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Registered charity · London

The Compassionate Friends

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £564k (2026)
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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
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.tcf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Compassionate Friends
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£564k£567k
  • 2025£543k£505k
  • 2024£385k£572k
Earlier years
  • 2023£489k£567k
  • 2022£460k£378k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(I) TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST IN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELFARE FOLLOWING SUFFERING AND INFIRMITY AMONG (A) PARENTS OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF THEIR CHILD(REN) AND (B) OTHER CLOSE RELATIVES OF ANY SUCH CHILD(REN), NORMALLY BROTHERS, SISTERS AND GRANDPARENTS;(II) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH INTO MEDICINE AND ROAD SAFETY AND OTHER CHILD LIFE PROTECTION PROJECTS LIKELY OR INTENDED EFFECTIVELY TO REDUCE DEATHS AMONG CHILDREN.

Grants received

26 grants · £423,890 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

4.3y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 9Education 4Arts and leisure 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£543k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

9
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1082335
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 JULY 2000 AND AMENDED 20 SEPTEMBER 2003 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 23 OCTOBER 2004
Companies House
Company number 04029535 · Active
Contact on the register
0345 120 3785 · info@tcf.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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