FREEFLOW COUNSELLING SERVICES

Registered charity 1077053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL WOMEN WHO LIVE OR WORK IN THE BURNLEY DISTRICT OF LANCASHIRE, AND SURROUNDING AREAS.2. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH, BY THE PROVISION OF A FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING SERVICE

Area of benefit: BURNLEY DISTRICT OF LANCASHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

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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.

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.

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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	£93k

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 FY2025	£354k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Burnley Leisure and Culture FY2025	£7.9m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
HYNDBURN AND RIBBLE VALLEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025	£355k	—	0	unclear	—	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.