# FRIEND COUNSELLING (LONDON) LTD

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 299307
- **Other names:** LONDON FRIEND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01345530](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01345530)
- **Registered:** Dec. 18, 1989
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=299307


## Contact

- **Address:** 86 CALEDONIAN ROAD, KINGS CROSS, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N1 9DN
- **Phone:** 020 7833 1674
- **Email:** office@londonfriend.org.uk
- **Website:** www.londonfriend.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** London Friend provides a wide range of services and activities aimed at improving the health and well-being of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &amp; Transgender community. Some of our services include one-to-one and group counselling, drug and alcohol support and coming-out and other peer support groups. We also run an LGBT community centre in Kings Cross.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout London





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Mubeen Ahmed** | Chair | July 17, 2023 |
| Alistair Charles Wilkinson |  | Dec. 11, 2025 |
| Dr Vivienne Smith |  | Aug. 24, 2021 |
| Joshua John Lolek Ricafrente De Luna |  | Aug. 24, 2020 |
| Rachel Anne Croshaw |  | July 22, 2025 |
| Thomas William McPhail |  | March 17, 2026 |




