Registered charity (CIO) · Hertfordshire
Stand-BY-ME Bereavement Support Service for Children
- 9 trustees
- Income £84k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Guy SkinnerTrustee · since 2024
- James LawrenceTrustee · since 2019
- Jane WaltonTrustee · since 2020
- John Peter BotleyTrustee · since 2018
- Keith WadsworthTrustee · since 2017
- Lesley Carol Morag ReadTrustee · since 2015
- Natalie Lovett BurgessTrustee · since 2025
- Shirley AveryTrustee · since 2024
- Stacey SlatteryTrustee · since 2025
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
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.stand-by-me.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£84k£118k
- 2024£112k£112k
- 2023£118k£136k
Earlier years
- 2022£144k£101k
- 2021£95k£97k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ISTO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF BEREAVED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 0-19 LIVING IN NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE AND STEVENAGE BY HELPING TO PREVENT THE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES OF GRIEF AFFECTING THEIR HEALTH, EDUCATION AND FUTURE LIFE PROSPECTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO THEM, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN THEIR DAY TO DAY CARE.
Grants received
10 grants · £468,691 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 · £257,017 (2 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £189,674 (3 grants)
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation · £13,700 (3 grants)
- True Colours Trust · £8,300 (2 grants)
Most recent
- 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.
9 trustees on the board
- Guy Skinner since 2024
- James Lawrence since 2019
- Jane Walton since 2020
- John Peter Botley since 2018
- Keith Wadsworth since 2017
- Lesley Carol Morag Read since 2015
- Natalie Lovett Burgess since 2025
- Shirley Avery since 2024
- Stacey Slattery since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- James Lawrence since 2019
- Jane Walton since 2020
- John Peter Botley since 2018
- Keith Wadsworth since 2017
- Lesley Carol Morag Read since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Guy Skinner since 2024
- James Lawrence since 2019
- Jane Walton since 2020
- John Peter Botley since 2018
- Keith Wadsworth since 2017
- Natalie Lovett Burgess since 2025
- Shirley Avery since 2024
- Stacey Slattery since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Lesley Carol Morag Read since 2015
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1161035
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 24 Mar 2015 as amended on 01 Dec 2023
- Contact on the register
- 07469 255139 · info@stand-by-me.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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