Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 11

LIVERPOOL CANCER CARE SELF HELP GROUP

To provide emotional support to people who have been affected by cancer. We offer a variety of services including cancer specific groups, complimentary therapies, counselling, one to one work and welfare benefits advice. Tai Chi and the 'Feel Good Factor' a programme consisting of Art and Music Therapy and Creative Writing, have been introduced recently.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 39 years

www.liverpoolsunflowers.com

board@liverpoolsunflowers.com

01517268934

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/03/23		£163	£154	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	62
31/03/22		£113	£136	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/21	*	£156	£133	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/20		£178	£168	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£149	£139	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	58
31/03/18	*	£140	£156	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£163	£136	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£125	£115	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£92	£97	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£109	£98	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£118	£132	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£103	£118	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£85	£118	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£97	£120	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£76	£73	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£76	£60	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£84	£59	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£62	£55	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£77	£56	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
62 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£23,970
Sport England	£10,000
John Moores Foundation	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£3,085

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sport England - Exercise Rehabilitation to increase health
£5,000	21/07/2023	This project will provide funding to help expand exercise sessions from 6 weekly sessions to 18 weekly sessions per week to support people living with a long-term condition or cancer diagnosis, ....more This project will provide funding to help expand exercise sessions from 6 weekly sessions to 18 weekly sessions per week to support people living with a long-term condition or cancer diagnosis, living in isolation, or needing to lose weight for an operation. Funding will specifically support coaching costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Counselling for Cancer Support
£10,000	02/06/2023	The funding will be used to run a counselling service for vulnerable people living with cancer or a long-term condition. The project aims to meet the current demand and reduce waiting times to ....more The funding will be used to run a counselling service for vulnerable people living with cancer or a long-term condition. The project aims to meet the current demand and reduce waiting times to ensure the community is supported with mental health issues or getting back to work.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Winter Warmth for Vulnerable people
£409	26/01/2023	To provide a safe space for those who are vulnerable in the community. There will be a weekly breakfast and lunch club where people can discuss their worries around the cost of living.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Liverpool Sunflowers Cancer Care Self Help Group
£1,472	22/10/2022	We would like to provide the most robust local counselling service for people living with cancer or long-term conditions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Counselling Service
£10,000	07/01/2022	The funding will be used to employ a counselling manager whose duties will include assessing client needs and referring to a suitable counsellor along with the recruitment of counselling staff.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Liverpool Sunflowers
£1,614	23/10/2021	We will enable the community to be healthier to release the strain on the NHS, to find friendship groups, decrease social isolation and anxiety, whilst reducing the pressure of a long-term condition.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Liverpool Cancer Care Self Help Group - Sunflowers
£10,000	23/09/2021	Towards contribution towards Counselling Manager salary
National Lottery Community Fund - Making Reopening the cancer centre COVID safe
£3,970	22/10/2020 6	The organisation will make changes to increase safety to enable them to deliver lymphatic drainage and pain reducing complementary therapies and group therapies for people at their cancer centre with ....more The organisation will make changes to increase safety to enable them to deliver lymphatic drainage and pain reducing complementary therapies and group therapies for people at their cancer centre with the aim of reducing isolation and improving health and wellbeing and access to counselling.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£5,000	01/06/2020 4	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
National Lottery Community Fund - Sunflowers - Counselling Services
£9,600	27/03/2019 12	The organisation will deliver counselling for people with and affected by cancer, with the aim of improving access to support.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Liverpool Cancer Care Self Help Group
£2,606	19/11/2018	We want to be able to increase the number and variety of exercise classes we offer to cancer patients and survivors.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,000	22/10/2018	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Liverpool Cancer Care Self Help Group
£3,724	04/08/2017	Cancer is a life-changing disease. Help those affected through and beyond cancer with funds for counselling and support.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DANIEL THOMAS CONROY Appointed: 2019

KAREN WILLIAMSON Appointed: 2017

MARTIN MAGINN Appointed: 2021

MIKE CARTER Appointed: 2017

SARAH-LOUISE MCCARTNEY Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: AF&V LAUNCHPAD LIMITED,

STUART LINDSAY SPEEDEN Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/06/1985, number: 516462

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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Paying staff
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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
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Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR21: 47 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 1 days late,

Main office

21 Aigburth Road
LIVERPOOL
L17 4JR

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ANY PERSON SUFFERING FROM CANCER IN ANY FORM BY A. OFFERING A SUPPORT SERVICE TO CANCER SUFFERERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, RELATIVES OR FRIENDS. B. PROMOTING FACILITIES FOR THE EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES, VIEWS AND INFORMATION AMONG CANCER SUFFERERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, GENDER, DISABILITY OR AGE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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