GRIEF TO GRACE

Registered charity 1156807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grief to Grace provides specialist 5-day residential programmes of spiritual and psychological healing for those who have suffered sexual, physical or emotional emotional abuse in childhood or adolescence, including those abused by clergy or religious, or for those who have suffered violation as adults, as well as ongoing support, education and training in these areas.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND CHARITABLE IN LAW TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF ANYONE WHO HAS SUFFERED DEGRADATION OR VIOLATION BY PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SEXUAL OR ANY OTHER FORM OF ABUSE THROUGH PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT AND SPIRITUAL DIRECTION PRIMARLY THROUGH RESIDENTIAL COURSES AND TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF ABUSE.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£292k
Latest spending
£283k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £11.0k for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £292.4k. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £331.8k, which exceeds the upper limit of the stated reserves policy target of £300.0k.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Voluntary income (91% of income)
“Voluntary income included grants of £250.0k (2024: £314.3k) all of which was unrestricted.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six to twelve months’ expenditure in free reserves equivalent to £170.0k - £300.0k (reserves figure: £332k)
“It is the policy of the Trustees to hold the equivalent of six to twelve months’ expenditure in free reserves equivalent to £170.0k - £300.0k.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Father Dominic Allain received consultancy fees of £45,000.
“Father Dominic Allain received consultancy fees of £45,000 in the year (2024: £60,000), in accordance with a contract for services commencing in April 2023” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Father Dominic Allain (Trustee/Director of the charity is also a trustee of the Pontoon Trust (registered charity number 1172421). During the year the charity received grants of from the Pontoon Trust of £250,000 (2024: £250,000) See Note 1.
“Father Dominic Allain (Trustee/Director of the charity is also a trustee of the Pontoon Trust (registered charity number 1172421). During the year the charity received grants of from the Pontoon Trust of £250,000 (2024: £250,000) See Note 1.” — page 13
“Father Dominic Allain received consultancy fees of £45,000 in the year (2024: £60,000), in accordance with a contract for services commencing in April 2023 (£15,000 of the £60,000 in 2024 relates to April 2023 – July 2023 retrospectively).” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Father Dominic Allain received consultancy fees of £45,000 in the year (2024: £60,000), in accordance with a contract for services commencing in April 2023 (£15,000 of the £60,000 in 2024 relates to April 2023 – July 2023 retrospectively).
“Father Dominic Allain (Trustee/Director of the charity is also a trustee of the Pontoon Trust (registered charity number 1172421). During the year the charity received grants of from the Pontoon Trust of £250,000 (2024: £250,000) See Note 1.” — page 13
“Father Dominic Allain received consultancy fees of £45,000 in the year (2024: £60,000), in accordance with a contract for services commencing in April 2023 (£15,000 of the £60,000 in 2024 relates to April 2023 – July 2023 retrospectively).” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2023 (received 04/06/2024, 4 days after the 31/05/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£292k£283k
31/07/2024£358k£372k
31/07/2023£262k£275k
31/07/2022£239k£244k
31/07/2021£341k£109k

Common questions

Is GRIEF TO GRACE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £11.0k for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £292.4k. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £331.8k, which exceeds the upper limit of the stated reserves policy target of £300.0k. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GRIEF TO GRACE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GRIEF TO GRACE as a grant recipient include THE PONTOON TRUST, ST CECILIA'S ABBEY RYDE ISLE OF WIGHT.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PONTOON TRUSTFY2025£250k
THE PONTOON TRUSTFY2023£150kRelief of those in need
THE PONTOON TRUSTFY2022£150k
THE PONTOON TRUSTFY2021£150k
THE PONTOON TRUSTFY2024£150k
ST CECILIA'S ABBEY RYDE ISLE OF WIGHTFY2024£4kInstitutional grant
ST CECILIA'S ABBEY RYDE ISLE OF WIGHTFY2025£4kReligious Welfare
ST CECILIA'S ABBEY RYDE ISLE OF WIGHTFY2023£2k
ST CECILIA'S ABBEY RYDE ISLE OF WIGHTFY2022£1k
ST CECILIA'S ABBEY RYDE ISLE OF WIGHTFY2021£1k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GRIEF TO GRACE£292k—0above—no doubt
GRACE TO RESTORE LTD FY2025£43k—0below—noted
GRACE ORGANISATION FY2025£654k—0above—no doubt
GRACE TO GRACE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FY2025£330k—0unclear—no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE FY2025£836k—0unclear—no doubt
ESCAPE FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP FY2025£390k—0unclear—no doubt

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