AT A LOSS.ORG

Registered charity 1169269 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Signposting bereaved people in the UK to relevant and up to date support services, information and resources via our national website. Training and resourcing professionals to support bereaved adults and young people, including churches, to provide community support. Collaborating with others to improve accessibility to bereavement support across the UK and understanding of the impact of loss

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, WHOLLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND:- 4.1 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH BY, NOT LIMITED TO, RELIEVING THE MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT, SIGNIFICANT LOSS OR FAMILY BREAKDOWN; AND 4.2 TO EDUCATE AND RAISE AWARENESS ON MATTERS OF BEREAVEMENT, SIGNIFICANT LOSS AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £37,916 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £623,142. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £165,949 were held, which the trustees confirmed were sufficient to meet their policy target of covering three months of essential ongoing costs. The trustees are satisfied that the charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties existing regarding its future operations.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 9.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben Jacobchair
• Ann Chalmers · trustee of 1 other charity
• LUKE WILLIAM RICHMOND
• MRS CAROL JANE OUNDJIAN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Raj Parker

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

Operates in: Isle Of Man · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Carol Jane OUNDJIAN — trustee here and at JEREMY ALEXANDER SETTLEMENT

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WALSALL BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT SERVICE.

• WALSALL BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT SERVICE income £106k
• SURVIVORS OF BEREAVEMENT BY SUICIDE income £475k
• ACE (ANGLIA) LIMITED income £680k
• THE NEVER ALONE PROJECT income £81k
• ARTICLE 25 income £991k
• FULL FACT income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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