THE BARNET BEREAVEMENT SERVICE

Registered charity 288350 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BARNET BEREAVEMENT PROJECT

We offer bereavement counselling to adult residents in The London Borough of Barnet.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF BEREAVED PEOPLE OR THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED LOSS BY VIRTUE OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A RELATIVE OR CLOSE FRIEND IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET AND IN PARTICULAR THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE NATURE OF BEREAVEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF BARNET.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £17,204 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £11,322 in the previous year. Per the statement of assets and liabilities, the net assets increased to £30,622, reflecting a healthy financial position with no disclosed material uncertainties or risks to continuing 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 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 16/02/2024, 16 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

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 — Barnet Bereavement Service (matched by registered charity number).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Mary Illman
• Jan Jenkins
• Shelley Ann Mackay-Davidson

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

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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 WANDSWORTH BEREAVEMENT SERVICE.

• WANDSWORTH BEREAVEMENT SERVICE income £211k
• BARNET REFUGEE SERVICE income £817k
• BARNET CARERS CENTRE income £1.8m
• BEREFT income £64k
• THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION income £958k
• BEREAVEMENT CARE income £69k

Side by side with its peers

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