The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Compass {Counselling on Merseyside - Pastoral and Supporting Service}

Registered charity 700335 Registered since 1988

Operates: Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral, Cheshire West & Chester

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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

4.3y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 6

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 9Hospitality 2Professional services 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£192k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.compasscounselling.org.uk
Emailenquiries@compass-counselling.org.uk
Phone01512373993
AddressCompass Counselling Services, 151 Dale Street, LIVERPOOL, L2 2AH

Finances

£192,165 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£186,642£160,408
2021£142,419£184,183
2022£118,430£199,623
2023£156,460£197,417
2024£192,165£199,022

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

A) THE RELIEF OF MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING PROVIDING COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR PERSONS RESIDENT ON MERSEYSIDE SUFFERING FROM SUCH DISTRESS B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF COUNSELLORS WORKING IN EITHER PROFESSIONAL OR VOLUNTARY SETTINGS BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING WITH A VIEW TO RAISING THE STANDARDS OF COUNSELLING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN MERSEYSIDE AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF COUNSELLING

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 MARCH 1988 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 15 MARCH 2007

Trustees (6)

6trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Compass (Counselling on Merseyside-Pastoral and Supporting Service) · 02235061 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 24/03/1988

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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