The Bereavement Counselling Service (South West)

Registered charity 1120156 Registered since 2007

Operates: Devon, Plymouth City

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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

4.4y median 3y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Jennifer Susan Harvey since 2019
Trish Jones since 2013

9.9y

average years in governance

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

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 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

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

Health and social care 8

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£24k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

215 days

Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Plymouth & Devon Racial Equality Council 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Friends of Courtyard Surgery Similar size; both Health
Acorn Pregnancy Counselling Centre Limited Similar size; both Health
Borderland Voices Similar size; both Health
Upendo UK Similar size; both Health
British Society for Gynaecological Imaging Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.bcsplymouth.co.uk
Email	enquiries@bcsplymouth.com
Phone	07792903219
Address	Falcon House, Eagle Road, Langage, Plymouth, PL7 5JY

Finances

£24,071 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£21,993	£36,364
2022	£23,516	£37,580
2023	£30,108	£32,140
2024	£14,093	£31,433
2025	£24,071	£26,353

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 15 NOVEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 12 JULY 2007

Trustees (7)

7trustees

71median age

3aged 70+

Deniz Careyage band 65-69 since 2025
Gillian Talbotage band 65-69 since 2024
Jennifer Susan Harveyage band 75-79 since 2019
Penny Mcfarlaneage band 70-74 since 2022
Susan Scalesage band 75-79 since 2023
Sharon Soperage band 65-69 since 2025
Trish Jones since 2013

Linked company (Companies House)

The Bereavement Counselling Service (SW) LTD · 05999017 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 15/11/2006

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Plymouth & Devon Racial Equality Council 1 shared trustee

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