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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

ELLEN MACARTHUR CANCER TRUST

The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust takes young people sailing to help them regain their confidence, on their way to recovery from cancer, leukaemia and other serious illness.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
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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
30/11/23£1,687£1,829£-141£367£2,554£1,85312.221200
30/11/22£1,431£1,761£-330£391£2,692£1,98213.519160
30/11/21£1,792£1,311£481£283£3,067£2,33221.319140
30/11/20£1,124£1,004£120£243£2,378£1,73420.717195
30/11/19£2,181£1,596£585£322£2,191£1,56311.716196
30/11/18£1,539£1,466£73£367£1,561£1,32710.9160
30/11/17£1,456£1,429£27£245£1,502£1,29110.8130
30/11/16£1,371£1,100£270£227£1,446£1,25613.7130
30/11/15£1,085£950£136£235£1,141£96312.2110
30/11/14£1,059£773£286£224£1,006£84213.180
30/11/13£694£623£71£181£706£55610.770
30/11/12£475£477£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/11£365£412£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/10£387£342£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/09£554£453£101£58£620£62016.450
30/11/08£506£462£45£219£518£51813.530
30/11/07£471£274£197n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/06£334£165£169n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/05£118£58£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/04£67£77£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 22.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 20.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 73%
Reserves/Spending: 12.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 3.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 22 years

www.ellenmacarthurcancertrust.org

info@emcancertrust.org

01983297750

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Postcode Active Trust - Regular Grant 2023
£550,000 29/03/2023
Regular unrestricted award
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Postcode Active Trust - Regular Grant 2022
£450,000 16/03/2022
Regular unrestricted award
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust
£130,505 23/10/2018
36
This project will provide summer sailing experiences for children and young people who have had or are having treatment for cancer. Young people will become more confident, have improved well-being and optimism for the future.
The Blagrave Trust - Supporting young people living with cancer
£45,000 08/03/2015
To rebuild confidence in young people 8-24 after a long term illness

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-66
  • CLAIRE AMALADOSS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: None
  • DAME ELLEN MACARTHUR DBE Appointed: 2014
  • DR DAVID HOBIN Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Director
  • EMMA LOUISE FRANCIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • JOANNE GRINDLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Trustee
  • JOSEPH BURNIE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director
  • MARK ANDREW STEVENS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Project Manager
  • MARTIN PLUVES Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Ceo
  • MICHELLE CUTTLER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • PETER CHARLES GRENVILLE CAZALET Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/03/2003, number: 1096491
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/11/2002, number: 04597114
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust
53-57 Britannia Way
EAST COWES
Isle Of Wight
PO32 6DG

Objectives

1) TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING AND PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER, LEUKAEMIA OR OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESS BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SAILING TRIPS, SAILING HOLIDAYS AND OTHER SIMILAR ACTIVITIES; AND2) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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