BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
To promote & provide education & training for counsellors &/or psychotherapists working in either professional or voluntary settings, to raise the standards of counselling/psychotherapy for the benefit of the community. To educate the public in the part that counselling/psychotherapy can play in society.
Latest income
£14.3m
Expenditure
£13.2m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £10.0m | £8.8m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £11.2m | £10.0m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £12.0m | £11.8m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £13.2m | £12.4m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £14.3m | £13.2m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £378 |
| Charitable activities | £13.1m |
| Trading | £802k |
| Investment income | £321k |
| Total income | £14.3m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £12.4m |
| Raising funds | £52k |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £325k |
| Total expenditure | £13.2m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £9.7m |
| Total funds | £9.7m |
| — restricted | £0 |
| — unrestricted | £9.7m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £9.7m |
| Cash | £3.3m |
People
| Employees | 146 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Other Defined Groups
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.