LIFE CHANGES COUNSELLING
Registered charity 1114553 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Life Changes is a community counselling service based in Southampton and providing support for all adults in need of emotional support able to travel to one of its centres. We operate from non-medical community buildings in areas of multiple deprivation and ethnic diversity.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £13,657.22 for the year, increasing unrestricted reserves to £38,707.74. The trustees describe the financial position as stable with adequate reserves, despite noting a tight position and reliance on new grant funding to compensate for lost contracts. The core service broke even in May and June but saw income drop again in the summer months.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Trustees Steve Maidment, Dale Fewings, and Peter Heath are identified as 'Counsellors from our Alumni' who joined the Board. The document does not disclose any payments, remuneration, or transactions with them.
“Steve Maidment, Dale Fewings and Peter Heath, (All Counsellors from our Alumni) have agreed to join the Board of Trustees.”
“Liz Rose, our head coordinator, and her deputy coordinator, Amy Thomas.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Liz Rose is identified as 'head coordinator' and Amy Thomas as 'deputy coordinator'. The accounts list a 'Co-ordinator' expense of £23,187.50. The document does not explicitly state that Liz Rose or Amy Thomas are trustees or related parties, nor does it explicitly link the coordinator salary to them in a related-party disclosure context.
“Steve Maidment, Dale Fewings and Peter Heath, (All Counsellors from our Alumni) have agreed to join the Board of Trustees.”
“Liz Rose, our head coordinator, and her deputy coordinator, Amy Thomas.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
- Dr Philip Gareth Wheyman Meakins LRCP MRCSchair
- Anne Louise Hall
- Benjamin Edward Rose
- Christopher Reginald Orton · trustee of 2 other charities
- Professor Karen Temple
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LIFE CHANGES COUNSELLING financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £13,657.22 for the year, increasing unrestricted reserves to £38,707.74. The trustees describe the financial position as stable with adequate reserves, despite noting a tight position and reliance on new grant funding to compensate for lost contracts. The core service broke even in May and June but saw income drop again in the summer months.
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