Friend Counselling (London) LTD

Registered charity 299307 Registered since 1989

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

6 trustees on the board

Mubeen Ahmed Chair since 2023
Alistair Charles Wilkinson since 2025
Dr Vivienne Smith since 2021
Joshua John Lolek Ricafrente De Luna since 2020
Rachel Anne Croshaw since 2025
Thomas William Mcphail since 2026

2.7y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

2.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Mubeen Ahmed Chair since 2023
Alistair Charles Wilkinson since 2025
Dr Vivienne Smith since 2021
Joshua John Lolek Ricafrente De Luna since 2020
Rachel Anne Croshaw since 2025
Thomas William Mcphail since 2026

company-linked trustees

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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£762k latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

10.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 6.4 in 2021

16 from 14 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.

12%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

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The Royal African Society Similar size; both Other purposes
Calderdale Citizens Advice Bureau Similar size; both Other purposes
British Wireless for the Blind Fund Similar size; both Other purposes
The Performing Arts Children's Charity Similar size; both Other purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.londonfriend.org.uk
Email	office@londonfriend.org.uk
Phone	02078331674
Address	86 CALEDONIAN ROAD, KINGS CROSS, LONDON, N1 9DN

Finances

£762,290 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£575,399	£505,058
2022	£618,358	£569,830
2023	£720,837	£625,314
2024	£708,705	£614,962
2025	£762,290	£685,005

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL CRISES SUFFERED BY PERSONS, PRIMARILY IN LONDON, WHO ARE HOMOSEXUAL, BI-SEXUAL OR IN DOUBT ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL IDENTITY OR BY THOSE WHO MAY BE AFFECTED OR INVOLVED WITH SUCH PERSONS, BY GIVING OF ADVICE, COUNSEL AND HELP FROM MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION WORKING UNDER DIRECTION, WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED AND PREPARED TO GIVE SUCH ADVICE COUNSELLING AND HELP.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22ND DECEMBER 1977 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 16TH MAY 1989

Trustees (6)

6trustees

39median age

0aged 70+

Mubeen Ahmedage band 40-44 Chair since 2023
Alistair Charles Wilkinsonage band 30-34 since 2025
Dr Vivienne Smithage band 50-54 since 2021
Joshua John Lolek Ricafrente De Lunaage band 30-34 since 2020
Rachel Anne Croshawage band 45-49 since 2025
Thomas William Mcphailage band 35-39 since 2026

Linked company (Companies House)

Friend Counselling (London) Limited · 01345530 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 22/12/1977

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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