Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

WILTSHIRE TREEHOUSE

We provide support to children, young people and their families living in Wiltshire affected by bereavement.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
31/12/23£142£90£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£69£84£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£74£82£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£88£59£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£56£58£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£76£37£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£31£28£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£18£14£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£45£18£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.wiltshiretreehouse.org.uk

admin@wiltshiretreehouse.org.uk

01793987105

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
Henry Smith Charity£120,000
National Lottery Community Fund£34,000
DCMS£30,000
Wiltshire Community Foundation£28,770
BBC Children in Need£18,660
Masonic Trust£11,000
Co-Operative Group£1,667
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Wiltshire Treehouse
£1,667 21/10/2023
We would like funding to run our specialist group programme for bereaved children and their families.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Treehouse
£1,000 22/02/2023
Wiltshire Treehouse provide bereavement support to children, young people, and their families within Swindon & Wiltshire. Funding is towards core costs.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 13/02/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£10,000 21/11/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wiltshire Treehouse
£120,000 09/11/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a bereavement support service for children and young people and their families in Swindon and Wiltshire.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Wiltshire Treehouse
£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’
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Treehouse
£15,000 29/06/2022
Wiltshire Treehouse provide bereavement support to children, young people, and their families within Swindon & Wiltshire. Funding is towards core costs.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Treehouse
£10,000 17/06/2021
17
Bereavement support for children, young people and families in Swindon & Wiltshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bereavement Support for Children & Young People Continuation
£34,000 26/02/2021
37
The funding will be used over three years to cover core costs supporting the organisation with it's work and continued expansion into the wider Wiltshire area.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Wiltshire Treehouse
£18,160 30/11/2020
This grant will fund organisation costs for a project supporting children who have experienced bereavement during the Covid-19 pandemic. The project will increase emotional literacy, resilience and ability to talk about their loss.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,000 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
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Online bereavement training
£2,770 05/05/2020
Online training for professionals, support staff and volunteers to address bereavement issues with children and young people across Wiltshire & Swindon.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Wiltshire Treehouse
£29,982 19/11/2019
36
This project will support children who have experienced bereavement by providing support groups. These groups will increase their ability to cope, social support networks and their ability to communicate feelings related to the deceased.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Wiltshire Expansion
£10,000 17/07/2019
Wiltshire Treehouse currently provides bereavement support for children and young people in Swindon including advice for schools and other professionals involved in supporting families with bereavement. Funding is towards employing new staff to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Grief Support for Children and Young People In Wiltshire
£9,940 17/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to continue delivering the group's grief support service for children and young people and their families. The project aims to help develop coping strategies and improve wellbeing.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • AMANDA MCCONAGHY (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • FAYE AUTY Appointed: 2017
  • HELEN JOY PEPLER Appointed: 2015
  • LUCAS GLEED Appointed: 2024
  • ROSIE HARRIS Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/12/2014, number: 1159719
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE NICK JONES FOUNDATION FOR BEREAVED CHILDREN on 23/06/2023
Main office

Westlea Primary School
Langstone Way
Westlea
Swindon
SN5 7BT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL, SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDENT IN WILTSHIRE SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WILTSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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