WANDSWORTH BEREAVEMENT SERVICE

Registered charity 1074904 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide bereavement counselling to residents of the Borough of Wandsworth and to residents of neighbouring Boroughs who have not been able to access bereavement counselling elsewhere.

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Latest income
£211k
Latest spending
£189k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £22,072, increasing total reserves to £34,391. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £21,040 remain below the stated policy target of £40,000, though the financial trajectory is described as positive.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £21k; policy: £40,000)
“acknowledge that the current unrestricted reserves of £21,040 fall short of a comfortable cushion”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£211k£189k
31/03/2024£128k£135k
31/03/2023£141k£171k
31/03/2022£117k£155k
31/03/2021£122k£141k

Common questions

Is WANDSWORTH BEREAVEMENT SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £22,072, increasing total reserves to £34,391. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £21,040 remain below the stated policy target of £40,000, though the financial trajectory is described as positive. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WANDSWORTH BEREAVEMENT SERVICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WANDSWORTH BEREAVEMENT SERVICE as a grant recipient include THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/04/2025£20kLeadership Funding for Wandsworth Bereavement Service Expansion
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2024£5kBereavement support 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 CAMDEN CITY ISLINGTON AND WESTMINSTER BEREAVEMENT SERVICE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WANDSWORTH BEREAVEMENT SERVICE£211k—0below—no doubt
CAMDEN CITY ISLINGTON AND WESTMINSTER BEREAVEMENT SERVICE FY2025£209k—0unclear—no doubt
WANDSWORTH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt
WANDSWORTH CARE ALLIANCE FY2025£971k——within—no doubt
AGE CONCERN WANDSWORTH FY2025£1.8m£120,001 - £130,0001unclear—no doubt
WANDSWORTH MEDIATION SERVICE FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt

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