Windmills - Preparing Youngsters For The Death Of A Loved One

Charity number: 1187408
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To preserve and protect the physical, emotional and mental health of Children & Young People when someone significant in their life is dying or has died, by providing bespoke, focused and supportive acute bereavement care. Windmills differs from any other Child Bereavement Charity as it solely focuses on supporting Children (0-24 years) through the acute dying process and after death has occurred

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 March 2025

Total income: £103,268
Total expenditure: £85,774

People

3 Trustee(s)

7 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Disability
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Staffordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 January 2020: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • Windmills Charity (Working name)
  • WINDMILLS - ACUTE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE IN STAFFORDSHIRE (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Heather Sheldon Trustee 11 November 2025
None on record
Zoe Kasiya Trustee 19 March 2025
None on record
Linda Forster Trustee 19 March 2025
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/03/2021 30/03/2022 30/03/2023 30/03/2024 30/03/2025
Total gross income £24.70k £32.49k £64.58k £154.41k £103.27k
Total expenditure £6.24k £14.25k £88.96k £145.88k £85.77k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £3.00k N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 March 2025 23 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2025 23 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 March 2024 30 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2024 30 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 March 2023 29 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2023 29 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 March 2022 21 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2022 21 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 March 2021 17 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2021 17 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Jan 2020 as amended on 02 Jul 2025

Charitable objects

“TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHEN SOMEONE SIGNIFICANT IN THEIR LIFE IS DYING OR HAS DIED BY PROVIDING BESPOKE, FOCUSED AND SUPPORTIVE ACUTE BEREAVEMENT CARE.

Contact information

Address:
Windmills Charity
Unit 1
Campbell Road
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST4 4DX
Phone:
07765568062
Email:
enquiries@windmillscharity.org
Website:

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