Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 13
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

FIGHTING ALL CANCERS TOGETHER

The charity's principal activity during the period was to provide support and assistance to people who have suffered or are suffering from all forms of cancer by such means as the trustees consider fit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
30/06/23£342£261£80n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£348£272£76n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£724£570£154£0£875£87518.411361
30/06/20?*£398£232£165n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£637£530£107£37£555£4349.818212
31/12/18£573£489£84£57£449£2867170
31/12/17£340£334£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£289£285£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£354£155£199n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£163£113£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£113£85£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12*£124£89£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11?*£82£73£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/10£38£30£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 15 years

fact-cancersupport.co.uk

JOANNE@FACT-CANCERSUPPORT.CO.UK

01914420833

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General outpatient health-care services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-tees, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£109,313
National Lottery Community Fund£48,030
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£22,345
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£20,892
County Durham Community Foundation£9,600
Co-Operative Group£5,545
Sport England£4,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Fighting All Cancers Together
£500 10/10/2023
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Grant through the Colleagues in the Community Fund.
National Lottery Community Fund - FACT Family Community Centre
£48,030 02/06/2023
The project will offer a range of support services to cancer patients and their family friends and carers. The aim is to provide a space and place where people can meet and build strong bonds through social events like weekly coffee mornings daily ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Fighting All Cancers Together
£2,700 30/03/2023
Towards organisational charitable activities in support of increasing need amongst fact’s beneficiaries experiencing cancer in gateshead.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Fighting All Cancers Together
£10,000 16/03/2023
Renovations of premises to allow use as family community centre in gateshead
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Fighting All Cancers Together
£2,450 09/06/2022
Supporting the wellbeing of children and young people affected by cancer in Tyne & Wear and northumberland
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Move to Improve
£4,500 30/05/2022
This project will deliver exercise sessions to those who have or have had cancer, those bereaved by cancer, and their friends and families. Project will deliver 50 sessions across 12 months, which each being for 2 hours and supporting 12 people.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Fighting All Cancers Together
£2,945 07/04/2022
Delivering cancer awareness sessions to children and young adult people, and supporting children with specialist crisis counselling, in northumberland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Fighting All Cancers Together
£2,000 16/12/2021
Core costs to run face to face activity groups for 12 months in Gateshead
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Fighting All Cancers Together
£1,500 16/12/2021
Running costs for monthly family days across Gateshead, Newcastle and North Tyneside
County Durham Community Foundation - Touch
£4,600 02/12/2021
To deliver tailored cancer signs, symptoms, education and awareness sessions.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - the organisations charitable activities
£750 18/03/2021
the organisations charitable activities
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Walking and Talking sessions during the Covid19 restrictions
£3,946 21/01/2021
Walking and Talking sessions during the Covid19 restrictions
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Walking and Talking sessions during the Covid19 restrictions
£3,946 14/01/2021
Walking and Talking sessions during the Covid19 restrictions
Co-Operative Group - Grant to FACT, Fighting All Cancers Together
£5,545 24/10/2020
We would like to continue providing FACT support services, and to refurbish our building in the Whitley Bay community.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards the organisations charitable purposes
£3,000 24/09/2020
Towards the organisations charitable purposes
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£109,313 20/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Reach
£5,000 04/06/2020
To support people in County Durham. during Covid-19.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support to people with cancer and their carers affected by COVID-19 in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
£5,000 24/04/2020
Support to people with cancer and their carers affected by COVID-19 in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - support to people with cancer and their carers affected by COVID-19 in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
£5,000 24/04/2020
support to people with cancer and their carers affected by COVID-19 in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
National Lottery Community Fund - FACT outreach
£449,463 20/09/2019
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FACT outreach
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Delivering tailored educational sessions for cancer awareness to communities, schools and businesses
£3,700 20/09/2019
Delivering tailored educational sessions for cancer awareness to communities, schools and businesses
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Fighting All Cancers Together (FACT)
£3,806 19/11/2018
We want to provide fun social activities and healthy lunches for older people who feel isolated or are struggling with ill-health.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Communication
£4,000 15/05/2018
Communication
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrating 10 years of FACT
£9,940 12/04/2018
12
The organisation will purchase IT equipment and create a series of short videos on cancer awareness, prevention campaigns, symptom recognition and signposting to support services to reach communities across the North East. This will form part of ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Pilot outreach centre in an area of Multiple Deprivation (Sunderland)
£3,000 05/03/2018
Pilot outreach centre in an area of Multiple Deprivation (Sunderland)
Co-Operative Group - Grant to FACT (Fighting All Cancers Together)
£2,922 04/08/2017
Cooking clubs, exercise groups & creative activities will help local people to reduce their risk of cancer, make friends & boost self-esteem
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Taster sessions for cancer patients newly in remission
£5,000 13/10/2016
Towards Taster sessions for cancer patients newly in remission
County Durham Community Foundation - FACT Community
£6,000 04/07/2016
Refurbishment and new equipment consisting of: redecoration and flooring for Family room.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Cancer FACTor
£10,000 30/05/2012
12
This is a project by an incorporated charity in Wickham, Newcastle. The organisation will use the funding to deliver a year long programme of support, awareness and education sessions for people diagnosed with cancer and their friends or family. ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-66
  • ALAN GEDDIS OSCAR REDMAN Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Hospital Doctor
  • CAROLINE ANN BROWN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Certified Chartered Accountant
  • CHRISTINE SCHOFIELD Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Resident Liaison Officer
  • DIANE SEARLE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Regional Training Manager
  • JOHN PAUL HOPKINSON Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Solicitor
  • PETER ARMSTRONG (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Primary School Head Teacher
  • STEPHEN JAMES HAIGH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Headmaster
  • STEVEN JAMES CLELAND Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Deputy Director - Art Gallery
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/06/2009, number: 1130258
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/05/2009, number: 06913360
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
14 returns made; AR20: 34 days late, AR12: 21 days late, AR11: 38 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ROOM FOR YOU on 07/04/2022
Main office

B3 Kingfisher House
Kingsway
Team Valley Trading Estate
GATESHEAD
Tyne And Wear

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE SUFFERING FROM ALL FORMS OF CANCER BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER FIT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION:1 BY ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CANCER AWARENESS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE RELATING TO THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER2 BY RELIEVING THE HARDSHIP OF THOSE PERSONS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AFFECTED BY CANCER WHO ARE IN NEED INCLUDING BY:A CREATING A PLATFORM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES, VIEWS AND INFORMATION; ANDB BY PROVIDING FACILITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE3 BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR CANCER SUFFERERS AND FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CARERS OF CANCER SUFFERERS; AND4 FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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