Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

TOM'S TRUST

WE ARE DEDICATED TO RAISING FUNDS TO PROVIDE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR CHILDREN WITH BRAIN TUMOURS & THEIR FAMILIES. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PSYCHOLOGY PROVISION COVERING EAST ANGLIA AND THE NORTH EAST AND ULTIMATELY AIM TO SUPPORT ALL CHILDREN & THEIR FAMILIES IN THE UK. WE ALSO WANT TO RAISE THE PROFILE OF THE NEEDS FOR CHILDREN WITH BRAIN TUMOURS & THEIR FAMILIES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/06/23£410£382£28n/a
30/06/22£337£342£-5n/a
30/06/21£402£290£112n/a
30/06/20£0£0£0n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.tomstrust.org.uk

info@tomstrust.org.uk

0300 1028667

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£437,957
Garfield Weston Foundation£90,000
Masonic Trust£16,000
DCMS£9,868
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation£5,000
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Psychological Transitions Practitioner
£5,000 11/09/2023
towards a transition practitioner post for Addenbrookes Hospital who will provide mental health support to teenagers who have been through brutal treatment for their brain tumours
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health Support for Children with Brain Tumours and their Families.
£427,957 31/08/2023
Funding will be used to continue developing mental health support for children with brain tumours and their families in Cambridge Newcastle and Liverpool – with new centres to open in Oxford and another unnamed location. The project will develop ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£60,000 12/04/2023
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Supporting Clinical Psychology for Children with Brain Tumours and their Families.
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - Tom's Trust
£5,000 07/12/2022
to support expert psychological support provided for every child with a brain tumour in the UK and their family from the point of diagnosis until they enter adult services.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 27/04/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 18/02/2022
Clinical Psychological support for children with brain tumours
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Tom's Trust - 29/11/21
£1,250 14/01/2022
Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Clinical psychological support for children with brain tumours
£10,000 15/10/2021
The funding will be used to contribute towards a full time salary of a Clinical Psychologist. The project aims to work with children who are newly diagnosed with brain tumours currently undergoing treatment and children who have finished treatment ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£1,000 06/05/2021
Tom’s Trust provides expert mental health support by clinical psychologists to children affected by brain tumours and their families in the East of England and North East. The grant will enable the charity to buy three new laptops for staff.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,868 24/06/2020
"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
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW GRAHAM WHITELEY Appointed: 2019
  • ANDREW WOOSEY (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • ANIL MALHOTRA Appointed: 2019
  • ALEXANDRA JANE WORDEN Appointed: 2021
  • DR CATHERINE HARTER Appointed: 2023
  • DR PETER GOUGH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Doctor
  • JODIE VAUGHAN Appointed: 2022
  • MARTIN PETER SHAVE Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2019, number: 1183559
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from TOM'S TRUST on 05/07/2021
Main office

Tom's Trust
PO Box 276
SAFFRON WALDEN
Essex
CB10 9GE

Objectives

TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH TUMOURS OF THE BRAIN AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THEIR FAMILY/CARERS FROM THEIR DIAGNOSIS, THROUGH TREATMENT AND BEYOND BY MEASURES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(I) FUNDING THE PROVISION OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND OTHER EXPERT SUPPORT;(II) FUNDING MEASURES TO IMPROVE RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICE;(III) FUNDING THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND EDUCATION;(IV) FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILY AND PEER-TO- PEER SUPPORT AND PERSONAL ADVOCACY; AND(V) PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION AND IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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