Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

SOUTH EAST CANCER HELP CENTRE LIMITED 

The charity provides support to anyone affected by cancer by means of individual support, group support, therapeutic arts, counselling, complementary therapies and information within a friendly, caring environment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£355£240£115n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/22£193£199£-6n/an/an/an/an/a55
31/03/21£233£180£53n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/03/20£241£261£-19n/an/an/an/an/a69
31/03/19£264£255£9n/an/an/an/an/a92
31/03/18*£319£246£73£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£226£222£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£226£231£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£211£205£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£234£209£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£194£202£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£219£233£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£153£207£-54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£196£206£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£206£176£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£175£168£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£177£141£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£194£177£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£129£117£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£139£106£33£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 32 years

www.sechc.org.uk

info@sechc.org.uk

02086680974

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bromley, Croydon, Merton, Surrey, Sutton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 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
Department for Work and Pensions£11,436
Co-Operative Group£5,991
CAF£4,650
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - BLAM PICTURES LIMMITED
£8,436 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South East Cancer Help Centre
£1,771 23/10/2021
Our project will ensure that those experiencing both physical and emotional issues due to their cancer, can talk through their anxieties with a counsellor and learn to cope with their situation.
Department for Work and Pensions - BLAM PICTURES
£3,000 01/04/2021
To support customers aged 18-24 to be ready to take up kickstart vacancies.
CAF - Grant to South East Cancer Help Centre
£4,650 29/06/2020
3
Grant to South East Cancer Help Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South East Cancer Help Centre
£4,220 15/11/2019
We want to deliver a series of meditation and relaxation courses, to help patients cope with the stress of their cancer diagnosis.
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 01/06/2017
Counselling, alternative therapies, advice and information and group support for people with cancer.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 54-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/06/1992, number: 1011509
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/04/1992, number: 02702689
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
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
20 returns made; AR18: 14 days late,
Main office

2
PURLEY ROAD
PURLEY
SURREY
CR8 2HA

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST THOSE AFFECTED BY CANCER THROUGH THE PRACTICE, SUPPORT AND PROMOTION OF ALL METHODS OF HEALING AND NATURAL THERAPEUTICS DESIGNED TO RELIEVE HUMAN SUFFERING AND DISTRESS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COUNSELLING, AROMATHERAPY, HYPNOTHERAPY, REFLEXOLOGY, SPIRITUAL HEALING, GROUP SUPPORT, REIKI, SHIATSU, YOGA, TAI CHI AND ARTS & CRAFTS ACTIVITIES (THE OBJECTS).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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