Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 5

HOLDING ON LETTING GO

Holding On Letting Go provides support to bereaved children, young people and their families, and those experiencing anticipatory grief in Kent, Medway and SE London. Holding On Letting Go has been established since 2003 under Charity No 1103835 and changed to a CIO on 25 August 2020. For previous financial information please apply to Caroline.ford@holg.org.uk

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£100,924	£200,046	£-99,122	85
31/03/22	£256,721	£200,313	£56,408	84
31/03/21	£268,321	£89,975	£178,346	103

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.holg.org.uk

info@holg.org.uk

03445611511

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Kent, Medway,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
85 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

Co-Operative Group	£11,215
DCMS	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£5,625

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Holding On Letting Go
£6,426	21/10/2023	We'd like to hold a Christmas Gathering to allow bereaved children to have fun at what is often a difficult time, and for them to reconnect with those they met at our events throughout the year.
National Lottery Community Fund - Online Bereavement Cafe
£5,625	28/10/2021	The funding will be used to deliver online bereavement support workshops to families. The project aims to support people with loss enabling them to address feelings at an early stage.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Holding On Letting Go
£4,790	23/10/2021	We wish to provide six bereavement support workshops at the Sheppey Community Hub for local hard-to-reach children and their families who are struggling with a significant bereavement.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	29/09/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANITA TURNER Appointed: 2020

BRIAN CHARLES DOWNTON Appointed: 2020

JONATHAN BOWLES Appointed: 2022

KATE TREVELYAN Appointed: 2020

MARGARET GALLAGHER (Chair) Appointed: 2020

SHEENA BOLLAND Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Nhs Manager, Other trusteeships: HOME-START MEDWAY LIMITED, HOME-START UK,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/08/2020, number: 1191016

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

3 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from HOLDING ON LETTING GO on 13/10/2020

Main office

Holding On Letting Go
c/o The Wisdom Hospice
High Bank
ROCHESTER
Kent
ME1 2NU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF IN NEED AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF BEREAVED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS UP TO THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAY IN THE KENT AREA BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, INCLUDING SUPPORT TO THOSE AFFECTED BY ANTICIPATORY GRIEF.

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