Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT 

Macmillan Cancer Support exists to help improve the lives of people affected by cancer - those with cancer and their families, carers and communities. We are a source for support, helping anyone affected by cancer navigate through the system to get what they need, and a force for change, working to improve cancer care.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 35 years

www.macmillan.org.uk

contactus@macmillan.org.uk

02078407840

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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
31/12/22£227,145£251,660£-24,515£72,668£48,265£32,5621.61,68713,000
31/12/21£230,707£234,055£-3,348£62,334£74,118£57,68231,52713,000
31/12/20£194,889£147,803£47,086£57,834£77,608£56,6794.61,75425,000
31/12/19£232,833£245,739£-12,906£64,183£36,243£14,5500.71,81025,000
31/12/18*£235,718£260,752£-25,034£64,891£34,730£11,9680.61,80120,000
31/12/17£252,692£256,422£-3,730£63,652£65,586£42,81921,7150
31/12/16£247,441£245,591£1,850£71,783£64,302£38,6951.91,6420
31/12/15£230,211£240,491£-10,280£75,468£58,060£32,8821.61,5700
31/12/14£218,430£221,509£-3,079£69,513£66,592£42,3052.31,3840
31/12/13£189,709£181,074£8,635£58,985£67,410£48,5383.21,2280
31/12/12£155,688£163,322£-7,634£51,281£54,479£37,3312.71,1120
31/12/11£144,530£152,791£-8,261£46,547£59,918£43,0923.49990
31/12/10£133,605£132,949£656£36,656£70,705£53,9264.98750
31/12/09£123,394£116,285£7,109£34,661£70,060£54,5995.68140
31/12/08£126,127£113,816£12,311£34,642£60,206£45,5154.87310
31/12/07£113,953£110,884£3,069£31,811£57,593£43,5044.76470
31/12/06£102,075£96,295£5,780£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£96,215£97,446£-1,231£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£94,340£91,039£3,301£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 35.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 80%
Liabilities/Income: 83%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 67%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
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 works here?
  • 1,687 employees
  • 13,000 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Wolfson Foundation£240,000
DCMS£89,520
Foundation Scotland£15,615
Co-Operative Group£9,054
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Dulverton Trust - Providing support to people living with cancer across Gloucestershire
£3,000 07/02/2024
Providing support to people living with cancer across Gloucestershire
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Relief
£279 08/11/2023
Donation from Glebefoot Fund
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Relief
£310 24/10/2023
Donation from LifeScan Scotland, Neil Riddle, Loch Ness Marathon
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£250 11/07/2023
As directed by the donor towards to providing specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer, as well as looking at the social, emotional and practical impact ....more
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Match - Macmillan Cancer Support
£5,000 21/06/2023
to support cancer research
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£100 10/02/2023
As directed by the donor towards the centre's work supporting anyone affected by cancer.
Dulverton Trust - Providing vital support to people living with cancer across Gloucestershire
£4,000 08/02/2023
Providing vital support to people living with cancer across Gloucestershire
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 05/12/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Relief
£241 23/11/2022
Donation from Glebefoot Fund
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£100 02/11/2022
A donation in memory of a staff member and recently a volunteer at Waddesdon Manor
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£187 19/10/2022
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts.
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£69 19/10/2022
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts.
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£350 08/08/2022
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£200 27/06/2022
As directed by the donor towards to providing specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer, as well as looking at the social, emotional and practical impact ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Relief
£705 31/05/2022
Unrestricted donation from Lifescan Scotland Ltd
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Relief
£1,000 01/04/2022
Unrestricted donation from Jean Munro
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£40 05/01/2022
As directed by the donor towards to providing specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer, as well as looking at the social, emotional and practical impact ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£250 22/12/2021
As directed by the donor towards to providing specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer, as well as looking at the social, emotional and practical impact ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£2,000 25/11/2021
The organisation's charitable activities
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£566 05/11/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Relief
£10,000 25/10/2021
Berlin Marathon. Tom Prew. With thanks.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£500 21/10/2021
The organisation's charitable purposes
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£488 15/10/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts.
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£100 15/10/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£115 15/10/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£90 15/10/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£250 30/09/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£455 23/09/2021
The organisation's charitable objects
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Relief
£330 20/09/2021
Donation from Lifescan Scotland
CareTech foundation - Match Fund Grants Fund
£371 07/09/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£100 03/09/2021
A grant donation of £100 in memory of Richard Marley a long serving volunteer at Waddesdon Manor
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£471 25/08/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£740 12/08/2021
The organisation's charitable objects
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£250 04/08/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£250 04/08/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£500 30/07/2021
Staff sponsorship for John Lines partcipation in a hiking marathon organised by Macmillan Cancer Support.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Bournemouth Half Marathon Sponsorship
£1,000 20/07/2021
Beard are sponsoring Jack Winterbottom to run the Bournemouth Half Marathon in October 2021 for the amount of £1000.
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£110 10/06/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£250 10/06/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£250 18/05/2021
As directed by the donor towards to providing specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer, as well as looking at the social, emotional and practical impact ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Relief
£250 28/04/2021
Donation from David Mathewson 095203
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Relief
£1,000 19/03/2021
General charitable donation from Jean Munro
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£85 29/01/2021
As directed by the donor towards to provide specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£240,000 09/12/2020
WF Covid-19 Support Fund
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£89,520 05/10/2020
"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 ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Relief
£1,000 30/03/2020
General charitable donation from Jean Munro
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Relief
£500 23/01/2020
General charitable donation from anonymous donor
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Centre
£9,054 15/11/2019
We are extending the centre to be able to reach and improve the lives of more local people living with cancer.
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - MLTC Taskforce
£50,000 10/12/2018
Taskforce for Multiple Longterm Conditions
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Macmillan Cancer Support
£150,000 14/06/2018
Y Bwthyn Macmillan Specialist Care Unit in Llantrisant, Wales
DCMS - LCF Development Grants
£30,000 30/11/2017
Tu complete feasability and development work on devising a social impact bond financed project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£300,000 16/11/2017
Y Bwythn Macmillan Specialist Cancer Care Centre
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Doing The Right Thing
£10,000 22/05/2017
Research into scoping phase of Richmond Group 'Doing the Right Thing' project
Dulverton Trust - Cancer support across Gloucestershire
£4,000 11/02/2016
Cancer support across Gloucestershire
Dulverton Trust - Supporting people with cancer in Gloucestershire
£3,500 25/02/2014
Supporting people with cancer in Gloucestershire
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-66
  • FELICIA NYANIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Deputy Chief Nursing Officer
  • RACHEL HIGHAM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Information Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/06/1989, number: 261017
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/06/1989, number: 02400969
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 99 days late,
Main office

MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT
CAMELFORD HOUSE
87-90 ALBERT EMBANKMENT
LONDON
SE1 7UQ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER; TO FURTHER AND BUILD CANCER AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH; TO PROMOTE AND INFLUENCE EFFECTIVE CARE, INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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