Relationships Plymouth

Registered charity 237035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RELATE PLYMOUTH AND DISTRICT, RELATE PLYMOUTH AND DISTRICT MARRIAGE GUIDANCE

Relationship counselling, Education and Training courses, Sexual Therapy Service, work with young people in schools, Family Counselling

Objects

1) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE BENEFITS OF SECURE COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE EMOTIONAL, SEXUAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL BEING OF INDIVIDUALS WHICH IS DERIVED FROM COMMITTED RELATIONSHIPS;2) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS AND MARRIAGE AND TO MAKE THE RESULTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC;3) TO SEEK TO ENHANCE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN BY INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE BENEFIT OF COMMITTED COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE AND WORKING TO PREVENT POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE BREAKDOWN OF SUCH RELATIONSHIPS.

Area of benefit: CITY OF PLYMOUTH AND DISTRICT

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 reported a net deficit of £44,709 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing total unrestricted funds from £623,038 to £578,328. The trustees' report notes that the centre is facing a deficit due to reduced counselling hours caused by a lack of trained counsellors and difficulty recruiting trainees. However, the charity holds significant unrestricted reserves, including £403,000 in general funds, which the trustees indicate have helped the centre through recent difficult years.

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
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• 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
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/12/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barry John Dawe
• Christopher Oram · trustee of 1 other charity
• Natalie Harrison · trustee of 2 other charities
• Neil Hendy · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon · Plymouth City

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Government & lottery funding

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