LGBT+ CYMRU HELPLINE

Registered charity 1198081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Progress Cymru Counselling

Providing confidential support and counselling for LGBTQAI & our Allies from our experienced qualified counsellors for anyone who may be experiencing difficulties in their lives. Our counselling service can help with: Relationships, Family Issues, Bereavement, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, including systemic family transitioning counselling, Stress & Anxiety, Emotional Issues, etc.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£72k
Latest spending
£48k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a financial surplus of £24,282 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £72,438 against total payments of £48,156. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £8,935, which is below the stated policy target of £17,648, though the trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £9k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“The Trustees acknowledge that the current level of unrestricted reserves is below the target stated in our Reserves Policy.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LGBT+ Cymru Helpline (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£72k£48k
31/03/2024£76k£71k
31/03/2023£0£0

Common questions

Is LGBT+ CYMRU HELPLINE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a financial surplus of £24,282 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £72,438 against total payments of £48,156. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £8,935, which is below the stated policy target of £17,648, though the trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LGBT+ CYMRU HELPLINE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LGBT+ CYMRU HELPLINE as a grant recipient include SWANSEA C V S.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SWANSEA C V SFY2023£5kABMU Change 4 the Better grants
SWANSEA C V SFY2022£0ABMU Change 4 the Better grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/04/2026£20kProgress Cymru Youth
The National Lottery Community Fund24/02/2025£20kProgress Cymru Academy
Postcode Lottery28/06/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund13/11/2023£10kFamily Counselling
Postcode Lottery03/04/2023£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund26/09/2022£10kSwansea Rainbow Counselling Centre Progress Groups
The National Lottery Community Fund08/07/2021£10kCovid-19 LGBT Mindfulness in Swansea Bay
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2021£99kA better future for LGBT+ People their families and our allies