Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 1

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 4

SUICIDE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT

We are a self help support group that provides support for people who are affected by suicide. We also work to prevent / reduce loss of life by suicide. We provide a range of services including one to one support (not counselling), self help support though group meetings in various locations also a closed Facebook group open to people who have been bereaved. We have a comprehensive website.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/07/23	£18,875	£23,248	£-4,373	3
31/07/22	£7,862	£14,754	£-6,892	5
31/07/21?	£18,503	£6,883	£11,620	9
31/08/20	£18,085	£8,059	£10,026	4

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.sbs.org.uk

hello@sbs.org.uk

07563071725

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cumbria,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500	20/02/2023	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Suicide Bereavement Support (SBS) Cumbria
£5,333	23/10/2021	We aim to provide dedicated support, based on self-help principles, in a flexible and responsive range of ways to meet the needs of people whose lives are shattered by the tragedy of suicide.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

EMILY JANE GRIFFITHS (Chair) Appointed: 2020

JOHN A M BROWN Appointed: 2022

JOHN PURDIE Appointed: 2021

KARAN A SMITH Appointed: 2022

SHARON J C TWEEDIE Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/08/2019, number: 1184889

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from SUICIDE BEREAVED NETWORK on 11/05/2021

Main office

c/o Woodrow Services (Cumbria) Limited
Woodrow Hall
Woodrow
Wigton
Cumbria
CA7 0AT

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PEOPLE SUFFERING BEREAVEMENT AS A RESULT OF A SUICIDE IN CUMBRIA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY: • SELF-HELP SUPPORT GROUPS, HELPLINE AND ONLINE SUPPORT INCLUDING A CLOSED FACEBOOK GROUP, ONE TO ONE SUPPORT; • SIGNPOSTING TO HELPFUL RESOURCES; • WORKING CLOSELY WITH ANY ORGANISATION OR INITIATIVE AIMED AT SUICIDE PREVENTION; • MEDIA ADVOCACY; AND • RESEARCH FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION AND BEREAVEMENT. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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