SIBS-FOR BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Registered charity 1145200 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIBS

Sibs is the UK charity for people who grow up with a disabled brother or sister. Sibs provides direct information and support to child and adult siblings Sibs educates parents and professionals on supporting siblingsSibs influences service providers and government to develop policies and services for siblingsSibs raises awareness of sibling issues through media and research

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS EXPERIENCED BY PEOPLE WHO GROW UP WITH A BROTHER OR SISTER WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OR DISABILITY (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS SIBLINGS) WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONAL WORKERS, POLICY MAKERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC INTO THE NEEDS OF SIBLINGS.3. THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND MODELS OF GOOD PRACTICE IN SIBLING SUPPORT AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £11,654 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £90,818 to £79,164. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £72,022 are below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure, which equates to £82,000 based on the previous year's accounts. Despite this shortfall, the trustees conclude there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/02/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Saba Salmanchair
• Carol Ann McBride
• Charlie Simpson
• Claire Tibble
• Jacqueline Howes
• SARA WHEELER

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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