SOUTH LONDON COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Registered charity 1125078 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH LONDON COUNSELLING SERVICES

Organising Drug and Alchohol Awareness Projects for children and young people between ages of 13-25.Offering counselling sessions to clients on various issues like bereavements, loss of job and income, depression, family and relationship issues. Counselling and mentoring young people that have dysfunctional behaviour and children and youth referred from the youth offending team.

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

Latest income
£216k
Latest spending
£156k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net movement in funds of £59,544, resulting in total reserves of £93,518. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts prepared in compliance with the Charities Act 1993, with no matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Greenwich · Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£216k£156k
31/05/2024£127k£144k
31/05/2023£89k£73k
31/05/2022£71k£65k
31/05/2021£85k£79k

Common questions

Is SOUTH LONDON COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net movement in funds of £59,544, resulting in total reserves of £93,518. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts prepared in compliance with the Charities Act 1993, with no matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTH LONDON COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH LONDON COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES as a grant recipient include THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSA.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£35kYoung People & Education Programme
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£35kYoung People & Education Programme
THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSAFY2025£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/07/2023£265kBrighter Futures
The Mercers' Company01/04/2023£105kGrant to South London Counselling and Support Services
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2022£10kRight Steps
The National Lottery Community Fund05/02/2021£10kBetter Futures
UK government07/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund01/02/2017£10kThe Positive Change
The National Lottery Community Fund05/08/2010£10kPositive Change

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRANDON CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH LONDON COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES£216k—0unclear—no doubt
BRANDON CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FY2025£2.1m——below1.0%no doubt
EACH COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FY2025£2.2munclear3unclear—no doubt
Rape Crisis South London FY2025£4.1m—0unclear—no doubt
SEVENOAKS CHRISTIAN COUNSELLING SERVICE FY2025£130k—0above—no doubt
CENTRE THIRTY THREE YOUNG PEOPLE'S COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION SERVICE FY2025£3.8m——unclear—no doubt

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