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.

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Latest income
£119k
Latest spending
£106k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£119k£106k
31/03/2024£123k£122k
31/03/2023£62k£67k
31/03/2022£21k£31k
31/03/2021£31k£30k

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.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/10/2022£10kProtection of Service for Low Income Clients
The National Lottery Community Fund16/11/2006£10kLife Changes Community Outreach

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHANGING LIVES TOGETHER.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIFE CHANGES COUNSELLING£119k0aboveno doubt
CHANGING LIVES TOGETHER FY2024£2.8maboveno doubt
We Change Lives (WCL) FY2025£12.0maboveno doubt
HELP CHANGE LIVES FY2025£600k0unclearno doubt
LIFE CHANGERS CHURCH FY2025£182k0unclearno doubt
CHANGES HEALTH & WELLBEING FY2025£3.5munclearno doubt

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