Registered charity · London
Grief Encounter
- 10 trustees
- Income £3.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Anthony BatesChair · since 2026
- Alan BloomTrustee · since 2021
- Claire BallakTrustee · since 2026
- David GreenTrustee · since 2025
- Nick DeyongTrustee · since 2023
- Pam FirthTrustee · since 2021
- Phanella FineTrustee · since 2023
- Rupert LevyTrustee · since 2023
- Sasha WigginsTrustee · since 2023
- Terry WillatTrustee · since 2024
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, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.griefencounter.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Grief Encounter
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.0m£2.4m
- 2024£1.7m£2.6m
- 2023£3.0m£2.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.6m£1.7m
- 2021£1.9m£1.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:2.1.1 THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING INTO:(A) ISSUES OF GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT; AND (B) SUPPORT IN RELATION TO GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT, IN EACH CASE, PARTICULARLY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES.2.1.2 RELIEF OF PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES, SUFFERING FROM GRIEF OR BEREAVEMENT, INCLUDING RELIEF BY WAY OF A HELPLINE.
Grants received
21 grants · £679,206 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
- City Bridge Trust · £391,720 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £117,012
- The Childhood Trust · £68,656 (6 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £20,427
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £20,000
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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.
10 trustees on the board
- Anthony Bates Chair since 2026
- Alan Bloom since 2021
- Claire Ballak since 2026
- David Green since 2025
- Nick Deyong since 2023
- Phanella Fine since 2023
- Pam Firth since 2021
- Rupert Levy since 2023
- Sasha Wiggins since 2023
- Terry Willat since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Anthony Bates Chair since 2026
- Alan Bloom since 2021
- Claire Ballak since 2026
- David Green since 2025
- Nick Deyong since 2023
- Phanella Fine since 2023
- Pam Firth since 2021
- Rupert Levy since 2023
- Sasha Wiggins since 2023
- Terry Willat since 2024
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
10.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1175837
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11 AUG 2016 AS AMENDED ON 18 MAY 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 DEC 2020 as amended on 05 Jul 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 10324546 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02083718455 · contact@griefencounter.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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