GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNSELLING SERVICE

Registered charity 1109904 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide affordable professional counselling to the community of GloucestershireTo provide professional training in psychodynamic counselling to the people of Gloucestershire and its surrounds

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM EMOTIONAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS OR RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS PRINCIPALLY TO THE COMMUNITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDS BY THE PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY PYSCHODYNAMIC COUNSELLING.(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN COUNSELLING AND TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COUNSELLING.

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDS.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stroud, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £132,015 for the year, with total income of £916,887 against total expenditure of £1,048,902. The trustees note that reserves have diminished over the last three years to cover subsidised counselling costs, and the organisation is undergoing significant restructuring, including a 30% reduction in staffing headcount. General unrestricted reserves stood at £330,000, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding three to six months of core operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gloucestershire Counselling Service (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Renishaw Charities Committee — “Our Partners Renishaw Charities Committee” (source page)

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 8.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hannah Lim
• John Diamond · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kirsty Button
• Sara Smalley

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHICHESTER COUNSELLING SERVICES.

• CHICHESTER COUNSELLING SERVICES income £195k
• SUICIDE CRISIS income £12k
• Listening Post Counselling Service Limited income £446k
• CITIZENS ADVICE COLCHESTER income £294k
• THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• HIGHGATE COUNSELLING CENTRE income £342k

Side by side with its peers

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