SLIDE AWAY

Registered charity 1136331 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity are to relieve the mental, physical and emotional distress of children and young people who are suffering from bereavement or loss, by the provision of support and counselling services and by providing their families with advice, information and training in the issues surrounding child bereavement.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE KENT AREA WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS, BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING SERVICES AND BY PROVIDING THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS WITH ADVICE, INFORMATION AND TRAINING IN THE ISSUES SURROUNDING CHILD BEREAVEMENT

Area of benefit: KENT

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

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Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £13,447 for the year ended 31 August 2026, with total incoming resources of £109,154 and expenditure of £95,706. Unrestricted reserves stood at £82,866, which the trustees assessed as sufficient to fund 10.5 months of activity, falling short of their stated optimal policy of 12 months. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis as the charity met its reserves policy requirements.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Slide Away (matched by registered charity number).

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/03/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Denise Rosschair
• Ian Gibbons
• Kerry Green
• Lucy Antonia Forbes

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Child Bereavement UK.

• Child Bereavement UK income £2.7m
• Love Squared income £869k
• SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE income £109k
• SIMPLE REASON income £61k
• SUPPORTIVE SRC LTD income £5.9m
• DELPHSIDE LTD income £2.9m

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