SLOW - SUPPORTING BEREAVED PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

Registered charity 1161337 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SLOW offers emotional and practical support to bereaved families that have lost a child in any circumstances. The charity currently provides support groups for bereaved parents when a child has died in the family; sibling support workshops for bereaved children that have lost a brother or sister and help and advice for professionals working with bereaved families.

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Latest income
£163k
Latest spending
£152k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 5% to £163,282, while expenditure rose by 15% to £151,624, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The charity holds £86,626 in total funds, comprising £29,600 in unrestricted funds and £4,100 in restricted funds, with a stated reserves policy target of £53,000 to cover three months of operating expenditure.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SLOW - Surviving the Loss of Your World (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£163k£152k
31/01/2024£107k£132k
31/01/2023£142k£98k
31/01/2022£63k£72k
31/01/2021£80k£53k

Common questions

Is SLOW - SUPPORTING BEREAVED PARENTS AND SIBLINGS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by 5% to £163,282, while expenditure rose by 15% to £151,624, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The charity holds £86,626 in total funds, comprising £29,600 in unrestricted funds and £4,100 in restricted funds, with a stated reserves policy target of £53,000 to cover three months of operating expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SLOW - SUPPORTING BEREAVED PARENTS AND SIBLINGS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SLOW - SUPPORTING BEREAVED PARENTS AND SIBLINGS as a grant recipient include THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUSTFY2025£43kTowards the costs of SLOWSibs, a service for bereaved siblings.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2026£20kBereaved parents support groups
The National Lottery Community Fund31/01/2024£225kSLOW - Supporting Bereaved Parents and Siblings
Postcode Lottery26/04/2022£15kSupporting Bereaved Families in London when a child has died in the family
The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2019£55kSLOW - Surviving the Loss of Your World
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2016£10kSLOW - Surviving the Loss of Your World - daytime weekly and monthly e

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 THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SLOW - SUPPORTING BEREAVED PARENTS AND SIBLINGS£163k—0unclear—no doubt
THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS FY2025£564k£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
SINCERE SUPPORT FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt
CBUK26 FY2025£4.2m——unclear—no doubt
STAR BEREAVEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED FY2025£135k—0unclear—no doubt
Child Bereavement UK FY2025£2.7m——within—no doubt

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