THE LEICESTER COUNSELLING CENTRE

Registered charity 1064125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEICESTER COUNSELLING CENTRE

Individual counselling for adults, aged 18 years and over, who are experiencing mental health, social and emotional difficulties that effect their everyday life. Service open to individuals across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Objects

(A) TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IN PROMOTING THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND EDUCATION IN SUCH MATTERS(B) TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT SUFFERING CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL-HEALTH OR BY SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY PROVIDING AND DEVELOPING A CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING SERVICE, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR COUNSELLING AND TO DEVELOP COUNSELLING RESOURCES AND IN ANY CHARITABLE MANNER WHICH THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Area of benefit: CITY AND COUNTY OF LEICESTERSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Latest income

£134k

Latest spending

£125k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £8,488 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves standing at £217,125. Per the trustees' report, the charity is somewhat dependent on high-risk income from Leicester City Council, which may not be renewed in the future, creating operational significance if income is lost. However, the trustees maintain that current reserves are sufficient to secure funding and mitigate major risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £115,500 (approximately 9 months service delivery costs and staff redundancy) (held: £77k)

“The Trustees have therefore introduced a formal Reserves Policy that currently designates £115,500 (approximately 9 months service delivery costs and staff redundancy) to mitigate exposure to the major risks.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Leicester Counselling Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Louise Wrightchair
Adrian Grant Sullivan
David John Peet
Kay Elizabeth Hoggett
Martha Longdon
Nora Meng

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

Operates in: Leicestershire · Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£134k	£125k
31/03/2024	£113k	£115k
31/03/2023	£97k	£88k
31/03/2022	£84k	£96k
31/03/2021	£88k	£88k

Common questions

Is THE LEICESTER COUNSELLING CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £8,488 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves standing at £217,125. Per the trustees' report, the charity is somewhat dependent on high-risk income from Leicester City Council, which may not be renewed in the future, creating operational significance if income is lost. However, the trustees maintain that current reserves are sufficient to secure funding and mitigate major risks. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	29/10/2024	£18k	Unrestricted Funding
Postcode Lottery	31/07/2023	£17k	Unrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/04/2012	£7k	Time To Talk

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND MIND.

LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND MIND income £361k
LEICESTER RAPE CRISIS LIMITED income £295k
FIRST STEP LEICESTER LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND income £304k
AGE UK LEICESTER SHIRE & RUTLAND HOME HELP LIMITED income £1.3m
CENTRE THIRTY THREE YOUNG PEOPLE'S COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION SERVICE income £3.8m
NOTTINGHAM COUNSELLING SERVICE income £335k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LEICESTER COUNSELLING CENTRE	£134k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND MIND FY2025	£361k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
LEICESTER RAPE CRISIS LIMITED FY2025	£295k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FIRST STEP LEICESTER LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND FY2025	£304k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
AGE UK LEICESTER SHIRE & RUTLAND HOME HELP LIMITED FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	noted
CENTRE THIRTY THREE YOUNG PEOPLE'S COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION SERVICE FY2025	£3.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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