Registered charity · Barnstaple
Families in Grief (F.I.G.)
- 5 trustees
- Income £259k (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
- Devon
- Website
- www.familiesingrief.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£259k£180k
- 2024£149k£130k
- 2023£101k£106k
Earlier years
- 2022£122k£100k
- 2021£77k£51k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES IN NORTH DEVON AND TORRIDGE WHO ARE FACING OR WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH OF SOMEONE CLOSE TO THEM.
Grants received
14 grants · £1,131,075 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £963,723 (6 grants)
- Trusthouse Charitable Foundation · £96,000
- Postcode Community Trust · £40,000
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £15,000
- Devon Community Foundation · £9,976 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Community Trust
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Alison Smith since 2020
- Mary Ritson since 2025
- Maureen Elsom since 2021
- Nicola Rose since 2024
- Tracey Elliott since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Smith since 2020
- Tracey Elliott since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Alison Smith since 2020
- Mary Ritson since 2025
- Maureen Elsom since 2021
- Nicola Rose since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Tracey Elliott since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1116474
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 1 MARCH 2006 as amended on 21 Jan 2019 as amended on 21 Jan 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01237479027 · info@familiesingrief.org
- 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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