Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 2

Good reserves management: +3
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -4

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 8

PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION

PROVIDE SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.TO SUFFERERS OF PANCREATIC CANCER,THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF WEBSITE , BOOKLETS, MEDIA ARTICLES.ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AMONGST HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC FROM DIAGNOSIS TO PALLIATIVE CARE. ACITIVITES HAVE INCLUDED GP LECTURES, GP TRAINING MODULES AND WRITTEN ARTICLES IN VAIROUS MEDIA.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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
31/12/23		£753	£761	£-8	£295	£592	£309	4.9	13	50
31/12/22		£488	£730	£-242	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£754	£842	£-88	£328	£842	£367	5.2	11	50
31/12/20		£1,256	£746	£510	£309	£930	£309	5	13	50
31/12/19	*	£787	£902	£-115	£293	£420	£352	4.7	15	50
31/12/18		£893	£917	£-25	£248	£535	£409	5.4	15	0
31/12/17		£758	£927	£-169	£258	£560	£418	5.4	11	0
31/12/16		£779	£599	£180	£256	£729	£477	9.6	9	0
31/12/15	*	£562	£394	£169	£187	£549	£342	10.4	5	0
31/12/14		£491	£395	£97	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£291	£183	£108	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£173	£110	£63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11		£113	£16	£97	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 39.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 38.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 52%
Reserves/Spending: 4.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 15.1

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 14 years

www.pancreaticcanceraction.org

enquiries@panact.org

03030401770

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Outpatient support services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Pancreatic Cancer Action
£5,000	18/03/2020	Supporting people with rare medical conditions
National Lottery Community Fund - Pancreatic Cancer Awarness Campaign for Northern Ireland
£10,000	28/02/2019 12	The organisation, based in south Belfast, is using a grant of £10,000 to run an awareness campaign to highlight the signs and symptoms of pancreatic cancer. The campaign includes information packs for GPs and pharmacies, advertising, and a survey ....more The organisation, based in south Belfast, is using a grant of £10,000 to run an awareness campaign to highlight the signs and symptoms of pancreatic cancer. The campaign includes information packs for GPs and pharmacies, advertising, and a survey to gauge awareness before and after the campaign.
National Lottery Community Fund - Raise public awareness -pancreatic cancer
£9,955	23/11/2018 12	The organisation will aim to improve early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and improve the quality of life for those affected by pancreatic cancer

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 30-70

DAVID CHARLES SLATER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

DR CHRISTOPHER ROSS CARTER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Hospital Doctor

ELSPETH MILLAR COWAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Clinical Nurse Specialist

GABRIELLA LESCA Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Civil Servant

GIULIO CODACCI-PISANELLI (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

LOUISE EFFUAH NYLANDER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketing Director

NEVILLE NORBERT MENEZES Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Doctor Surgeon

NAOMI BARBARA LONGWORTH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Pr And Marketing Director

RACHAEL LEGG Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Executive And Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/08/2010, number: 1137689
Registered at Companies House on 03/06/2010, number: 07272699

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
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

13 returns made; AR19: 96 days late, AR15: 4 days late,

Main office

Alliotts
3 London Square
Cross Lanes
GUILDFORD
Surrey
GU1 1UJ

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PANCREATIC CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO PANCREATIC CANCER.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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