Reach Counselling Limited

Registered charity 701330 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REACH MERSEYSIDE LIMITED

Counselling and Counselling Training

Objects

(I) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY PRESENTING, PROMOTING AND PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, (II) TO RELIEVE AGED, SICK AND DISABLED PERSONS BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO RELIEVE THE DISABILITIES OF OLD AGE AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE CAR AND ATTENTION NEEDED BY AGED, SICK AND DISABLED PERSONS, (III) TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES FOR PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS.

Area of benefit: MERSEYSIDE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£96k
Latest spending
£95k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a financial surplus of £1,230 for the year ended 30 September 2025, compared to a deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stand at £51,544, which is considered sufficient to cover the estimated six months of running costs target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of running costs (reserves figure: £52k)
“the directors wish to maintain reserves to at least cover 6 months running costs which has been estimated at £40,000.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£96k£95k
30/09/2024£88k£95k
30/09/2023£75k£89k
30/09/2022£73k£74k
30/09/2021£85k£76k

Common questions

Is Reach Counselling Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a financial surplus of £1,230 for the year ended 30 September 2025, compared to a deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stand at £51,544, which is considered sufficient to cover the estimated six months of running costs target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Reach Counselling Limited?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Reach Counselling Limited as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH AUGHTON, LANCASHIRE, RIVERTREE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTER ST PAULS WITH ST LUKES.

Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COUNSELLING PASTORAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Reach Counselling Limited£96k—0above—no doubt
COUNSELLING PASTORAL TRUST FY2025£56k—0below—no doubt
REACH LEARNING DISABILITY FY2025£3.9m——above—no doubt
THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION FY2025£2.1m£60,000 - £69,9992above—no doubt
REACHOUT COMMUNITY CHURCH IRCHESTER FY2026£57k——unclear—no doubt
REACH COMMUNITY PROJECTS FY2025£718k—0unclear—no doubt

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