Child Bereavement UK
Registered charity 1061359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WINSTON'S WISH (A GRIEF SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR CHILDREN)
To support children and young people who have been bereaved of someone close to them, and supporting bereaved parents who have been bereaved of a child.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £1,277,082 were held at year-end, which the Trustees consider equates to six months of unrestricted fund expenditure, meeting their policy target of 4-6 months. The charity reported a net surplus of £49,868 for the year, with total income of £2,739,102 exceeding total expenditure of £2,701,557. The Trustees confirmed the use of the going concern basis of accounting, citing adequate cash reserves and secured income pipelines.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: at least 4-6 months of unrestricted fund expenditure (held: £1.3m)
“the target is to hold unrestricted reserves at a level that equates to at least 4-6 months of unrestricted fund expenditure.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 13 discloses a one-off gift of a gift hamper valued at £55 to a retiring trustee, Paul Gathercole. Note 28 states 'There were no related party transactions during this or the prior year', which contradicts Note 13's disclosure of the gift and trustee expenses. Per the explicit disclosure in Note 13, this is recorded.
“During the year, the charity made a one-off gift to a retiring trustee, Paul Gathercole, in recognition of their voluntary service. The gift, valued at £55, consisted of a gift hamper.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Hazlewoods LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Child Bereavement UK (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Julia Samuel — Founder Patron (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£743k
Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 27.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (04/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (04/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (22/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (04/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Elizabeth Anne Grattonchair
- Alexander Fitzgibbons
- Deborah Eaton
- Huxley Edward Farrell Knox-Macaulay
- Lucy Janna Clements
- Neil Robert Musgrove
- Peter West · trustee of 2 other charities
- Rosamund Shafran
- Shahreen Jivraj-Virani
- Therese Mayhew
- Tim Manasseh
- Umairah Malik
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Child Bereavement UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £1,277,082 were held at year-end, which the Trustees consider equates to six months of unrestricted fund expenditure, meeting their policy target of 4-6 months. The charity reported a net surplus of £49,868 for the year, with total income of £2,739,102 exceeding total expenditure of £2,701,557. The Trustees confirmed the use of the going concern basis of accounting, citing adequate cash reserves and secured income pipelines. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hazlewoods LLP.
Who funds Child Bereavement UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Child Bereavement UK as a grant recipient include HQR LONDON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST.
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