BUTTERFLIES BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT

Registered charity 1181599 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of services related to bereavement These activities include Bereavement Counselling and Support Services. The alleviation of loneliness and isolation.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL, SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS OF THE PUBLIC PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING FREE BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY.

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 accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves decreased from £9,351 to £8,017 during the year, resulting in a net deficit of £1,334. The trustees note that the current financial situation has severely affected grant funding and fundraising efforts struggled against weather conditions. Despite these challenges, the charity maintained its operations with a single part-time employee and relied on volunteers for counselling and support services.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Butterflies Bereavement Support (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julie Lamontchair
• Jane Goold-Davies
• Judith Hopkins
• Neil Butcher
• Shelley Usher

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · West Sussex · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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