WOMEN'S COUNSELLING AND THERAPY SERVICE LTD
Registered charity 1145377 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WCTS
WCTS supports mental health and emotional wellbeing of women in Leeds prioritising those on low income and those who struggle to access or engage with statutory services. Core activities: provision of individual and group counselling and psychotherapy in a women's service; peer support; partnerships with other services; contributing to a co-ordinated approach to service delivery to women.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a surplus of £30,848 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,212,156 and expenditure of £1,181,308. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £245,377, which the trustees state is just over the lower limit of their target range of £244,641 to £489,282. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditor.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Leeds Community Healthcare (79% of income)
“The largest single funding stream is a contract with Leeds Community Healthcare (for LMWS) of £480,539 (2024 215,033) of income.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 25-50% of agreed budgeted expenditure for the subsequent financial year (held: £245k)
“The trustees continued to monitor progress against the reserves policy (i.e. that free reserves held by the charity should equate to 25-50% of agreed budgeted expenditure for the subsequent financial year). . Budgeted expenditure for 2025/26 is £978,565 The reserves target is £244,641 to £489,282” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Clare McNeill — Head of Service (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- TOMLINSON, Marta — director, appointed 10/06/2026on trustee list
- IYEKOWA, Osamudiamwen Tosin — director, appointed 10/06/2026on trustee list
- LUCAS, Sarah — director, appointed 19/05/2025on trustee list
- BEGUM, Ayesha — director, appointed 20/01/2025on trustee list
- SHLOIM, Netalie — director, appointed 15/07/2024on trustee list
- WHITTLE, Jacqueline Mary — director, appointed 22/05/2023on trustee list
- WALKER, Ann, Dr — director, appointed 20/10/2011on trustee list
- KETTLE, Ruth Amanda — secretary, appointed 21/01/2026
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title 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): linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Jacqueline Mary Whittlechair
- Ayesha Begum
- Dr ANN MARY WALKER
- Marta Tomlinson
- Netalie Shloim
- Osamudiamwen Tosin Iyekowa
- Sarah Lucas
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Barnsley · Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Doncaster · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire · Sheffield City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WOMEN'S COUNSELLING AND THERAPY SERVICE LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £30,848 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,212,156 and expenditure of £1,181,308. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £245,377, which the trustees state is just over the lower limit of their target range of £244,641 to £489,282. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditor. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BK Plus Audit Limited.
Who funds WOMEN'S COUNSELLING AND THERAPY SERVICE LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WOMEN'S COUNSELLING AND THERAPY SERVICE LTD as a grant recipient include THE BROMLEY TRUST.
Known funders
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