Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -13 ?

CANCERBACKUP

Giving cancer patients and those living with cancer up-to-date information, practical advice and support they need to reduce the fear and uncertainty of cancer. The charity's aim is to provide information in reply to any question on any cancer. Note that this is now undertaken in the name of Macmillan Cancer Support, with which Cancerbackup merged in 2008.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 2 trustees
  • 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
  • This charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/09/23£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/22£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/14£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/13£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/12£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/11?£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£5,377£5,268£109£1,540£0£0n/a740
31/03/07£4,088£5,239£-1,151£1,292£1,649£1,2923750
31/03/06£3,602£4,601£-998n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£3,474£4,500£-1,025n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£4,727£4,042£684n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 32 years
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This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • General outpatient health-care services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-43
  • ALISON ASHMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Accounting And Tax
  • PAUL MATTHEW BUTTERWORTH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of Strategic Financial Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/04/1993, number: 1019719
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/03/1993, number: 02803321
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 156 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

Macmillan Cancer Support
3rd Floor, Bronze Building
The Forge
London
SE1 9HZ

Objectives

THE RELIEF BY ANY AND EVERY CHARITABLE MEANS OF THE POVERTY DISTRESS AND/OR IGNORANCE OF THOSE WHO HAVE OR HAVE HAD OR ARE SUSPECTED OF HAVING CANCER AND OF THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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