Walsall Bereavement Support Service

Analysis

Walsall Bereavement Support Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Walsall Bereavement Support Service reported income of £106k and spending of £155k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £168k to £106k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Walsall Bereavement Support Service sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Srinivas/ Usha Charitable Trust (£106k), The Blackdown Healthy Living and Activity Centre (£106k) and Inspiring Leadership Foundation (£106k).

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.