire, Mid Thames and Buckinghamshire, The Relationships Service
The Relationships Service provides counselling, therapy & family mediation, in-person and online, via qualified therapists & mediators. Including:Counselling - relationship, individual, family & young people, sex therapy & sex addictionFamily Mediation - including MIAM's (Mediation Information & Assessment Meeting)Education & training - for professionals, local authority & charity partners
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net outflow of resources of £151,791 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £986,795. The Trustees consider that an unrestricted reserve of four months of expenditure is required for financial resilience, and the current unrestricted reserves of £915,385 are held to meet working capital and risk resilience needs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no share capital.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income)
“Charitable activities 969,949 91,887 1,061,836 1,102,514” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 4 months of expenditure (held: £915k)
“Trustees consider that an unrestricted reserve of 4 months of expenditure is required for financial resilience and flexibility.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Feltons. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- FORD, Belinda — director, appointed 23/06/2026on trustee list
- ADOH, Folashade, Councillor — director, appointed 25/03/2026on trustee list
- TAVENDER, Nicola — director, appointed 10/12/2025on trustee list
- BOOTH, Petra — director, appointed 10/12/2025on trustee list
- FALLON, Carolyn Patricia — director, appointed 26/06/2024on trustee list
- DENT, Sarita Kohli — director, appointed 06/12/2023on trustee list
- LASCELLES, Simon — director, appointed 28/06/2023on trustee list
- YOUNG, Michael Mcgilvery — director, appointed 24/03/2021on trustee list
- BARUCH, John Daniel Rickman — director, appointed 24/03/2021on trustee list
- WALLER CBE, Philip — director, appointed 23/09/2020not on trustee list
- BENTLEY, Rose — director, appointed 12/12/2018on trustee list
- TAYLOR BENNISTER, Deborah Lindsey — secretary, appointed 25/08/2026
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (10/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Philip Waller CBEchair
- Belinda Ford
- Carolyn Fallon
- Councillor Folashade Adoh
- Dr John Baruch
- Michael Young
- Nicola Tavender
- Petra Booth
- Rose Bentley
- Sarita Dent
- Simon Lascelles
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Hertfordshire · Oxfordshire · Throughout London · Windsor And Maidenhead
Income and spending
Common questions
Is The Relationships Counselling, Therapy and Mediation Service financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outflow of resources of £151,791 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £986,795. The Trustees consider that an unrestricted reserve of four months of expenditure is required for financial resilience, and the current unrestricted reserves of £915,385 are held to meet working capital and risk resilience needs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no share capital. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Feltons.
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