COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Registered charity 1092938 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C.A.S.Y.

The principle activities are:Counselling young people using volunteer counsellors working in schools and youth centres.Training volunteer counsellors in-house and using external trainers.Training school staff in relevant issues.Training young people in schools.

Objects

(1) THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR SEX, RACE, POLITICAL OR RELIGIONS BELIEFS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING SERVICE PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE AREA COVERED BY THE EAST MIDLAND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE AREA OF BENEFIT).(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY THE PREVISION AND PROMOTION OF TRAINING FACILITIES AND COURSES.

Area of benefit: AREA COVERED BY THE EAST MIDLAND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newark and Sherwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£654k
Latest spending
£575k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £79,365 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £654,437 and expenditure of £575,072. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £200,061 are currently above the stated policy target of £175,545. The charity maintains a strong cash position of £388,847 and faces no immediate financial risks.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: School Fees (86% of income)
“School Fees £561,154” — page 7
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months operating costs (currently £142,768) plus six months committed counsellor costs in schools. This is currently £175,545 (reserves figure: £200k)
“Reserves policy is three months operating costs (currently £142,768) plus six months committed counsellor costs in schools. This is currently £175,545” — page 8
Per its FY2026 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 22

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 21

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 44

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£654k
Total spending
£575k
Reserves (reported)
£200k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£654k£575k
31/03/2025£586k£521k
31/03/2024£565k£521k
31/03/2023£532k£503k
31/03/2022£480k£442k

Common questions

Is COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £79,365 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £654,437 and expenditure of £575,072. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £200,061 are currently above the stated policy target of £175,545. The charity maintains a strong cash position of £388,847 and faces no immediate financial risks. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE as a grant recipient include THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND), THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITYFY2024£5k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£4k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITYFY2023£2k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITYFY2025£1kDonations made during the year
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2022£1kWelfare
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUSTFY2022£750Welfare
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITYFY2021£750

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2023£46kCounselling for suicidal ideation and self harm
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2022£9kAdvance Integrative Therapy Skills
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2020£10kCommunity Online Counselling
The National Lottery Community Fund27/03/2019£10kYour Space in the Community
The National Lottery Community Fund02/09/2015£10kCASY Community Project
The National Lottery Community Fund10/02/2011£10kCASY - Your Space
The National Lottery Community Fund09/02/2011£150kCASY - Lincs with Rural Youth
The National Lottery Community Fund18/11/2008£8kCASY Lincolnshire

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE£654k—0above—no doubt
FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE FY2025£1.5m—0unclear1.0%no doubt
YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS FY2025£491k—0unclear—no doubt
QUALITY STUDIES FY2025£303k—0above—no doubt
Caring for Communities and People FY2026£13.0m——above—no doubt
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME FY2025£640k—0unclear—no doubt

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