The Guild of Our Lady of Good Counsel

Registered charity 1096617 · since 2003guildofourladyofgoodcounsel.co.uk·England, Scotland, Wales·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£257k

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

The Guild's work fits best where a project supports expectant and new mothers in hardship, especially groups that reach mothers in crisis and stay in touch with them over the long term, and it also makes grants to individual mothers.
Its stated priority areas are England, Wales and Scotland.
Organisations whose services would not accord with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church should not apply.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown and ask about the process and typical request sizes, since no grant range is stated.
The register does not confirm the scale of its annual giving, so treat the £257,450 figure with some caution.

Overview

The Guild of Our Lady of Good Counsel is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1096617).

The Guild of Our Lady of Good Counsel exists to provide information, support and help to women experiencing a difficult time in their pregnancies and to those with children, particularly newborn, facing hardships. Its annual giving is £257,450, of which £133,377 went to individual mothers. Its main outreach is through funding groups that provide advice, information, friendship, baby goods, financial help, moral support and accommodation.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Guild serves expectant and new mothers in crisis, and women with children, particularly newborn, who are facing hardship. It serves women of all religious backgrounds, nationalities, ages and social classes. It assists mothers with advice, information, friendship, baby goods, financial help, moral support and accommodation as appropriate to their needs and available resources. Its main outreach is through funding groups that provide these services. It particularly supports groups that reach expectant mothers in crisis and continue their friendship with mothers for the long haul. It also makes grants to individual mothers where appropriate, and grants to organisations providing ongoing support, advice and information to expectant and new mothers.

Themes

Pregnancy and motherhood support

Geographic Focus

Priority: England; Wales; Scotland.

What they don't fund

All such services must be in accordance with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

It particularly supports groups that reach expectant mothers in crisis and continue their friendship with mothers for the long haul.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to The Guild of Our Lady of Good Counsel.

The Guild of Our Lady of RansomMixed deadlinesGave £117k The Bolton Guild of HelpNo public processGave £267k Altajir TrustRolling Ambergate Charitable TrustRollingGave £65,500 Baltic Exchange Charitable FoundationRollingGave £142k Beacon of PeaceFixed deadlinesGave £360k B E M B RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TRUSTFixed deadlinesGave £112k British Humane AssociationRollingGave £165k British Society for Developmental BiologyMixed deadlinesGave £67,500 Cable Services Group CharityInvitation onlyGave £80,000

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£330,373	£290,172	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£343,611	£402,109	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£329,245	£413,759	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£542,985	£502,375	£224,790	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£492,955	£539,670	£257,450	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2024

£225k grants

YE 2025

£257k grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.