Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 17

PREGNANCY EXPECTATIONS TRAUMA AND LOSS SOCIETY

Provision of a free counselling service to women, men and couples experiencing trauma or loss during pregnancy and birth.Raising awareness of the need for psychological support for women, men and couples experiencing trauma or loss related to pregnancy and birth.Promotion of research and dissemination of results of psychological impact for women, men and couples suffering pregnancy trauma/loss

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 11 years

www.petalscharity.org

contact@petalscharity.org

07855013718

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£572	£548	£24	£0	£240	£240	5.3	10	4
31/03/22	£483	£469	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21	£349	£365	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20	£354	£283	£71	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19	£223	£181	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/18	£154	£131	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£85	£86	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£107	£57	£50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£37	£36	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£18	£16	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 44%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

10 employees
4 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

Essex Community Foundation	£19,867
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation	£18,500
Co-Operative Group	£4,108

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Pay It Forward For Petals
£10,500	06/11/2023	to provide specialist psychological support for bereaved families in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire - benefitting 21 people
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Pay It Forward for Petals
£5,000	17/10/2023	to provide specialist psychological support for 10 bereaved families in and around Chelmsford
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Pay It Forward
£3,000	06/07/2023	to fund 37 counselling sessions for parents who have lost a pregnancy
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Pregnancy Expectations Trauma And Loss Society
£9,900	03/02/2022	to support a specialist counselling service for bereaved parents who have suffered loss in pregnancy in Harlow
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Petals
£4,108	24/10/2020	We aim to help women and couples who suffer the loss of a baby during pregnancy and childbirth.
Essex Community Foundation - Petals counselling in the community
£9,967	12/12/2019 12	To provide counselling for women affected by pregnancy loss and trauma in Harlow
Suffolk Community Foundation - Petals counselling in the community
£3,000	04/01/2019 10	Towards Petals counselling in the community.
Essex Community Foundation - Petals counselling in the community
£6,000	03/04/2018 11	To provide counselling sessions for those suffering trauma or loss during pregnancy or birth in Harlow
Suffolk Community Foundation - Petals counselling in the Community
£2,500	27/11/2017 9	Towards offering 6 free counselling sessions per couple affected by the loss of a baby either during pregnancy or during the birth process.
National Lottery Community Fund - Petals Counselling Service
£10,000	26/11/2014 12	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Petals Pilot Project
£10,000	15/11/2012 12	This is a project in Cambridge. The organisation will use the funding to establish a pilot counselling service. This will offer support and advice to women and their partners suffering the distress ....more This is a project in Cambridge. The organisation will use the funding to establish a pilot counselling service. This will offer support and advice to women and their partners suffering the distress of pregnancy loss following miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death or termination due to fetal abnormality.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-68

AMY BUTTERWORTH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Hr Consultant

ANDREW BRAITHWAITE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Certified Chartered Accountant

ANNE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

BIRTE HARLEV-LAM Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Executive Director Professional Leadership, Other trusteeship: BEST BEGINNINGS,

DANIEL FISHER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Strategy And Performance In Business

DR ALISON SCADDEN (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Biochemist

LIAM PRESTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Communications Policy, Research, Other trusteeship: VILOMAH BABY LOSS CHARITY,

STEVEN HADWIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/01/2013, number: 1150375
Registered at Companies House on 25/07/2011, number: 07717126

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
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

10 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from NEWMARKET PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTRE on 12/01/2021

Main office

1 Tunbridge Court
Tunbridge Lane
Bottisham
CAMBRIDGE
CB25 9TU

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN RELIEVING THE MENTAL SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF PARENTS AFFECTED BY PERINATAL OR NEONATAL ANXIETY TRAUMA AND LOSS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING;2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR PROFESSIONALS AND PARENTS IN THE EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF PERINATAL AND NEONATAL ANXIETY TRAUMA AND LOSS;3. TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF PERINATAL AND NEONATAL ANXIETY TRAUMA AND LOSS AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS THEREOF FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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