Relationship Works
Registered charity 1107679 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RELATE AVON
Relationship CounsellingFamily CounsellingSex TherapyRelate Education and LearningCounselling Children and Young People
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income rose significantly to £876,872, driven largely by a £451,141 profit on the sale of a property, resulting in a year-end surplus of £433,809. Excluding this one-off transaction, the charity recorded a deficit of £17,332, though it maintains unrestricted reserves of £125,075 against a policy target of £125,000. The trustees note that free reserves in excess of this amount have been designated to facilitate a transition to a new operating model following the discontinuation of the Relate federation.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 6 months of fixed operating costs (held: £125k)
“The Executive Committee consider that it is appropriate to maintain free reserves (those unrestricted funds which are not invested in fixed assets, designated for a particular purpose or otherwise committed) at a minimum level of 6 months of fixed operating costs. We estimate this to be £125,000 at the present and some £125,075 is retained as unrestricted and undesignated reserves.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Alice Chapman is the spouse of the CEO, Rob Booth.
“One of the trustees, Alice Chapman, is the spouse of the CEO, Rob Booth and trustee Armando Di-Finizio, is the spouse of a Relate counsellor. The board is careful that the trustees are excluded from decisions relating to the employment of the both individuals.” — page 19
“One of the trustees, Alice Chapman, is the spouse of the CEO, Rob Booth and trustee Armando Di-Finizio, is the spouse of a Relate counsellor. The board is careful that the trustees are excluded from decisions relating to the employment of the both individuals.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Armando Di-Finizio is the spouse of a Relate counsellor.
“One of the trustees, Alice Chapman, is the spouse of the CEO, Rob Booth and trustee Armando Di-Finizio, is the spouse of a Relate counsellor. The board is careful that the trustees are excluded from decisions relating to the employment of the both individuals.” — page 19
“One of the trustees, Alice Chapman, is the spouse of the CEO, Rob Booth and trustee Armando Di-Finizio, is the spouse of a Relate counsellor. The board is careful that the trustees are excluded from decisions relating to the employment of the both individuals.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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)
Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (51% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Relationship Works financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income rose significantly to £876,872, driven largely by a £451,141 profit on the sale of a property, resulting in a year-end surplus of £433,809. Excluding this one-off transaction, the charity recorded a deficit of £17,332, though it maintains unrestricted reserves of £125,075 against a policy target of £125,000. The trustees note that free reserves in excess of this amount have been designated to facilitate a transition to a new operating model following the discontinuation of the Relate federation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Relationship Works?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Relationship Works as a grant recipient include THE TRUEMARK TRUST, LANGDALE TRUST, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST.
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