Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

SPACE2GRIEVE

We are a team of highly trained Bereavement Specialists offering free, expert bereavement support for adults, children and young people in Richmond Borough. Our expert volunteers & administrators provide space for clients to talk in a series of one to one sessions in person or remotely. We work with adults, children, families and older people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/06/23£112£72£40n/a
30/06/22£82£54£28n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

space2grieve.org.uk

space2grieveinfo@gmail.com

07519376363

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Richmond Upon Thames,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Richmond Parish Lands Charity - To Space2grieve
£12,000 01/09/2022
12
Co-ordinator salary and website costs for bereavement support project.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BARBARA DAVIES Appointed: 2021
  • DR ROBERT OWEN Appointed: 2022
  • JENNIFER CLARKE Appointed: 2024
  • JENNY HARRIS Appointed: 2021
  • MARY PARRY Appointed: 2021
  • STELLA MARY BURGESS Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/07/2021, number: 1195114
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
  • 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
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

ETNA COMMUNITY CENTRE
13 ROSSLYN ROAD
TWICKENHAM
TW1 2AR

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING CAUSED BY BEREAVEMENT/GRIEF FOR THE RESIDENTS OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ONE TO ONE AND GROUP BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT SESSIONS BY EXPERT HIGHLY TRAINED SPECIALISTS IN BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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