Winchester Youth Counselling

What Winchester Youth Counselling does

Wellspring Counselling is a UK registered charity providing professional counselling services to young people aged 11-18 and adults across North Somerset. Founded in 1994 by local doctors and churches, the organisation operates from multiple venues in Nailsea, Portishead, Clevedon, and Weston-super-Mare, delivering one-to-one therapy, structured group programmes (including the Living Well CBT course), and CPD training for external practitioners (such as the Turning Toward Shame event). The service is delivered under the BACP ethical framework with GDPR-compliant operations.

The business model blends fee-for-service with charitable subsidy. Clients pay on a sliding scale: young people are charged £25 per session and adults between £20 and £45 per session, against an estimated cost-to-deliver of approximately £50 per session. The shortfall is funded through charitable donations, grants, and proceeds from the North Somerset Community Lottery, supplemented by a recently launched Friends of Wellspring individual-giving initiative. This hybrid funding structure creates a diversified but donation-dependent income profile.

Operationally, Wellspring is a small organisation with 1-10 employees and a community-rooted delivery model. Recent strategic activity has focused on extending the product surface (CBT courses, CPD training) and broadening the fundraising base, rather than on aggressive geographic or headcount expansion. The competitive position rests on 30 years of local brand presence, BACP accreditation, and physical venue coverage across its catchment area rather than on technology differentiation or scale economies.

Name

Winchester Youth Counselling

Legal name

Wellspring Counselling Ltd

Website

https://wellspringcounselling.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Wellspring Counselling is a UK registered charity providing BACP-compliant counselling to young people aged 11-18 and adults across North Somerset through multiple venues, funded by sliding-scale client fees, donations, grants, and a community lottery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Counselling Services

NAICS

Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health Counseling & Psychotherapy Services (EDALAFAB)

Keywords

• Mental health counselling
• Youth counselling services
• Community mental health
• Professional counselling therapy
• Affordable therapy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nailsea

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Client Session Fees: Sliding scale fees based on household income for counselling sessions. Young people (11-18) pay £25 per session. Adults pay between £20-£45 per session depending on income bracket.
2. Charitable Grants and Donations: Relies on funding from charitable grants, individual donations, and community fundraising events to subsidise counselling and maintain affordable pricing.
3. Community Lottery: North Somerset Community Lottery partnership where supporters can sign up for £1 per week, with 50% going to Wellspring.
4. Training Course Fees: Revenue from CPD courses and professional training programmes including Somatic Experiencing CPD and Counselling Young People training courses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Wellspring Counselling (the trading identity of Winchester Youth Counselling) provides affordable, professional one-to-one counselling for adults and young people aged 11-18 across North Somerset, delivered by trained and student counsellors at multiple community venues and online. The service is supplemented by group mental wellbeing courses (including a 5-week CBT skills course), nature-based psychotherapy (Walk & Talk), and a free Listening Mentor service for 11-16 year olds in local cafes.

Product overview

Wellspring Counselling is a registered charity providing a unified counselling and mental wellbeing service for adults and young people aged 11+ across North Somerset since 1994. The organisation operates as a single integrated service offering adult counselling, young people's counselling, mental wellbeing courses and workshops, a free listening service for 11-16 year olds, and nature-based psychotherapy. Services are delivered by qualified and student counsellors through venues in Nailsea, Portishead, Clevedon, and Weston-super-Mare, with some online options available. The organisation is supported by funding, grants, donations, and a sliding-scale fee structure based on household income.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Counselling for Adults Professional one-to-one counselling for adults delivered by trained and qualified counsellors, providing confidential, non-judgemental support for issues including depression, anxiety, bereavement, relationship problems, stress, trauma, redundancy, and illness. Priced on a sliding scale from £20 to £45 per session based on household income.
• Counselling for Young People Specialised one-to-one counselling for young people aged 11-18, delivered by trained young people's counsellors in a confidential and sensitive manner. Most sessions are offered after school hours. Fixed fee of £25 per session with a bursary fund available for those unable to pay the full fee.
• Mental Wellbeing Courses and Workshops Group courses and workshops designed to give participants tools and techniques for coping with mental health difficulties, delivered by expert facilitators in group settings. Includes CBT-based skills courses and dedicated Carers' Workshops.
• Free Listening Service for Young People Free one-to-one support for young people aged 11-16 provided by trained listening mentors in local cafes, offering a safe relaxed space to talk about whatever is on their mind and acting as an accessible entry point before formal counselling.
• Nature-Based Psychotherapy Therapeutic approach using natural outdoor settings, including Walk & Talk therapy, that integrates traditional psychotherapy methods within nature to help clients with stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma-related conditions. Conducted by qualified practitioners.
• Carers' Workshops Online Online 5-week workshop for carers covering stress management, self-esteem improvement, frustration management, coping with change, and maintaining positivity, also available as standalone sessions.
• Living Well - CBT Skills Course 5-week course in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy skills designed to provide practical tools and techniques for managing mental health difficulties and improving mental wellbeing.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• North Somerset Community LotteryminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership allowing supporters to sign up to the North Somerset Community Lottery for £1 per week, with 50% of proceeds going directly to Wellspring Counselling.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Anxiety UK: UK charity providing support, counselling, and therapy services specifically for people with anxiety, anxiety-related conditions, and similar presentations addressed by Wellspring's adult anxiety work.
• Place2Be: UK charity providing school-based counselling and mental health support for children and young people, operating through a similar model of trained counsellors placed in educational settings with referral pathways from schools and families.
• Relate: Long-established UK charity delivering counselling services (relationship, family, sex therapy) through local centres with a similar mix of paid counsellors and trainees, sliding-scale affordability, and community-based delivery.
• Cruse Bereavement Support: National bereavement counselling charity operating through local volunteer and paid counsellor networks using similar training pipelines, BACP-aligned ethical frameworks, and donations/grant income mix.
• Anna Freud Centre: Charity focused on children and young people's mental health, providing counselling, training, and research; directly comparable as a specialist youth mental health charity with training revenue and clinical expertise.
• No Panic: UK charity offering support, counselling, and recovery programmes for people with anxiety disorders, panic attacks, and OCD; comparable community-delivered mental health charity with volunteer and grant funding model.

Broad incumbents

• Childline (NSPCC): Free, confidential helpline and online counselling service for children and young people run by NSPCC; overlapping in youth emotional support mission and free-access model.
• Samaritans: UK charity providing listening and emotional support across the population, with a similar volunteer-supplemented delivery model and broad community awareness, though focused on listening rather than formal counselling.
• Mind: UK-wide mental health charity offering information, local Mind-affiliated counselling services, and campaigning; comparable as a broader incumbent in the same charitable mental health support space.

Emerging players

• Kooth: Digital mental health platform commissioned by the NHS and local authorities to provide anonymous online counselling and wellbeing support for young people; competes for the same youth counselling demand online.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wellspringcounsellingnailsea

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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