FREEFLOW COUNSELLING SERVICES

Registered charity 1077053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Counselling services - Burnley, Pendle, Ribble Valley, Rossendale area

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Latest income

£238k

Latest spending

£255k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £17,200 for the year, reducing unrestricted fund balances from £111,207 to £94,007. Per the trustees' report, these reserves remain above the stated policy target of approximately £65,000, representing three months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure (held: £94k)

“The charity’s reserves policy is to maintain three months of expenditure, which equates to approximately £65,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Gordon John Howley
Kirsty Street
Lindsay Backhouse
Mahvish Ayaz

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£238k	£255k
31/08/2024	£229k	£223k
31/08/2023	£235k	£215k
31/08/2022	£215k	£183k
31/08/2021	£156k	£156k

Common questions

Is FREEFLOW COUNSELLING SERVICES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £17,200 for the year, reducing unrestricted fund balances from £111,207 to £94,007. Per the trustees' report, these reserves remain above the stated policy target of approximately £65,000, representing three months of expenditure. 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
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/10/2009	£111k	Freeflow Counselling Service

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
FORT FOUNDATION	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PENDLESIDE HOSPICE.

PENDLESIDE HOSPICE income £5.7m
BURNLEY AND PENDLE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £354k
Burnley Leisure and Culture income £7.9m
HYNDBURN AND RIBBLE VALLEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £355k
BURNLEY PENDLE AND ROSSENDALE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £2.1m
YEWDALE COUNSELLING SERVICES income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FREEFLOW COUNSELLING SERVICES	£238k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PENDLESIDE HOSPICE FY2025	£5.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BURNLEY AND PENDLE METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2024	£354k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Burnley Leisure and Culture FY2023	£7.9m	—	—	unclear	—	noted
HYNDBURN AND RIBBLE VALLEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2024	£355k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BURNLEY PENDLE AND ROSSENDALE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2024	£2.1m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	below	—	no doubt

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