Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

    PENGUINS AGAINST CANCER 

    PENGUINS AGAINST CANCER IS A CHARITY SET UP TO COMBAT CANCER. ITS FOUNDERS WERE DRAWN FROM GUY'S HOSPITAL PENGUINS BUT NOW ITS MEMBERS COME FROM A WIDE RANGE OF AGES, BACKGROUNDS AND PROFESSIONS, ALL UNITING TO SUPPORT CANCER RESEARCH, CANCER TREATMENT AND HOSPICES. PAC HAS NO START-UP OR RUNNING COSTS: EVERY PENNY DONATED GOES TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    06/04/23£76£69£7n/an/an/an/an/a20
    06/04/22*£47£48£-1n/an/an/an/an/a20
    06/04/21*£21£22£-1n/an/an/an/an/a25
    06/04/20*£28£43£-15n/an/an/an/an/a0
    06/04/19£41£18£22n/an/an/an/an/a10
    06/04/18£30£39£-9£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/17*£34£27£8£0£0£0n/a00
    01/04/16£19£16£3£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 9 years

    www.penguinsagainstcancer.org.uk

    penguinsagainstcancer@outlook.com

    07468565450

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • General outpatient health-care services
    How it operates
    • Provides other finance
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 20 volunteers

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (12)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/01/2015, number: 1159905
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Risk management
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    8 returns made; AR22: 20 days late, AR21: 46 days late, AR20: 33 days late, AR17: 1 days late,
    Main office

    Weirs End
    Hampton Court Road
    EAST MOLESEY
    Surrey
    KT8 9BP

    Objectives

    THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE SAVING OF LIVES OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) RAISING AWARENESS OF CANCER;(II) MAKING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN CANCER RESEARCH TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND(III) MAKING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN CANCER TREATMENT AND TO HOSPICES.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    CharityBase
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