PENHALIGON'S FRIENDS

Registered charity 1189323 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support bereaved children, including wider support to family care-givers, professionals and the community, enabling them to provide a supportive environment where grieving children can be understood and share their experiences as they move through their own healing process. We provide a range of support services to meet these needs.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 13% to £311,000, while expenditure rose by 19% to £302,296, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £141,566, which the Treasurer notes represent approximately 24 weeks of operating costs, providing a buffer despite describing it as 'lean'.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Penhaligon's Friends (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• NHS — “NHS Funding the support we provide for families bereaved by suicide.” (source page)
• Cornwall Community Foundation – Health Improvement Fund — “Cornwall Community Foundation – Health Improvement Fund Providing funding for resources and postal packs aimed at families anticipating a be…” (source page)
• Benefact Group/ Movement For Good — “Benefact Group/ Movement For Good Funding the expansion of our community Teens Groups over 3 years.” (source page)
• Masonic Charitable Foundation — “Masonic Charitable Foundation Providing a contribution to our core costs for 3 years.” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Stephenschair
• Anna Lisa Pemberton
• Karen Maureen Reid
• Michael Bird
• Nigel Arthur Leslie Hyde
• Steven Michell
• Victoria Lock

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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