The Bereavement Counselling Service (South West)

Analysis

The Bereavement Counselling Service (South West) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05999017). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Bereavement Counselling Service (South West) reported income of £24k and spending of £26k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £24k (+9.4%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 144% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Bereavement Counselling Service (South West) sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Heydown Trust (£24k), Remember Rufus (£24k) and Sedbergh United Charities and Widows' Hospital (£24k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.