Overall GiG Score: -12 ?
Finance Score: -11
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +1

BREAST CANCER CARE 

Breast Cancer Care is the UK's leading provider of information, practical assistance and emotional support for anyone affected by breast cancer. All our services are free and provided by specialist staff alongside trained volunteers who have had or been closely affected by breast cancer. We are also committed to campaigning for better treatment and support for people with breast cancer.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • This charity appears to be dormant
Established: 31 years
(34 years as a company)

info@breastcancercare.org.uk

03332070300

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This Charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/22£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/21£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/20?£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£19,544£28,296£-8,752£6,412£0£0n/a203506
31/03/18£16,192£16,295£-103£7,368£8,447£8,3816.22070
31/03/17£16,899£16,434£465£6,719£8,621£8,3276.12150
31/03/16£17,036£17,085£-49£6,748£7,844£7,6375.42300
31/03/15£16,575£15,487£1,088£5,499£8,150£8,0526.21800
31/03/14£15,353£14,924£429£5,010£6,991£6,9265.61790
31/03/13£13,359£13,181£178£4,206£6,611£6,55461650
31/03/12£12,675£13,675£-1,000£4,861£6,321£6,2985.51810
31/03/11£12,187£13,834£-1,647£5,064£7,414£7,3516.41860
31/03/10£11,093£12,681£-1,588£5,105£8,911£8,8368.41830
31/03/09£12,612£14,013£-1,401£5,079£9,580£9,4978.11910
31/03/08£12,215£13,758£-1,543£5,006£11,798£10,8489.52070
31/03/07*£14,886£13,064£1,822£4,732£13,933£13,21812.12280
31/03/06*£12,708£9,546£3,162£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£4,529£5,994£-1,465£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£3,462£4,179£-716£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - BECCA (Breast Cancer Care App)
£655,000 09/01/2018
35
BECCA (Breast Cancer Care App)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 52-67
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/02/1993, number: 1017658
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/11/1989, number: 02447182
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

Fifth Floor
Ibex House
42-47 Minories
LONDON
EC3N1DY

Objectives

3.1 ADVANCE HEALTH, INCLUDING THE HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM CANCER, PATIENTS RECEIVING TREATMENT, THOSE CONVALESCING FOLLOWING TREATMENT BY:3.1.1 PROMOTING ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL ASSIST WITH AWARENESS, IDENTIFICATION AND PREVENTION OF CANCER,3.1.2 ASSISTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DISABLED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE,3.2 ADVANCE THE HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS BY UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF CANCER ON TERMS THAT THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE PUBLISHED,3.3 ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF CANCER AND ITS TREATMENTS PARTICULARLY (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THAT GENERALITY) AMONG SUFFERERS OF CANCER AND THE FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND CARERS OF SUCH PERSONS, AND3.4 PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS CONCERNED WITH MEDICAL RESEARCH OR THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL IN THEIR ABOSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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