Eye to Eye Counselling Service

Registered charity 1170631 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EYE TO EYE YOUNG PEOPLES COUNSELLING SERVICE

To relieve and prevent suffering caused by mental or physical illness or by mental or emotional stress among children, young adults and their families by the provision of a confidential counselling service in South Wales.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT SUFFERING CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OR BY MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL STRESS AMONG CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY THE PROVISION OF A CONFIDENTAL COUNSELLING SERVICE IN SOUTH WALES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £686,285 against expenditure of £624,161, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £372,526, while the stated Emergency Operating Reserve target was £187,393, indicating reserves are above the minimum policy target. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Eye to Eye (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID STONEchair
• DEBBIE PAGE EVANS
• Dafydd Morgan
• GARETH BISHOP
• Julia McDonald
• Julia Richards
• KEVIN MCDONALD
• Linda Michel
• Mairead Thomas
• Martyn Rowling

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

Operates in: Bridgend · Merthyr Tydfil · Rhondda Cynon Taff

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Ty Elis Counselling Services.

• Ty Elis Counselling Services income £383k
• MAKING MIRACLES income £301k
• Relationship Works income £877k
• Coventry, Warwickshire & Worcestershire Mind income £11.6m
• THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• SUNDERLAND COUNSELLING SERVICE income £6.6m

Side by side with its peers

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