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.

Objects

(1) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE BENEFITS OF SECURE COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE EMOTIONAL, SEXUAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS WHICH IS DERIVED FORM COMMITTED RELATIONSHIPS; (2) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS AND MARRIAGE AND TO MAKE THE RESULTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC;(3) TO SEEK TO ENHANCE, THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN BY INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE BENEFIT OF COMMITTED COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY LIFE AND WORKING TO PREVENT POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE BREAKDOWN OF SUCH RELATIONSHIPS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS OF BEXLEY, DARTFORD, GRAVESHAM, MEDWAY, AND SWALE

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

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

Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £33,267, which is above the trustees' estimated prudent reserve of £10,000 for three months of operating expenditure. However, the charity reported a net movement in funds of a loss of £11,881 for the year, with total expenditure exceeding total income. The trustees acknowledge risks related to continued funding from local authorities and are exploring a potential merger to improve financial sustainability.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
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• Paying staff
• Risk management
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• 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

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04973993

Company officers (Companies House)

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

Official officers record.

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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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Relationships Counselling, Therapy and Mediation Service.

• The Relationships Counselling, Therapy and Mediation Service income £1.1m
• Relationships Plymouth income £71k
• Relationships Milton Keynes Ltd income £327k
• Relationship Therapy North income £376k
• Hull and East Yorkshire Counselling Limited income £506k
• COTSWOLD COUNSELLING income £305k

Side by side with its peers

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