SURVIVORS OF BEREAVEMENT BY SUICIDE

Registered charity 1098815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S O B S · also registered in Scotland as SC041397 (OSCR)

Meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative or friend by offering a safe confidential environment in which bereaved people can share their experiences and feelings, consequently giving and gaining support from each other. To promote greater awareness for professionals to help them recognise the specific support required for those bereaved by suicide

Objects

THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE DIRECTED TO SUPPORTING THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THROUGH SUICIDE AND SELF-INFLICTED DEATH OF A RELATIVE OR FRIEND AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN MATTERS RELATING TO THE NATURE OF GRIEVING AND BEREAVEMENT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Erewash, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £101,760 for the year ended 31 December 2025, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit of £317,358. The trustees have identified a reserves policy target of 6-12 months of unrestricted expenditure, estimated between £120,000 and £200,000, but note that reserves were reduced to improve grant eligibility. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain a going concern basis, citing adequate funding resources and recent operational stabilizations.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04754829

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Survivors Of Bereavement By Suicide (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Rethink — “After receiving funding from Rethink, SoBS and Papyrus teamed up to release a series of suicide myth busting videos produced by Brother Film…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ATKINSON, Matt — director, appointed 12/10/2026on trustee list
• WHITEBROOK, John, Dr — director, appointed 04/06/2024on trustee list
• CHANDARANA, Pooja — director, appointed 07/05/2024on trustee list
• LIIV, Freya Joy — director, appointed 16/06/2020on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Janet — director, appointed 10/10/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% 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: 10.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/11/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Freya Liivchair
• Dr John Whitebrook
• Jacqui Walton
• Janet Taylor
• Matt Atkinson
• Pooja Chandarana

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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 SUICIDE & CO.

• SUICIDE & CO income £1.4m
• WALSALL BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT SERVICE income £106k
• SIBLING SUPPORT income £61k
• HOPE AFTER SUICIDE LOSS income £30k
• AT A LOSS.ORG income £623k
• Cruse Bereavement Support income £6.5m

Side by side with its peers

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