RELATIONSHIPS MEDWAY AND NORTH KENT

Registered charity 1104649 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RELATE MEDWAY & NORTH KENT, RELATE NORTH KENT, RELATE NORTH KENT LIMITED

Relationship counselling, family counselling and psychosexual therapy for the adult couple or individuals. Young person counselling for those experiencing divorce or separation of parents.Work in partnership with other agencies to provide our services to wider community.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£82k

Latest spending

£93k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £43,204 to £33,267, resulting in a net movement in funds of a loss of £11,881 for the year. The trustees note that the future of the charity is partly dependent on government funding and are engaged in discussions regarding a potential merger with Medway Volunteer Centre to improve financial sustainability. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months operating expenditure (held: £33k)

“The Trustees consider that it would be prudent to set aside an amount equivalent to three months operating expenditure to meet the cost of contractual arrangements should there be a short term break in funding; this is estimated at £10,000.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Medway District Citizens Advice Bureau, a charitable company of which Dan McDonald is Chief Executive Officer and Company Secretary, charged for reimbursement of Rent, Office, IT service and Wages costs charges totalling £45,693 (2024 - £54,139) were invoiced by Medway District Citizen's Advice Bureau to Relate Medway and North Kent Limited during the year.

“Medway District Citizens Advice Bureau, a charitable company of which Dan McDonald is Chief Executive Officer and Company Secretary, charged for reimbursement of Rent, Office, IT service and Wages costs charges totalling £45,693 (2024 - £54,139) were invoiced by Medway District Citizen's Advice Bureau to Relate Medway and North Kent Limited during the year. There was a balance of £Nil outstanding at the year end (2024 - ENil). D McDonald (Trustee) paid for charitable expenditure personally and was later reimbursed and total of £3,068 during the year (2024 - £6,082). The Charity received income of £1,930 from Medway Council during the year, a charity of which Dan McDonald (Chair) is Trustee. There was no balance outstanding at the year end (2024 - £Nil). There were no other related party transactions in the current or prior year,” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04973993

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.

O'DWYER-GIBBONS, Nicola — director, appointed 07/08/2025on trustee list
MCDONALD, Dan — director, appointed 01/03/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dan McDonaldchair · trustee of 1 other charity
LORRAINE SUSAN STRONG
Nicola O'dwyer-Gibbons

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

Operates in: Bexley · Kent · Medway

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£82k	£93k
31/03/2024	£74k	£109k
31/03/2023	£132k	£101k
31/03/2022	£102k	£123k
31/03/2021	£191k	£136k

Common questions

Is RELATIONSHIPS MEDWAY AND NORTH KENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £43,204 to £33,267, resulting in a net movement in funds of a loss of £11,881 for the year. The trustees note that the future of the charity is partly dependent on government funding and are engaged in discussions regarding a potential merger with Medway Volunteer Centre to improve financial sustainability. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RELATIONSHIPS MEDWAY AND NORTH KENT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RELATIONSHIPS MEDWAY AND NORTH KENT as a grant recipient include THE WEAVERS' COMPANY BENEVOLENT FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WEAVERS' COMPANY BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2022	£10k	Staff costs to extend in-prison support programme for prisoners and their families.

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	15/04/2025	£17k	Domestic violence/abuse support
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/02/2023	£10k	Training and recruitment of specialist young people's counsellor
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/05/2020	£10k	Counselling for those suffering from domestic violence/abuse
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/07/2019	£10k	Refurbishment of counselling rooms
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/05/2018	£10k	Delivering young people's counselling from Gillingham Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/11/2016	£10k	To train two Specific counsellors
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/07/2015	£10k	To train 2 family counsellors to Relate Family Counselling level
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/05/2012	£9k	Penelope System and Website
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/06/2010	£10k	Recruitment and Training of two Family Counsellors
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/07/2004	£1k	Video Camera and Television