Ty Elis Counselling Services

Registered charity 1098986 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PORTHCAWL COUNSELLING SERVICE, TY ELIS (PORTHCAWL COUNSELLING SERVICE), TY ELIS (PORTHCAWL COUNSELLINGSERVICE)

To relieve persons who are emotionally disturbed or distressed. To educate and train persons in counselling so that they may assist in the treatment of persons suffering from emotional disorders or problems.

Objects

(I) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED OR DISTRESSED.(II) TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN PERSONS IN COUNSELLING SO THAT THEY MAY ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM EMOTIONAL DISORDERS OR PROBLEMS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE.BRIDGEND. PORTHCAWL. KENFIGHILL. NORTH AND SOUTH CORNELLY. NAESTEG AND ADJOINING AREAS.

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£383k
Latest spending
£308k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £2,500,000 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £2,200,000. The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. Discloses 3 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.

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31.3.26)
  • Average employees: 3

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bridgend · Cardiff · City Of Swansea · Neath Port Talbot · Rhondda Cynon Taff · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£383k£308k
31/03/2025£324k£315k
31/03/2024£293k£288k
31/03/2023£358k£339k
31/03/2022£249k£246k

Common questions

Is Ty Elis Counselling Services financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £2,500,000 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £2,200,000. The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/04/2026£20kSingle Counselling Session Pilot
The National Lottery Community Fund14/02/2024£100kStrengthening Community Resilience and Wellbeing
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2014£18kTy Elis – Reaching for the Heights

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
DELAPAGE LIMITED1£275k
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY1£15k
THE TRUEMARK TRUST1£5k
MANCHESTER GEMILAS CHESED1£2k
DUMBRECK CHARITY1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Eye to Eye Counselling Service.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Ty Elis Counselling Services£383k——unclear—no doubt
Eye to Eye Counselling Service FY2025£686k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ARTS OF CHANGE TRUST FY2024£240k—0below—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY FY2025£15.3m——below—no doubt
PSYCHOSYNTHESIS AND EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
ATERES ELISHEVA FY2025£997k—0above—no doubt

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