CAMDEN CITY ISLINGTON AND WESTMINSTER BEREAVEMENT SERVICE

Registered charity 1071144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMDEN, CITY ISLINGTON BEREAVEMENT SERVICES, CCIPWBS, CCIWBS

To provide confidential Bereavement and Loss Counselling for people over 18

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Latest income
£209k
Latest spending
£206k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £2,704, increasing total reserves to £234,941. The trustees report a stable financial position with unrestricted reserves of £224,663, which they consider sufficient to maintain operations for 12 months. The service remains dependent on NHS and council contracts for the majority of its income.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's operating expenditure (held: £225k)
“Trustees identified holding reserves equal to 1 years’ operating expenditure would give the financial resilience required” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from Michael Palin, spouse of former trustee Helen Palin
“unrestricted donations totalling £5,000 (2024: £5,000) were gratefully received from Michael Palin, who is the spouse of Helen Palin, one of the Trustees until resigning in March 2023.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£209k£206k
31/03/2024£225k£197k
31/03/2023£188k£194k
31/03/2022£214k£181k
31/03/2021£215k£190k

Common questions

Is CAMDEN CITY ISLINGTON AND WESTMINSTER BEREAVEMENT SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £2,704, increasing total reserves to £234,941. The trustees report a stable financial position with unrestricted reserves of £224,663, which they consider sufficient to maintain operations for 12 months. The service remains dependent on NHS and council contracts for the majority of its income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CAMDEN CITY ISLINGTON AND WESTMINSTER BEREAVEMENT SERVICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAMDEN CITY ISLINGTON AND WESTMINSTER BEREAVEMENT SERVICE as a grant recipient include ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITY, LONDON CATALYST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2021£16k
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2022£10k
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2023£9kGrant to organisation
LONDON CATALYSTFY2023£2kCommunity services for cancer patients including face to face counselling and complementary therapies.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2026£19kTraumatic Bereavement Counselling Support
Camden Giving08/06/2020£5kBereavement Service
The National Lottery Community Fund10/02/2020£6kGood Grief Group
Camden Giving31/01/2020£7kGood Grief Groups

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WANDSWORTH BEREAVEMENT SERVICE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CAMDEN CITY ISLINGTON AND WESTMINSTER BEREAVEMENT SERVICE£209k—0unclear—no doubt
WANDSWORTH BEREAVEMENT SERVICE FY2025£211k—0below—no doubt
CAMDEN CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE LIMITED FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
ISLAND HOSPICE AND BEREAVEMENT SERVICE (UK) FY2024£145k—0unclear—no doubt
ISABEL HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025£10.4m——above—no doubt
AT A LOSS.ORG FY2024£628k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.