AXIS COUNSELLING

Registered charity 1074830 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AXIS COUNSELLING-APT, AXIS COUNSELLING-LINK

Therapeutic counselling of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA).Also the counselling of:- Partners and relatives of survivors of CSA- People who have suffered sexual attack or traumaTherapeutic and relationship counsellingProvision of information and trainingThe offering of indepentent advice and support to victims of rape and sexual violence

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Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £19,812 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £735,624 to £715,812. The trustees maintain a stated policy to keep a minimum of £100,000 in free reserves as a contingency, and the actual unrestricted funds of £615,812 remain well above this target. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of £100k of free reserves (held: £616k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain a minimum of £100k of free reserves as a contingency reserve” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by D.R.E. & Co. (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£66k
Employees
48

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.7m£1.7m
31/03/2024£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.2m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.1m
31/03/2021£1.0m£938k

Common questions

Is AXIS COUNSELLING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £19,812 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £735,624 to £715,812. The trustees maintain a stated policy to keep a minimum of £100,000 in free reserves as a contingency, and the actual unrestricted funds of £615,812 remain well above this target. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by D.R.E. & Co. (Audit) Limited.

Who funds AXIS COUNSELLING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AXIS COUNSELLING as a grant recipient include Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and ShropshireFY2025£12kMaterial Grant Payments

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2019£108kRape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
UK government01/04/2018£24kFemale Rape Support Fund (Child Sexual Abuse Support Funding)
UK government01/04/2018£67k2014-2019 Female Rape Support Fund
UK government01/04/2018£22k2014-2019 Male Rape Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2015£10kTo achieve the quality standard - PQASSO
The National Lottery Community Fund17/11/2008£7kRelocation of Axis Counselling to New Premises
UK government—£24k2014-2018 Female Rape Support Fund (CSA Uplift)
UK government—£65k2014-2018 Female Rape Support Fund
UK government—£20k2014-2018 Male Rape Support Fund

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 AURORA FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE ABUSED IN CHILDHOOD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AXIS COUNSELLING£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
AURORA FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE ABUSED IN CHILDHOOD FY2025£116k—0unclear—no doubt
Relationship Therapy North FY2025£376k—0within—no doubt
Rape Crisis South London FY2025£4.1m—0unclear—no doubt
SUE LAMBERT TRUST FY2025£725k—0below—no doubt
THE SURVIVORS TRUST FY2025£838k——below—no doubt

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