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Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide

66 /100

Clarity score

Needs improvement

Charity accounts, evidence & financial rating

66/100 Clarity Score · 3 stars · Charity Commission filings · How we score

Register checked 4 October 2026 · latest accounts 2025

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Is Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide a good charity?

Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide scores 66/100 (3 stars, Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2025 (£475k total income, 91% cause spend, latest year). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.

Income

£475k

Accounts 2025-12-31

Spending

£576k

Accounts 2025-12-31

Charitable activities

91%

latest year · share of spending

Accounts filing

On time

Charity Commission

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Derby · UK-wide · DE7 5HE Reg 1098815 Registered charity Official website Charity Commission register

What does Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide do?

Meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative or friend by offering a safe confidential environment in which bereaved people can share their experiences and feelings, consequently giving and gaining support from each other. To promote greater awareness for professionals to help them recognise the specific support required for those bereaved by suicide

Activities reported by the charity on the official register · extract . This is separate from the accounts data used for its rating.

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How much does Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide raise and spend?

Accounts period 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Source: Charity Commission filings

Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide revenue and expenses for 2025
Category Amount % of spend
Total income £475k —
Total expenditure £576k —
Charitable activities Not disclosed —

What changed in Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide’s latest accounts?

Reported totals for 2025 compared with 2024. Changes can reflect the accounting period, restricted grants or restructuring as well as the charity’s work.

Income change
+12.6%
£421k → £475k
Spending change
−22.0%
£739k → £576k
Charitable activities share
Not disclosed
Both years need a disclosed spending split.

These are annual figures. The Clarity Score may use averages across several disclosed years. Source: official accounts.

Where does the money go?

Latest accounts (2025) · £576k spent. Not disclosed in this filing — the Charity Commission return omits the charitable-activities split.

From the annual return

What does Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide pay its staff, and where does its money come from?

Answers Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 December 2025, plus its register entry. These are the charity's own disclosures, not part of the Clarity Score.

How much are Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's highest-paid staff paid?

Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. The chief executive's pay is normally disclosed in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
04754829 (Companies House)
Also known as
S O B S
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales · Scotland

Source: Charity Commission register and annual return data, Open Government Licence v3.0. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How have Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's finances changed over five years?

Income fell 2% from £484k in 2021 to £475k in 2025; spending was £576k in 2025.

£0 £200k £400k £600k £800k 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Income 2021: £484k Spending 2021: £294k Income 2022: £499k Spending 2022: £419k Income 2023: £563k Spending 2023: £641k Cause spend 2023: £581k Income 2024: £421k Spending 2024: £739k Income 2025: £475k Spending 2025: £576k
  • Income
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Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide income and spending by accounts year
Year Income Spending Charitable activities
2025 £475k £576k Not disclosed
2024 £421k £739k Not disclosed
2023 £563k £641k £581k
2022 £499k £419k Not disclosed
2021 £484k £294k Not disclosed

Cause spend is plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission filings

How does Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide compare?

The share of each group scoring at or below Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide, including tied scores. A group matched on cause, income band and accounts year appears when at least ten records qualify. Broader groups below may mix reporting periods and operating models. Groups include this charity; percentiles measure our financial rating, not impact.

Income band (£100k–£500k) 93rdpercentile

Scores at or above 93% of 1,002 charities in its income band · 66/100 vs 52 peer average.

Mental health charities 24thpercentile

Scores at or above 24% of 46 charities in this cause · 66/100 vs 76 peer average.

Where Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide sits

The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby.

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Evidence and interpretation

What the evidence says about Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide

In 2025, reported income was £474,585 and expenditure was £576,345. Expenditure exceeded income by £101,760. This annual balance is not the charity’s available cash or unrestricted reserves.

More financial context

Income rose 12.6% compared with 2024. Read the accounts notes for restricted grants, legacies and one-off receipts before treating the movement as a trend.

A separate charitable-activities spending figure is not available for this year in our dataset. We cannot calculate an annual programme-spending share from these fields.

Calculated from our dated accounts dataset, refreshed 2026-09-06. This is not an audit or a manual review of every filing. Original register and accounts · How calculations work.

Find the right support

Who it supports and how to access its work

Reported beneficiaries: Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities; People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin; Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies; Other Defined Groups; The General Public/mankind.

How it works: Provides Human Resources; Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information; Other Charitable Activities.

