GRASSROOTS SUICIDE PREVENTION

Registered charity 1149873 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work locally and nationally with communities, organisations, services and individuals, helping them to become ready, willing and able to effectively support someone at risk of suicide. Our training and consultancy helps to save lives by enabling conversations that count. Through public events and our online community we work to reduce stigma and promote positive mental health and wellbeing.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit on unrestricted activities of £37,846 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £307,315, which amounts to 3.6 months of budgeted expenditure, falling below the trustees' stated policy target of 6 months. The charity is considered a going concern with adequate resources to continue operational existence.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Grassroots Suicide Prevention (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 ~5.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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: 6.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Stuart Adams
• David Elliott Anthony Rainford
• Dr Karen Lascelles · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Mills-Sheffield
• Lisa Marzano

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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