Registered charity · Plymouth
The Bereavement Counselling Service (South West)
- 7 trustees
- Income £24k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Devon, Plymouth City
- Website
- www.bcsplymouth.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Bereavement Counselling Service (SW) LTD
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£24k£26k
- 2024£14k£31k
- 2023£30k£32k
Earlier years
- 2022£24k£38k
- 2021£22k£36k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 58%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE SUFFERING OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED COMPLICATED GRIEF ISSUES AS A RESULT OF TRAUMATIC LOSS AND/OR BEREAVEMENT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICE
Grants received
8 grants · £46,016 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 · £40,016 (5 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £3,000
- Devon Community Foundation · £3,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
7 trustees on the board
- Deniz Carey since 2025
- Gillian Talbot since 2024
- Jennifer Susan Harvey since 2019
- Penny Mcfarlane since 2022
- Susan Scales since 2023
- Sharon Soper since 2025
- Trish Jones since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Jennifer Susan Harvey since 2019
- Trish Jones since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Deniz Carey since 2025
- Gillian Talbot since 2024
- Jennifer Susan Harvey since 2019
- Penny Mcfarlane since 2022
- Susan Scales since 2023
- Trish Jones since 2013
Portfolio (1)
- Sharon Soper since 2025
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.
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
- 1120156
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 15 NOVEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 12 JULY 2007
- Companies House
- Company number 05999017 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07792903219 · enquiries@bcsplymouth.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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