Use the official contact details to check eligibility, referrals, waiting lists and current service coverage. Broad register classifications and a contact address do not confirm that a particular service is available to you.

Explore source-checked support routes

Grieving, or supporting someone after a death? Find more UK bereavement support services and helplines.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. Register contact and activity details · Website listed for this charity

Look beyond the score

Results and impact evidence

We have not added a source-checked programme outcome for this charity. That is a gap in this profile, not evidence that the charity has no impact. Its annual report may contain results that have not been assessed here.

Reported grants to institutions: £0 (2023-12-31). This is spending reported in the annual return, not a measure of beneficiary outcomes or an open grant opportunity. It may already be included in charitable expenditure. Check the source accounts.

What these results can tell you

Counts of services delivered describe activity. They do not by themselves establish lasting change, what would have happened without the programme, or cost-effectiveness. Results with different definitions, populations or years should not be ranked against each other.

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What is Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's Beacon report?

Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.

Accountability & Transparency

Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.

100/100

Accountability & Transparency metrics for Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide
Metric Score Value
Filing history (5 years)

No recorded lateness in available history = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more or unknown status = 0 pts. Missing data is not proof of late filing.

100% 15/15 pts
Trustee oversight

Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three).

100% 5 trustees · 15/15 pts
Declared policies

Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return.

100% 10/10 pts

Financial Health

Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.

3/100

Financial Health metrics for Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide
Metric Score Value
Reserves (months of expenditure)

3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years = 0 pts. Reserves are not necessarily cash; needs vary by operating model.

0% Not stated · 0/15 pts
Income stability / growth

+20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between.

10% 1/10 pts · 3-year average
Liabilities to assets

0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt.

0% Not stated · 0/5 pts

Financial Efficiency

How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.

100/100

Financial Efficiency metrics for Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide
Metric Score Value
Program expense ratio

90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below.

100% 91% · 10/10 pts (Latest year)
Fundraising efficiency

≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income).

100% 11p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (Latest year, disclosed years)

Community Support

Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.

50/100

Community Support metrics for Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide
Metric Score Value
Volunteer-to-staff ratio

Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between.

50% 500 volunteers · 5/10 pts

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What trust indicators does Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide have?

Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.

  • Accounts filed on time

    up to date · last filing

  • Trustee board size (3–12)

    5 trustees on the Charity Commission register

Fundraising Regulator

Status not yet checked

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Official register

Reg 1098815

Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.

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Trustees & officers

  • Janet Taylor since 2016
  • Freya Liiv Chair · since 2019
  • Pooja Chandarana since 2024
  • Dr John Whitebrook since 2024
  • Jacqui Walton since 2026

How reliable is Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's data?

Source
Charity Commission (England & Wales)
Accounts year
2025
Filing date
Data refreshed

Medium confidence — some data missing or late

Scores reflect the accounts in our dated data extract. The live register may contain newer filings. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.

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Financial source extract: 2026-09-06. Organisation identifier: 4001003. Method version: 1.1. View method changes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Open Government Licence v3.0 .

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How we score charities +

The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.

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Accountability & Transparency

Scored from filings

40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).

Financial Health

Scored from filings

30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).

Financial Efficiency

Scored from filings

20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).

Community Support

Scored from filings

10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.

Overall score

Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.

Is Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide a good charity? +

Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide scores 66 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 91% of its spending goes to charitable activities (latest year) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.

Is Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide a legitimate charity? +

The register data used for this profile lists Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide as a registered charity (charity number 1098815). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1098815&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.

What is Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's charity number? +

Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's charity number is 1098815. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.

What is Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's charity rating? +

Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide scores 66 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.

Does Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide have reviews and complaints? +

CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.

How much of my donation reaches Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide? +

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 91% of Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's total spending went to charitable activities. That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.

What are Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's overheads? +

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 9% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 9% of expenditure (2023); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide. Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.

How much income does Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide receive? +

Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide reported £475k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.

Are Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's accounts up to date? +

Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-07-13). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.

Where is Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide based? +

Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's registered contact address is in Derby (DE7 5HE). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, with a focus on mental health.

How much is Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's chief executive paid? +

The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.

Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide? +

The register records Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.

Are Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's trustees paid? +

Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

When was Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide registered as a charity? +

Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide was entered on the register on 30 July 2003. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 04754829).

How does CharityCompare score Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide? +

We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.

How often is this page updated? +

This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.