MARCHES COUNSELLING SERVICE

Registered charity 1140780 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MCS

The provision of a locally based, confidential, reliable and affordable therapy service, with a fast transition from referral to assessment and allocated therapist. The service works to BACP professional standards and provides a sign-posting service to local agencies for those who contact the service, but for whom counselling is inappropriate.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity secured a three-year grant from the National Lottery Community Fund, providing financial security to extend services and focus on sustainability. The organization reports a growing client base with increasing complexity, supported by a mix of paid staff and volunteers, while noting that over 90% of clients receive subsidies.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07471763

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• PETTER, Sarah Jayne — director, appointed 17/03/2026on trustee list
• TATCHELL, Patricia Kate — director, appointed 16/03/2026on trustee list
• DONNELLY-MAGUIRE, Siobhan — director, appointed 24/09/2025on trustee list
• ABBOTT, Tina Alison — director, appointed 09/11/2022on trustee list
• THOMAS, Graham Sean — director, appointed 19/10/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Graham Thomas
• Patricia Tatchell
• Sarah Petter
• Siobhan Donnelly-Maguire · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tina Alison Abbott

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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