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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

STORIES FOR LIFE

Stories for Life records life stories face to face or remotely with those who are in the last chapter of life in a variety of settings; hospices, hospitals, care homes or in their own homes. Our biographers are specialist volunteers trained by us. Our phone service can include the recording of less formally structured conversations between family members/ friends of a different generation.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/12/23*£41£42£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£82£43£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£21£27£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£33£21£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£30£27£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£23£28£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£23£5£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.storiesforlife.co.uk

hello@storiesforlife.co.uk

07712534399

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Residential nursing care facilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People

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
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Hospice Biographers
£26,000 05/12/2019
Purchase of digital audio recorders to enable terminally ill patients across the UK to record their life stories
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting our Volunteer Biographers
£10,000 04/06/2018
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The funding will be used deliver a service that records the memories of people who are terminally ill. The project aims to reduce isolation and support the needs of families who are emotionally vulnerable.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW SNELGROVE Appointed: 2022
  • BARBARA ALTOUNYAN Appointed: 2016
  • CLAIRE RYAN-CATER (Chair) Appointed: 2016
  • DAVID GRESTY VERITY SMITH MBA Appointed: 2017
  • LOUISE JOSEPHINE GLOYNE Appointed: 2022
  • SUNIL PRANLAL SHETH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/10/2016, number: 1169750
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR23: 6 days late,
Main office

25 COMBEMARTIN ROAD
LONDON
SW18 5PP

Objectives

TO PROVIDE PLEASURE AND RELIEF TO ALL THOSE NEARING THE END OF THEIR LIVES, YOUNG & OLD, BY PROFESSIONALLY RECORDING THEIR PRECIOUS MEMORIES IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND ON AUDIO OR VIDEO, FREE OF CHARGE IN THE U.K.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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