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Registered charity · Hertfordshire

The Relationships Counselling, Therapy and Mediation Service

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £1.1m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Windsor And Maidenhead and more
Website
www.relationships-service.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Relationships Counselling, Therapy and Mediation Service LTD
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.1m£1.2m
  • 2024£1.1m£1.3m
  • 2023£1.3m£1.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.3m£1.0m
  • 2021£1.3m£1.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable 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 SEEK TO ENHANCE, THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN BY:2.1. INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE BENEFIT OF COMMITTED COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY LIFE; AND2.2. WORKING TO PREVENT POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE BREAKDOWN OF SUCH RELATIONSHIPS;3. TO PROVIDE COUNSELLING, ADVICE, EDUCATION, GUIDANCE AND RELIEF TO ADULTS AND/OR CHILDREN IN RELATION TO ANY ASPECT OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE OR WORK WHICH:3.1. MAY PREJUDICE THEIR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL WELL BEING; OR3.2. INFLUENCE, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THEIR PRESENT OR FUTURE FAMILY OR COUPLE RELATIONSHIP;4. TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND5. TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO ALL OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS AND TO MAKE THE RESULTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

Grants received

5 grants · £181,284 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £179,784 (4 grants)
  • Ministry of Justice · £1,500

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002020-05-15
  • Ministry of Justice £1,5002018-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002017-07-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002010-09-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £149,7842009-10-14
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

11 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 11Professional services 4Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.2 in 2021

57 from 70 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1053223
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22ND DECEMBER 1995 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16 OCTOBER 2008 AND SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16 NOVEMBER 2009 AND REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 03 FEBRUARY 2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 17 OCT 2017 as amended on 09 Dec 2020 as amended on 01 Jul 2025
Companies House
Company number 03141164 · Active
Contact on the register
03000032324 · info@relationships-service.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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