Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 7
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE TOM BOWDIDGE YOUTH CANCER FOUNDATION

Our founding principles are as follows:1. TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF, CARE, WELL-BEING AND REHABILITATION OF TEENAGERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM CANCER, AND THEIR FAMILIES.2. TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH AND PUBLISH ANY USEFUL RESULTS INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CANCER IN TEENAGERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
31/03/23£145£141£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£143£185£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£217£179£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£152£144£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£174£238£-64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£158£211£-53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£243£179£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£171£80£91n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£130£39£90n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.tombowdidgefoundation.org

richardbowdidge@tombowdidgefoundation.org

07771646654

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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
National Lottery Community Fund£40,000
DCMS£9,984
CAF£5,000
Masonic Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Teenagers & Young Adults with cancer in the Manchester area
£10,000 15/09/2023
The funding will be used to support young people with a cancer diagnosis. The project aims to reduce isolation by providing IT equipment to keep connected with the outside world essential aids to help with wellbeing and help with additional ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 28/11/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Care and support packages for teenagers and young adults with cancer in Wales
£10,000 22/11/2021
The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation will use £10000 to provide support packages for young people across Wales who are diagnosed with cancer.
National Lottery Community Fund - Care & Support packages for teenagers & young adults with cancer
£10,000 17/09/2021
The funding will be used to provide support packages including IT and specialist equipment and help with travel costs to hospital appointments for young people living with cancer. The project aims to enable them to access online education and reduce ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,984 22/07/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Care and Support to teenagers and young adults with cancer
£10,000 22/05/2020
11
The funding will be used to support the mental health of teenagers and young adults diagnosed with cancer which saw an increased demand as a direct result of Covid-19 crisis.
CAF - Grant to The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation
£5,000 27/04/2020
3
Grant to The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation to support the organisation through COVID19
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ADAM NICHOLAS HILDRED Appointed: 2024
  • KIRK ANTHONY WELLS Appointed: 2023
  • MEGAN ANN OSBORN Appointed: 2019
  • NICCI WALMSLEY Appointed: 2014
  • RICHARD CHARLES FRANK BOWDIDGE (Chair) Appointed: 2014
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/04/2014, number: 1156553
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR15: 5 days late,
Main office

9 FIRMINS COURT
WEST BERGHOLT
COLCHESTER
CO6 3BQ

Objectives

1.TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF, CARE, WELL-BEING AND REHABILITATION OF TEENAGERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM CANCER, AND THEIR FAMILIES2.TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH AND PUBLISH ANY USEFUL RESULTS INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CANCER IN TEENAGERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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