Registered charity · Ormskirk
The Bereavement Counselling Services
The Bereavement Counselling Services is a registered charity (number 1047908) based in Ormskirk, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £44k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Acacia Counselling (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £44k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Lancashire
- Website
- www.thebcsonline.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£44k£49k
- 2024£47k£48k
- 2023£52k£41k
Earlier years
- 2022£47k£42k
- 2021£40k£38k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 96%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF ANY PERSON IN CONDITION OF POVERTY OR SICKNESS ARISING DIRECTLY FROM BEREAVEMENT BY THE PROVISION OF AN ADVICE AND COUNSELLING SERVICE
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Audrey Jones BEM since 2017
- Christina Mitchell-Brown
- Faye Freeman since 2026
- Linda Daley since 2017
- MR BOB Owen
- Maria Riding since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Audrey Jones BEM since 2017
- Linda Daley since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Audrey Jones BEM since 2017
- Christina Mitchell-Brown
- Faye Freeman since 2026
- Linda Daley since 2017
- MR BOB Owen
- Maria Riding since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1047908
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27 JUNE 1995 AS AMENDED 12 NOVEMBER 1998 AND 26 FEBRUARY 2008
- Contact on the register
- 01695570729 · thebcs101@btconnect.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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