Windmills - Preparing Youngsters For The Death Of A Loved One

Registered charity 1187408 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WINDMILLS - ACUTE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE IN STAFFORDSHIRE, Windmills Charity

To preserve and protect the physical, emotional and mental health of Children & Young People when someone significant in their life is dying or has died, by providing bespoke, focused and supportive acute bereavement care.Windmills differs from any other Child Bereavement Charity as it solely focuses on supporting Children (0-24 years) through the acute dying process and after death has occurred

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Latest income
£103k
Latest spending
£86k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £34,134 at the end of the period, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining between one and three months' worth of funds. The charity reported a net payment decrease of £17,494 compared to the prior year, resulting in a cash balance of £34,134.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one to three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £34k)
“we aim to reserve a minimum of 1 month and no more than 3 months’ worth of funds to cover costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/03/2025£103k£86k
30/03/2024£154k£146k
30/03/2023£65k£89k
30/03/2022£32k£14k
30/03/2021£25k£6k

Common questions

Is Windmills - Preparing Youngsters For The Death Of A Loved One financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £34,134 at the end of the period, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining between one and three months' worth of funds. The charity reported a net payment decrease of £17,494 compared to the prior year, resulting in a cash balance of £34,134. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Windmills - Preparing Youngsters For The Death Of A Loved One?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Windmills - Preparing Youngsters For The Death Of A Loved One as a grant recipient include THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATION, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery28/06/2024£21kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund14/07/2023£10kMemory Making
Postcode Lottery03/04/2023£25kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund06/05/2022£10kMaking memories for bereaved children
UK government21/09/2020£1kVSCE CMC Fund

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 WINDMILLS PRESCHOOL LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Windmills - Preparing Youngsters For The Death Of A Loved One£103k—0unclear—no doubt
WINDMILLS PRESCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£175kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
SOHAM PLAYGROUPS WINDMILLS UNDER FIVES FY2025£165k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MILLIE WRIGHT CHILDREN'S CHARITY FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt
WINDMILL HILL CITY FARM LIMITED FY2025£2.7m—0unclear—no doubt
THE MAX WINDLE MEMORIAL TRUST FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt

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