The Relationships Centre Leicestershire

Registered charity 1103070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RELATE LEICESTERSHIRE

Relate Leicestershire seeks to enhance the good health, both mental and physical of adults and children by increasing awareness of the benefit of committed couple relationships, marriage and family life and by working to prevent poverty, hardship and distress caused by the breakdown of such relationships.

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £131,832 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing total unrestricted funds to £1,817,333. The trustees consider the current level of reserves, including a designated fund of £500,000 for resilience, to be adequate given continuing uncertainties in the funding outlook. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: around £450,000 (held: £1.8m)
“The directors concluded that it was prudent to maintain free reserves, including working capital, of around £450,000 to provide a ‘breathing space’ within which to act in the event of the risks identified materialising.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to National Relate Federation
“During the year the charity paid £22,801 (2024: £27,650) to the National Relate Federation.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
56

Reported reserves equal ~16.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.2m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.1m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.0m
31/03/2022£1.3m£967k
31/03/2021£947k£872k

Common questions

Is The Relationships Centre Leicestershire financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £131,832 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing total unrestricted funds to £1,817,333. The trustees consider the current level of reserves, including a designated fund of £500,000 for resilience, to be adequate given continuing uncertainties in the funding outlook. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government17/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Surrey Counselling and Mediation.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Relationships Centre Leicestershire£1.4m—0above—no doubt
Surrey Counselling and Mediation FY2025£332k—0below—no doubt
Relationships Sussex FY2025£433k—0below—no doubt
Relationship Works FY2025£877k—0above—no doubt
Relationship Therapy North FY2025£376k—0within—no doubt
THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY FY2025£3.9m——below—material uncertainty

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