THE GUILD OF OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL

Registered charity 1096617 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL

Education and training in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church particularly those on sexual morality and life issues. Provision of loans, grants, baby goods and baby clothes to pregnant women and mothers in need. Provision of grants or loans to other organisations who fulfill our criteria, particularly pregnancy counselling organisations, where our resources allow.

Objects

(A) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION AND INFORMATION ON THE TEACHINGS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO SEXUAL MORALITY AND LIFE ISSUES(B) THE RELIEF IN CASES OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT OR ARE MOTHERS, AND OF THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS(C) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ORGANISATIONS WHICH ASSIST WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT OR ARE MOTHERS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH SERVICES SUCH AS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, COUNSELLING, SUPPORT, INFORMATION, SAFE-HOUSES, ACCOMMODATION, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, BABY-SITTING, AND SERVICES WHICH ASSIST WOMEN IN CONTINUING THEIR PREGNANCIES, PROVIDED THAT ALL SUCH SERVICES ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE MAINLY ENGLAND, WALES AND SCOTLAND

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £492,955 while charitable expenditure increased to £539,670, resulting in a net decrease in funds. However, the charity maintains a healthy cumulative unrestricted surplus of £1,220,152 carried forward, indicating strong financial reserves relative to its annual activity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Guild Of Our Lady Of Good Counsel (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~30.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CLARE MCCULLOUGHchair
• ALAN ASHFIELD
• Fr Stephen Boyle
• Marguerita Carroll
• SARAH BIGNELL

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INSTITUTE OF THE RELIGIOUS OF THE SACRED HEART OF MARY IMMACULATE VIRGIN.

• INSTITUTE OF THE RELIGIOUS OF THE SACRED HEART OF MARY IMMACULATE VIRGIN income £1.3m
• Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Immaculate Virgin, EAP income £1.3m
• THE SISTERS OF CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION (ST. GILDAS) CIO income £329k
• CATHOLIC MOTHERS APOSTOLATE income £157k
• THE GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST KATHARINE CREE income £321k
• GUILDFORD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £248k

Side by side with its peers

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