OLIVE BRANCH COUNSELLING

Registered charity 1185613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To offer safe, professional and affordable counselling for the people of Wiltshire.To serve our local community by helping our clients to take greater control of their lives with a view to increased fulfilment, functioning and empowerment.

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Latest income
£103k
Latest spending
£132k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the period with a deficit of £28,494, resulting in closing reserves of £50,877, which is down from £79,371 at the start of the period. The trustees confirm that these reserves exceed their stated policy target of approximately £44,000 (equivalent to four months of operating costs).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months of operating costs (held: £51k)
“The trustees' policy is to maintain reserves equivalent to four months of operating costs. Based on current expenditure levels, this represents approximately £44,000.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£103k£132k
30/09/2024£135k£83k
30/09/2023£31k£56k
30/09/2022£41k£51k
30/09/2021£50k£49k

Common questions

Is OLIVE BRANCH COUNSELLING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the period with a deficit of £28,494, resulting in closing reserves of £50,877, which is down from £79,371 at the start of the period. The trustees confirm that these reserves exceed their stated policy target of approximately £44,000 (equivalent to four months of operating costs).

Who funds OLIVE BRANCH COUNSELLING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OLIVE BRANCH COUNSELLING as a grant recipient include THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, ST LUKE AND ST MARK PCC, WINCHESTER, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CHIPPENHAM WITH LANGLEY BURRELL.

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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2024£10kBranching Out

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OLIVE BRANCH (FAITH IN ACTION).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OLIVE BRANCH COUNSELLING£103k—0unclear—no doubt
THE OLIVE BRANCH (FAITH IN ACTION) FY2026£160k—0unclear7.0%no doubt
WILTSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
HELP COUNSELLING SERVICES CIO FY2025£134kunclear0below—no doubt
COTSWOLD COUNSELLING FY2025£374k—0above—no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNSELLING SERVICE FY2025£917k—0within—no doubt

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