SOS SILENCE OF SUICIDE

Registered charity 1175795 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Assistance and relief of mental sickness of persons at risk of suicide or of persons suffering from the concern of the physical and mental sickness of another person at risk of suicide or the bereavement or loss resulting from another person at risk of suicide in particular by, but not limited to,the provision of support intervention and direct and indirect counselling

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-A) THE ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS AT RISK OF SUICIDE OR OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM THE CONCERN OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS OF ANOTHER PERSON AT RISK OF SUICIDE, OR THE BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS RESULTING FROM ANOTHER PERSON AT RISK OF SUICIDE, IN PARTICULAR BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):-THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, INTERVENTION AND OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS THROUGH A SERIES OF GROUP, FREE (TO THE END USER) MEETINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO FACILITATE DIALOGUE ON THE SUBJECT OF SUICIDE AND ANY ASSOCIATED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, HELPING TO REDUCE STIGMA, SILENCE AND SHAME. THIS WILL ENGAGE THE BEREAVED, THOSE WHO HAVE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, THOSE CONCERNED FOR A PERSON WITH SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, HEALTH WORKERS, EMPLOYERS, SCHOOLS AND THOSE BEING BULLIED (ADULTS AND CHILDREN).B) TO ENCOURAGE EDUCATION AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION TO ENABLE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING THROUGHOUT SOCIETY OF THE CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND EFFECTS OF SUICIDE AND TO LIAISE WITH AGENCIES (INCLUDING GOVERNMENT) TO FORMULATE POLICY IN THE MENTAL HEALTH ARENA.C) TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF SUICIDE AND TO ANALYSE TRENDS AND INTERPRET STATISTICAL INFORMATION AND DATA AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE USEFUL RESULTS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a significant increase in unrestricted reserves, rising from £1.4 million to £2.3 million, well above its stated policy target of maintaining three months' of operations. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent auditors. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dafferns LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — SOS Silence of Suicide (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Michael Mansfield — Founder (source)
• Yvette Greenway-Mansfield — Co-Founder (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Valour Foundation — “for our primary funder this year, the Valour Foundation who have given this charity and its service users the ability to benefit in so many …” (source page)
• The National Lottery — “This section is dedicated to foundations, businesses, organisations and key funders who have helped our charity to survive, especially durin…” (source page)
• Eton Bridge Partners — “This section is dedicated to foundations, businesses, organisations and key funders who have helped our charity to survive, especially durin…” (source page)
• Heart of England — “This section is dedicated to foundations, businesses, organisations and key funders who have helped our charity to survive, especially durin…” (source page)
• Next PLC — “This section is dedicated to foundations, businesses, organisations and key funders who have helped our charity to survive, especially durin…” (source page)
• Sheriff Construction Ltd — “This section is dedicated to foundations, businesses, organisations and key funders who have helped our charity to survive, especially durin…” (source page)
• The Kenilworth Rotary Club — “This section is dedicated to foundations, businesses, organisations and key funders who have helped our charity to survive, especially durin…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~30.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY CASH
• Georgia Arianna Ziadie
• LISA JANE SMALL

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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 SUICIDE & CO.

• SUICIDE & CO income £1.4m
• HOPE AFTER SUICIDE LOSS income £30k
• COMPASSION IN ACTION income £801k
• SIBLING SUPPORT income £61k
• SURVIVORS OF BEREAVEMENT BY SUICIDE income £475k
• 4TOM income £38k

Side by side with its peers

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