Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 13
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

THE CORONERS' COURTS SUPPORT SERVICE

The Coroners' Courts Support Service supports practically & emotionally the families and other witnesses attending The Coroner's Courts, thereby making the experience less onerous. The charity liases with other parties appearing before the court to ensure their understanding of its role & methodology. Families are referred to other agencies for help with coming to terms with their bereavement.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£221£300£-79n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£254£406£-152n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£275£346£-71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£476£304£172n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£442£420£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£317£371£-54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£260£298£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£161£223£-61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£180£154£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14?£312£139£173n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/12£57£74£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/11£40£69£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/10£85£41£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/09£21£24£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/08£32£29£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/07*£36£26£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/06*£25£19£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/05£19£9£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.coronerscourtssupportservice.org.uk

info@ccsupport.org.uk

07836737432

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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£118,000
National Lottery Community Fund£79,000
CHK Foundation£40,000
Dulverton Trust£30,841
Esmee Fairbairn£17,356
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
Essex Community Foundation£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Operational Support
£10,000 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to cover the staff costs to deliver their service the group provides face to face and helpline support to people during the process of a coroner’s inquest. The project aims to support people’s practical and emotional ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Coroner's Court Support Service
£2,500 08/12/2022
towards the salary of a volunteer coordinator at an organisation supporting people dealing with a coronors inquest into the death of a loved one
Dulverton Trust - CCSS Coordinator
£30,841 28/10/2021
CCSS Coordinator
Tudor Trust - Grant to Coroners' Courts Support Service
£2,000 21/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£40,000 06/10/2020
unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£118,000 28/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - London Funders-Wave 2-Coroners' Courts Support Service Helpline & PMART Prtnrshp
£69,000 26/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to support the London Pandemic Multi Agency Response Teams (PMART) Service in dealing with COVID related deaths in the community. The service will provide emotional and practical help to families and witnesses attending ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coroners' Courts Support Service
£17,356 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 The Coroners' Courts Support Service
£5,000 18/03/2020
Supporting ending social exclusion for elderly people
National Lottery Community Fund - Developing Skills and Service Delivery
£9,600 12/09/2019
12
Developing Skills and Service Delivery
Tudor Trust - Grant to Coroners' Courts Support Service
£19,200 23/04/2019
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the running costs of a national helpline for bereaved individuals and families going through the inquest process
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coroners' Courts Support Service
£101,950 04/04/2017
36
Towards the salary costs of a Northern regional manager to manage and expand services supporting bereaved families and witnesses when they attend an inquest at the Coroner’s Court.
Ministry of Justice - Coroners Court Support Service
£29,394 01/04/2017
To provide funding to allow the CCSS to roll out their service to all coroners courts in England and Wales.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Coroners' Courts Support Service
£82,000 11/10/2016
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the salary of the Southern Co-ordinator and the running costs of a phone support line for this charity providing support and guidance to bereaved families at coroners' courts across England
Ministry of Justice - The Coroners' Court Support Service
£70,000 01/04/2016
12
To recruit and train volunteers who provide emotional support to those attending coroners' inquests.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coroners' Courts Support Service
£92,466 05/06/2013
Towards the salary and costs of the co-ordinator post responsible for setting up volunteer schemes to assist relatives in four additional coroners' courts.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Coroners' Courts Support Service
£60,000 07/05/2013
24
over two years towards the salary of an additional co-ordinator and evaluation costs at this national service which uses volunteers to offer support to witnesses and family members attending Coroners' Court inquests
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • DR CHRISTOPHER PEAKER Appointed: 2013
  • KIM ELIZABETH CHUDLEY Appointed: 2023
  • MS MAGGIE FROST
  • NICOLAS GIBBON Appointed: 2013
  • ROSEMARY BURDEN Appointed: 2024
  • WAI HANG LAU Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/09/2004, number: 1105899
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR07: 130 days late, AR06: 206 days late,
Main office

Westminster Coroner's Court
33 Tachbrook Street
Pimlico
LONDON
SW1V 2JR

Objectives

TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF FAMILY AND/OR WITNESSES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND SUFFERING BEREAVEMENT AND/OR TRAUMA BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT IN CONNECTION WITH THE CORONER'S COURT AND ITS PROCESSES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WESTMINSTER, SOUTHWARK, ST PANCRAS, HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM, CROYDON, EAST LONDON, NORTH LONDON AND CITY OF LONDON.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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