THE DOVE SERVICE

Registered charity 1086625 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEREAVEMENT CARE

Offer counselling & support to people affected by bereavement, life-changing illness and loss.Offer workshops and training for issues related to loss, bereavement, grief and other related topics.

Objects

THE CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES (“OBJECTS”) ARE AS FOLLOWS:(I) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A SKILLED COUNSELLING SERVICE (APPROPRIATE TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS) THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES (AND ESPECIALLY PERSONS LIVING IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD) WHO:(A) HAVE SUFFERED AND/OR BEEN AFFECTED BY BEREAVEMENT; OR (B) ARE FACING A LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS; OR(C) ARE FACING A SERIOUS LIFE CHANGING LOSS.(II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO:(A) GRIEVING AND BEREAVEMENT;(B) LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS;(C) SERIOUS LIFE CHANGING LOSS.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND AND WALES

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £47,372 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £468,242. The trustees confirm that these reserves are sufficient to continue as a going concern and maintain a designated contingency fund of £160,000 to cover a three-month wind-down period if necessary.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Dove Service (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon William Knockchair
• Christopher Grahame Quayle
• Martin Byrne
• Suzanne Goodall
• Valerie Fay Nash
• Victoria Mary Elizabeth Fleming

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Derby City · Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City · Wirral

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DOVE HOUSE HOSPICE LIMITED.

• DOVE HOUSE HOSPICE LIMITED income £12.8m
• DOVE (LITTLEHAMPTON) LIMITED income £152k
• VIEW ( DOVE ) LTD income £347k
• AT A LOSS.ORG income £628k
• Cruse Bereavement Support income £6.4m
• DOVEDALE income £736k

Side by side with its peers

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