Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

SLOW - SUPPORTING BEREAVED PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

SLOW offers emotional and practical support to bereaved families that have lost a child in any circumstances. The charity currently provides support groups for bereaved parents when a child has died in the family; sibling support workshops for bereaved children that have lost a brother or sister and help and advice for professionals working with bereaved families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/01/24£107£132£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/23£142£98£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/22£63£72£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/21£80£53£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/20?£50£54£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/18£51£38£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/17£37£31£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/16£27£25£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.slowgroup.co.uk

admin@slowgroup.co.uk

07532 423 674

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Hospice & bereavement services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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
True Colours Trust£66,000
Cripplegate Foundation£15,000
Postcode Society Trust£15,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
DCMS£10,000
City Bridge Trust£10,000
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
CAF£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
True Colours Trust - Towards the costs of SLOWSibs, a service for bereaved siblings
£66,000 21/05/2024
36
Towards the costs of SLOWSibs, a service for bereaved siblings.
The Grocers' Charity - 2024 Grant - SLOW - Supporting Bereaved Parents and Siblings
£5,000 07/03/2024
To support disadvantaged bereaved siblings in creative workshops and support groups. Two expert bereaved parent or sibling facilitators deliver free workshops and support groups.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To SLOW - Surviving the Loss of Your World
£5,000 05/07/2022
SLOW - Islington Bereavement Support Groups
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to SLOW
£1,500 18/05/2022
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Postcode Society Trust - Supporting Bereaved Families in London when a child has died in the family
£15,000 26/04/2022
Funding enabled SLOW to run a new weekly support group for bereaved parents after they had suffered the devastating loss of a child.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000 04/02/2022
36
SLOW - Surviving the Loss of Your World - Support for Bereaved Families
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To SLOW
£10,000 30/06/2020
SLOW - Surviving the Loss of Your World
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 25/06/2020
"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
CAF - Grant to SLOW
£5,000 28/05/2020
3
Grant to SLOW to support the organisation through COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to SLOW
£10,000 15/05/2020
A grant of £10,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - SLOW - Surviving the Loss of Your World
£55,288 20/09/2019
36
SLOW - Surviving the Loss of Your World
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 30/06/2019
SLOW - Surviving the Loss of Your World
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To SLOW
£5,000 25/06/2019
SLOW - Surviving the Loss of Your World
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To SLOW
£5,000 26/06/2018
Towards costs for Islington support groups for bereaved parents and their surviving children.
National Lottery Community Fund - SLOW (Surviving the Loss of Your World) - Supporting Bereaved Families
£10,000 14/03/2018
12
The funding will be used by a charity to expand their service by opening a new support group in South London for bereaved families. The project aims to allow more people to come together to connect with other families and receive peer advice and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 20/09/2017
SLOW - Surviving the Loss of Your World
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To SLOW
£5,000 07/03/2017
Towards the costs of a support groups for bereaved parents and their surviving children.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To SLOW
£3,150 01/03/2016
Towards the costs of a support group for bereaved parents and siblings
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • CICILIA HOI-SEE WAN Appointed: 2021
  • ELISE MARIE SOUCIE Appointed: 2021
  • LIZETTE NOLTE Appointed: 2023
  • PARESH RAMESH PITHIYA Appointed: 2021
  • PHILIPPA GRACE MURRAY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • TIM ROBERT WHITWORTH Appointed: 2011
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/04/2015, number: 1161337
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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

1 Kenilworth Road
LONDON
LONDON
NW6 7HL

Objectives

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. TO PROMOTE THE EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF BEREAVED PARENTS, SIBLINGS AND CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM GRIEF THROUGH EXPERT SUPPORT OF BEREAVED FACILITATORS PROMOTING SELF-HELP AND MUTUAL SUPPORT.2. TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT SOCIAL INCLUSION OF BEREAVED PARENTS, SIBLINGS AND CHILDREN TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY.3. TO PROMOTE EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING MATERIALS ON GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT.4. TO PROMOTE THE EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF OTHER BEREAVED FAMILY MEMBERS WHERE THIS CONTRIBUTES TO ACHIEVING OBJECTS 1-3.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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