# THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1082335
- **Other names:** THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 7, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1082335


## Contact

- **Address:** Kilburn Grange, Priory Park Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** NW6 7UJ
- **Phone:** 0345 120 3785
- **Email:** info@tcf.org.uk
- **Website:** www.tcf.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (I) TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST IN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELFARE FOLLOWING SUFFERING AND INFIRMITY AMONG (A) PARENTS OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF THEIR  CHILD(REN) AND (B) OTHER CLOSE RELATIVES OF ANY SUCH CHILD(REN), NORMALLY BROTHERS, SISTERS AND GRANDPARENTS;(II) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH INTO MEDICINE AND ROAD SAFETY AND OTHER CHILD LIFE PROTECTION PROJECTS LIKELY OR INTENDED EFFECTIVELY TO REDUCE DEATHS AMONG CHILDREN.

**Activities:** Provide peer support to parents who are bereaved of a child or children of any age (from 1 month old to an adult child)  from any cause. Support is also provided to adult siblings who are bereaved of a brother or sister and also to bereaved grandparents.  Information is also given to professionals involved in bereavement care.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, THE UNITED KINGDOM




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £543076 | £504801 | £261536 | 9 |
| March 31, 2024 | £385181 | £572415 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £488834 | £567343 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £459980 | £378221 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £364068 | £288010 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Adelle Brenner — appointed Nov. 26, 2022
- Antonio Bruno — appointed Nov. 16, 2024
- David William Scammell — appointed Nov. 22, 2025
- George Robert Murray Burn — appointed Nov. 25, 2017
- Gillian Sue Hardy — appointed Nov. 25, 2017
- Jacqueline Diane Hewitt — appointed Nov. 16, 2024
- Karen Chandler — appointed Nov. 16, 2024
- Lindsay Victoria Garfitt-Brown — appointed Nov. 22, 2025
- MELIAN BARBARA MANSFIELD — appointed Feb. 1, 2020
- Sefton Elia Kwasnik — appointed Jan. 21, 2023
- Sheila Mary Phillips — appointed Nov. 25, 2018