Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

STAR BEREAVEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED

Support for children and young people between the ages of 0 and 25 years who have been bereaved or suffered significant loss.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£202£248£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£267£206£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£121£192£-71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£274£91£183n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£87£35£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£27£35£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£29£46£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£100£88£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£94£130£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£100£143£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£91£134£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£92£85£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£92£55£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£92£68£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£126£76£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£83£75£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£59£54£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.starbereavement.org.uk

info@starwakefield.org.uk

07599 640714

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of Wakefield,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£216,890
BBC Children in Need£117,839
Leeds Community Foundation£41,118
DCMS£11,118
Nova Wakefield£10,000
Sir George Martin Trust£6,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Star Bereavement
£2,500 15/03/2024
Core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
Leeds Community Foundation - Peer Support
£20,000 14/07/2023
Grant to Star Bereavement Support Service
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Star Bereavement & Support Service Ltd
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Nova Wakefield - Grant to Star Bereavement Support Services
£10,000 19/10/2022
Grant for support to provide free,warm and welcoming spaces for residents across communities in the Wakefield District
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Star Bereavement & Support Service Ltd
£117,339 10/08/2021
This project will deliver child-centred, 1-2-1 and peer support opportunities for bereaved children and young people in Wakefield. This will result in increased peer support, the ability to express their feelings and strengthen healthy coping skills.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Star Bereavement Support Service
£11,118 29/09/2020
12
Support children, young adults (3-25 years) and families across the Wakefield District, affected by the death of a person important to them - parent, carer, friend, sister, step-brother, grandparent…. addressing their needs in ways that are ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£11,118 29/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Star Bereavement
£4,000 28/09/2020
Core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£10,000 01/05/2020
Grant to Star Bereavement Support Service
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving Beyond
£216,890 22/01/2020
36
The funding will help develop community-based support for bereaved children and young people across Wakefield district. The aim is to improve mental wellbeing, boost confidence and self-esteem, and provide the support network a young person needs to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - STAR BEREAVEMENT
£10,000 05/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to support children and young people affected by the death of someone close to them, by offering child-led support sessions with the option of being supported in a group where they can get to know others in a similar ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Star Bereavement & Support Service Ltd
£29,952 13/03/2018
36
This project will work with children and young people who have been recently bereaved. A bereavement support practitioner will help young people better understand their feelings, and be more able to talk openly about the person they have lost.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Star Bereavement Support Service
£2,928 29/11/2017
We need to build a multi-functional website to increase the reach of our services and to facilitate fundraising.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Star Bereavement and Support Service Ltd
£35,000 28/02/2014
This charity provides counselling and support for bereaved children in the Wakefield area. They will use the grant to help fund a Bereavement Support Worker who will provide group support and develop young people's and parent forums.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-65
  • DENISE SAYLES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Contract Manager
  • GRAINNE CUERDEN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Managing Consultant
  • JOANNE ALISON BEAUMONT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • MADELEINE SUTCLIFFE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • MARGARET MARY REDMOND Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Uk Operations Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/04/2006, number: 1113878
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/02/2006, number: 05697984
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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
17 returns made; AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 20 days late,
Main office

Star Bereavement
The Annexe
2 Navigation Walk
WAKEFIELD
West Yorkshire

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BEREAVED OR SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT LOSS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 0 AND 25, AND IMPROVE THEIR EMOTIONAL WELLBEING AND RESILIENCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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