Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

YOU RAISE ME UP LIMITED

You Raise Me Up supports families after the death of a child aged 16-25. We provide emotional and mental health support to be able to say "we totally understand" when families need it most.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/07/23£387£399£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22£367£379£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/21£269£259£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20£214£182£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19*£147£170£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18*£143£129£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17*£100£72£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£49£44£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/15*£21£27£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£20£14£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/13*£12£7£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/12*£9£2£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

www.youraisemeup.co.uk

trustee@youraisemeup.co.uk

01323482772

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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£168,616
Sussex Community Foundation£48,560
DCMS£32,000
Co-Operative Group£8,190
Cheshire Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to You Raise Me Up
£3,234 21/10/2023
We would like to develop our Support Centre Mental Health Drop In and signposting services. Our Support Centre is open 6 days a week for anyone who needs bereavement or mental health support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Emotional Support for bereaved Families
£9,866 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to continue providing specialist counselling support groups and a helpline for bereaved families. This project aims to build relationships reduce isolation and improve quality of life.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to You Raise Me Up
£8,100 13/12/2022
Funding was provided towards the rising costs of providing their services, including their counselling services, helpline and support groups due to increased demand for support.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to You Raise Me Up (YRMU)
£5,000 21/07/2022
Funding was provided towards the cost of counselling sessions.
Sussex Community Foundation - Provision of Mental Health and wellbeing support for bereaved families in Sussex
£10,000 26/01/2022
Funding was provided to sustain their mental health and well-being services to meet the increase in demand.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Support for mental health and bereavement
£5,000 21/10/2021
You Raise Me Up are a local charity who support families and peers after the death of a young person aged 16-25. We will continue to deliver support and group therapy sessions for our beneficiaries, which will deliver much needed emotional support. ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to You Raise Me Up (YRMU)
£5,000 16/07/2021
12
Funding was provided towards sustaining the Support Centre, which is a drop in for anyone feeling grief or suffering from mental health issues.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to You Raise Me Up (YRMU)
£9,360 24/05/2021
You Raise Me Up provide mental health support, advice and support services not just to families bereaved by the loss of the child aged 16-25 but increasing to those within the local community through a drop in community support centre where the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sustainability of You Raise Me Up
£150,000 29/03/2021
36
The funding aims to provide compassion and support family struggling with bereavement. The counselling sessions provided aim to reduce feelings of grief and help with tackling the mental health and wellbeing challenges that come with losing a loved ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to You Raise Me Up
£4,956 24/10/2020
We would like to continue running our Support Café and wellbeing groups for bereaved families, to support their mental or physical health.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£32,000 17/07/2020
"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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to You Raise Me Up (YRMU)
£2,500 08/06/2020
YRMU provides emotional, financial and practical support for families following the death of a child aged 16-25. They provide funeral payments, one to one specialist counselling, support groups, a 24 hour helpline and a drop in support centre in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Emotional Support for bereaved Families
£8,750 29/05/2020
2
The funding will be used to provide counselling for families who have experienced bereavement. The project aims to support the community through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to You Raise Me Up (YRMU)
£3,600 21/04/2020
YRMU provide emotional, financial and practical support for families following the death of a child aged 16-25. They provide funeral payments, one-to-one specialist counselling, support groups, a 24 hour helpline and a drop in support centre in ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to You Raise Me Up (YRMU)
£5,000 24/03/2020
20
Funding was provided towards running costs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to You Raise Me Up
£2,890 04/08/2017
It will take financial pressure off of a family that have suffered a loss and enable them to focus on dealing with bereavement issues.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ANNE MARIE FIELD (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Journalist
  • FRASER BROOKS Appointed: 2024
  • SARAH PEARCE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Account Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/05/2012, number: 1147534
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/07/2011, number: 07711231
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR19: 53 days late, AR18: 46 days late, AR17: 123 days late, AR15: 28 days late, AR13: 135 days late, AR12: 500 days late,
Main office

You Raise Me Up
58b High Street
POLEGATE
BN26 6AD

Objectives

1 TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS.2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SERVICES.3 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES CONNECTED TO BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS.4 TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION.5 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF ILLNESSES OF ANY DESCRIPTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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