TOUCHSTONES CHILD BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT

Registered charity 1168091 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's aim is to support any children and young people (aged 5-18) in Redditch and North East Worcestershire who have suffered the immense trauma of losing a mum, dad, brother, sister or other significant person.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDENT IN NORTH EAST WORCESTERSHIRE SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT AND LOSS BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS.

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: Wychavon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an operating deficit of £19,364 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £56,938 to £37,574. The trustees acknowledge that sustaining a deficit position requires careful monitoring and that reserves are declining, though they remain satisfied that the charity can prepare the accounts on a going concern basis. The charity's reserves policy aims to maintain at least six months of forecast expenditure, which the trustees believe is currently met despite the recent financial losses.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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 expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• WENDY TOWNSENDchair
• Dr Adele David
• FRAN COWIE
• SHARON FORREST
• Star-louise Robbins

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOUCHSTONE-LEEDS.

• TOUCHSTONE-LEEDS income £10.3m
• TOUCHSTONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT income £812k
• NEW HOPE WORCESTERSHIRE income £48k
• CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTRE income £388k
• THE CHILDHOOD TRUST income £3.3m
• MAKING A DIFFERENCE income £30k

Side by side with its peers

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