JEWISH BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING SERVICE

Registered charity 1047473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

JBCS was set up to protect and preserve mental health and the relief of suffering and distress caused through bereavement by:Offering bereavement counselling to the Jewish community, individuals, children, young people and families;Providing advice and support on bereavement issues;Providing training to individuals and organisations on bereavement.

Objects

THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS CAUSED BY BEREAVEMENT IN PARTICULAR BY (A)THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING TO BEREAVED MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY (B) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OR WHO WISH TO BECOME BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLORS (C) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A RESOURCE FOR THE PROVISION TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OF ADVICE, INFORMATION RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF BEREAVEMENT AND BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE THE LONDON AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £106,218 from £143,543 the previous year, a decrease driven by a net expenditure of £37,325 against total income of £110,854. The trustees report that the charity's financial position is satisfactory and that reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between six and nine months' expenditure to ensure continuity of activities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• KEITH DAVID Simons MBEchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Geoffrey Grodner
• JOHN ALAN SILVER
• Maxine Levi

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMDEN CITY ISLINGTON AND WESTMINSTER BEREAVEMENT SERVICE.

• CAMDEN CITY ISLINGTON AND WESTMINSTER BEREAVEMENT SERVICE income £209k
• Cruse Bereavement Support income £6.4m
• STAR BEREAVEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED income £135k
• JEWISH CARE income £81.8m
• PROJECT LILY income £117k
• HALO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION income £106k

Side by side with its peers

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