WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY COUNSELLING SERVICE

Registered charity 1177138 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NUMBER 22, YOUTH TALK

The objects of the CIO are the advancement of education, the furtherance of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness of young people, families and carers, in the communities of Windsor & Maidenhead and the surrounding areas, on at least two sites, by maintaining and developing a youth & community counselling service for the giving of individual or group counselling and support.

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Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £2,819 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,009,688 and expenditure of £1,006,869. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £482,537, which they consider sufficient against their policy target of 6-9 months of general expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6-9 months of general expenditure (held: £483k)
“The Charity Commission require Number 22 to have a reserves policy in place which we have set at 6-9 months of general expenditure” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Two Rivers Accountancy. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

What the charity says about itself (2024/25)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

The Hope@22 section provides specific metrics on client support and satisfaction.
“We currently have 16 experienced and highly skilled counsellors working within the Hope project and have provided intensive support to over 100 clients this year.”
The After School@22 section details the scale of this specific service provision.
“Over the past year, we’ve supported hundreds of young people and now have more than 38 counsellors dedicated to this service.”
The Schools section reports on safeguarding activities, a concrete operational metric.
“This year alone, we reported 44 safeguarding concerns to Designated Safeguarding Leads in schools.”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Number 22 (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£483k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Slough · Surrey · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.0m£1.0m
31/03/2024£976k£895k
31/03/2023£967k£868k
31/03/2022£720k£601k
31/03/2021£444k£383k

Common questions

Is WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY COUNSELLING SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £2,819 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,009,688 and expenditure of £1,006,869. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £482,537, which they consider sufficient against their policy target of 6-9 months of general expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Two Rivers Accountancy.

Who funds WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY COUNSELLING SERVICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY COUNSELLING SERVICE as a grant recipient include THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE'S, MAIDENHEAD, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kLocal Donations
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE'S, MAIDENHEADFY2023£4kOutward Charitable Giving / Secular Charities
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations Programme

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/10/2024£18kRefugee Support
The National Lottery Community Fund08/07/2022£10kAfterSchool@22
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2021£9kSuccess@22
UK government25/05/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund24/04/2020£10kNumber 22 Counselling Support
The National Lottery Community Fund21/06/2018£10kTriage Trial

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY COUNSELLING SERVICE£1.0m—0above—no doubt
WINDSOR FELLOWSHIP FY2025£613k—0unclear—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE EAST BERKSHIRE LIMITED FY2025£824k——unclear—no doubt
Forum CIO FY2025£2.1m—0unclear—no doubt
COTSWOLD COUNSELLING FY2025£374k—0above—no doubt
ISLE OF WIGHT YOUTH TRUST FY2025£1.3m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt

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