Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 10
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +10

GRIEF ENCOUNTER 

Grief Encounter is one of the UK?s leading child bereavement charities providing pioneering services and support to bereaved children, young people and their families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 6 years

https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/

contact@griefencounter.org.uk

02083718455

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Financial Data ?

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
31/07/22£1,626£1,713£-87£402£2,422£1,82212.8265
31/07/21£1,884£1,415£469£323£2,509£1,72214.6244
31/07/20£1,936£1,374£562£0£0£0n/a020
31/07/19£3,011£1,533£1,478£570£1,478£0n/a024
31/07/18£882£1,048£-166£186£0£0n/a050
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11037.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 12.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 14 months
Quick Ratio: 7.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 26 employees
  • 5 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
City Bridge Trust£287,870
National Lottery Community Fund£117,012
The Childhood Trust£52,650
DCMS£20,427
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Grief Encounter
£3,943 21/10/2023
We aim to host Memory Days on significant dates throughout the year to support bereaved children to express their grief and find creative ways to remember their parent or sibling who has died.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Grief Encounter South West
£2,823 21/10/2023
We would like to provide vital one-to-one counselling sessions for children and young people that have suffered the death of a parent or sibling.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Grief Encounter
£155,070 16/01/2023
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£155,070 over two further and final years (£75,900, £79,170) towards a 1 FTE Clinical Counselling Manager, as well as associated project and management costs including DBS checks, clinical ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Grief Encounter
£3,649 22/10/2022
We would like to run online bereavement groups for children and young people. We provide counselling, support and help to improve their wellbeing.
The Childhood Trust - 1:1 counselling for bereaved children
£15,000 12/06/2022
Our 1:1 counselling programme for bereaved children in London will provide each child with access to a fully qualified and accredited bereavement counsellor following the death of a loved one.
National Lottery Community Fund - One-to-one bereavement counselling for children
£117,012 11/02/2022
The project is using funding to deliver one-to-one counselling sessions to bereaved children aged 4-18 through a mix of intensive family counselling sessions and creative counselling in London Essex ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Grief Encounter - 13/10/21
£1,000 03/11/2021
Core Funding
Joseph Levy Foundation - Core funding contribution
£10,000 08/02/2021
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Core funding contribution to assist the organisation to provide bereavement support to children and families
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 29/01/2021
One-to-one counselling for bereaved children
The Childhood Trust - Bereavement counselling for disadvantaged children
£14,200 08/12/2020
Our counselling programme for bereaved children in London will provide access to a fully qualified and accredited bereavement following the death of a parent or sibling. The project will mitigate the ....more
The Childhood Trust - Bereavement counselling for disadvantaged children
£14,200 08/12/2020
Our counselling programme for bereaved children in London will provide access to a fully qualified and accredited bereavement following the death of a parent or sibling. The project will mitigate the ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Grief Encounter
£10,000 20/10/2020
To continue operating centre and family programme that supports bereaved young people and their families.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£20,427 17/07/2020
"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 ....more
The Childhood Trust - Bereavement counselling for disadvantaged children
£9,250 10/12/2019
Our counselling programme for bereaved children in London will provide access to a certified specialist grief counsellor following the death of a parent or sibling. The project will mitigate the ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Grief Encounter
£20,000 07/11/2019
refurbishment of a counselling room for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in London
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Grief Encounter
£132,800 26/09/2019
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£132,800 over 3 years ( £43,590, £43,552, £45,658) to cover salary costs of the Clinical Services Manager, DBS checks and clinical training.
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£10,206 04/12/2018
Our counselling programme for bereaved children in London will provide disadvantaged young people across the capital with access to a certified specialist grief counsellor. This will help mitigate ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2017
£10,000 05/12/2017
Our Trauma and Critical Incident Programme will bring expert bereavement advice, trauma counselling and support to hundreds of grieving children whose bereavement was caused by crime, public ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2016
£10,000 02/12/2016
1 in 20 children in the UK under 16 will suffer the death of a parent or sibling; support in this area is limited. Grief Encounter's innovative Good Grief Workshops will create accessible ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-81
  • ALAN BLOOM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant
  • ANDY HART Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Marketing Director
  • PAM FIRTH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/11/2017, number: 1175837
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/08/2016, number: 10324546
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE RAINBOW CENTRE FOR CHILDREN on 15/03/2020
  • Asset transfer in from GRIEF ENCOUNTER PROJECT on 06/10/2020
  • Asset transfer in from THE MOSS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST on 25/08/2022
Main office

Grief Encounter
33-35 Daws Lane
London
London
Unknown
NW7 4SD

Objectives

2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:2.1.1 THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING INTO:(A) ISSUES OF GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT; AND (B) SUPPORT IN RELATION TO GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT, IN EACH CASE, PARTICULARLY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES.2.1.2 RELIEF OF PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES, SUFFERING FROM GRIEF OR BEREAVEMENT, INCLUDING RELIEF BY WAY OF A HELPLINE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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