Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 10

THE LOSS FOUNDATION

The Loss Foundation is a registered charity providing support groups for people who have lost their loved ones to cancer or coronavirus. We provide supportive bereavement services aimed at creating regular spaces for people to share stories and experiences with others who have experienced a similar kind of loss.

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
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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 and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£68	£95	£-28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/22	£86	£93	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/21	£146	£56	£90	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/20	£53	£67	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/19	£60	£65	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/18	£63	£72	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£66	£45	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£42	£44	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£29	£28	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/14	£16	£11	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/13	£8	£4	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

www.thelossfoundation.org

info@thelossfoundation.org

03000204432

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout London,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
45 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Wates Foundation	£8,636
Co-Operative Group	£4,670
Crowdfunder	£2,723

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Online Support Groups for Individuals Bereaved by Cancer
£10,000	18/08/2023	The funding will be used to run online support groups for people who have been bereaved by cancer. The project aims to provide advice and emotional support to deal with the challenges they experience.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Loss Foundation
£4,670	22/10/2022	We wish to fund training for more volunteers so that we can double the amount of bereavement support events we are able to provide for people bereaved by cancer or Covid-19.
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£2,723	29/04/2022	Covid response
Wates Foundation - The Loss Foundation
£8,636	09/07/2020	Running online bereavement courses and a peer-to-peer telephone connection service.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Loss Foundation
£9,596	19/11/2018	Funding will help us provide two retreats during 2018 to support those who have lost someone to cancer.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£2,500	20/06/2018	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Loss Foundation
£3,237	29/11/2017	Helpprovide bereavement support groups for anyone who has lost someone to cancer in the Oxford area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bringing People Together Through Loss
£9,200	08/02/2017 12	This project will use the funding to create new engagement video materials that will raise awareness of the experiences of those who have lost people to cancer. This will improve the way in which ....more This project will use the funding to create new engagement video materials that will raise awareness of the experiences of those who have lost people to cancer. This will improve the way in which this organisation publicises its activities.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

SHEREEN SALLY Appointed: 2014

COLIN WARE Appointed: 2022

DR KIRSTEN SMITH BSC MSC Appointed: 2012

EDWARD LEVEY Appointed: 2018

KATE ROWLANDSON Appointed: 2022

PETER OSBORN Appointed: 2017

REBECCA MAHALLATI Appointed: 2017

SARAH BARRICK Appointed: 2018

VANESSA BABOURAM (Chair) Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/05/2012, number: 1147362

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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

11 returns made; all on time

Main office

6 Welbeck Villas
Highfield Road
LONDON
N21 3HN

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE UK EXPERIENCING BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS FROM CANCER, BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS.TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE UK EXPERIENCING BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS FROM CANCER, BY THE PROVISION OF SELF-HELP SUPPORT GROUPS.TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE UK EXPERIENCING BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS FROM CANCER, BY OFFERING INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF BEREAVEMENT AND HOW TO ACCESS OTHER FORMS OF SUPPORT.

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