Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 6
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

OUR ANGEL BEARS

Raising awareness of pregnancy and infant loss by supporting health care workers in providing care by gifting keepsakes and collaborating with charities to provide care to patients using their services when experiencing pregnancy loss.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 3 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
01/05/24£0£2£-1n/a
01/05/23*£2£2£0n/a
01/05/22*£0£5£-5n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

www.ourangelbears.org.uk

ourangelbears1@gmail.com

07884434691

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Our Angel Bears
£3,192 21/10/2023
We supply early pregnancy loss packs to NHS hospitals. We run pregnancy loss support groups in Bournemouth and Poole, where families can be mutually supported and make friends.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • JOSEPH TURNER Appointed: 2021
  • SUZANNE CLAIRE STOCKBRIDGE (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • VICTORIA FAHEY Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/07/2021, number: 1195318
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
3 returns made; AR23: 7 days late, AR22: 7 days late,
Main office

1 Layton Court
Layton Road
Bournemouth
Dorset
bh12 2bl

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED PREGNANCY AND INFANT LOSS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND ADVICE AND THROUGH KEEPSAKE AND COMFORT BAGS ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR CHILD AND PROVIDING ITEMS THAT WILL ASSIST IN THE GRIEVING PROCESS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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