Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Positive trading contribution: +2;Good reserves management: +3
Fundraising costs high: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 13

COSMETIC TOILETRY AND PERFUMERY FOUNDATION

The Foundation's programme, Look Good Feel Better, is a national charity helping to boost the physical and emotional wellbeing of people living with cancer. It runs confidence boosting workshops for Women, Young Adults and Men in around 140 key cancer support locations throughout the UK as well as online. Online tutorials and booklets are also provided.

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 multiple prominent grant makers recently
More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Established: 30 years

http://www.lookgoodfeelbetter.co.uk

info@lgfb.co.uk

01372747500

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£2,197	£2,249	£-52	£470	£1,026	£1,005	5.4	21	517
31/12/21		£1,579	£1,596	£-17	£379	£1,078	£1,032	7.8	18	895
31/12/20		£1,590	£1,280	£310	£381	£1,094	£943	8.8	21	2,229
31/12/19		£2,873	£2,801	£72	£491	£784	£763	3.3	21	2,970
31/12/18		£2,380	£2,405	£-25	£400	£713	£711	3.5	20	3,000
31/12/17		£2,133	£2,129	£4	£386	£737	£737	4.2	20	0
31/12/16		£1,927	£1,864	£64	£341	£733	£733	4.7	17	0
31/12/15		£1,750	£1,667	£83	£306	£670	£670	4.8	14	0
31/12/14		£1,096	£899	£197	£272	£587	£572	7.6	10	0
31/12/13		£610	£602	£7	£7	£389	£389	7.8	7	0
31/12/12		£567	£514	£53	£7	£382	£382	8.9	5	0
31/12/11		£460	£455	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£504	£412	£91	£8	£324	£324	9.4	5	0
31/12/09	*	£348	£402	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£348	£402	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£291	£266	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	*	£270	£259	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£255	£207	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£244	£219	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 58.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 20.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 5.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 9.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

21 employees
517 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

DCMS	£9,728
Co-Operative Group	£9,194
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	£3,580
Lincolnshire Community Foundation	£1,800

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Nominated grant for Surrey work
£1,000	12/01/2023	Funding towards confidence boosting workshops for women attending 2 Surrey hospitals for people diagnosed with cancer.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Confidence boosting workshops for women with cancer
£3,580	05/12/2022	To run 10 confidence boosting workshops for women with cancer at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Look Good Feel Better
£2,406	22/10/2022	Our Glasgow workshops will support the physical and emotional wellbeing of over 350 local people undergoing treatment for cancer and will be run by 40+ professionally trained local volunteers.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Look Good Feel Better
£1,559	23/10/2021	Our workshops bring together and support more than 320 local people undergoing treatment for cancer. We are run by 45+ professionally trained local volunteers.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,728	10/07/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Look Good Feel Better Covid Project
£1,800	01/06/2020	Workshops for people undergoing cancer treatment
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Look Good Feel Better
£5,229	15/11/2019	We would like to fund a full year's worth of Confidence Workshops to support and pamper local cancer patients at New Cross Hospital.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	07/03/2019	Skin Fitness for Men
Community Foundation for Surrey - Workshops at East Surrey Hospital and the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford to be held in 2019
£5,470	14/01/2019 11	Workshops helping cancer patients to manage the the visible side-effects of their treatment.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-78

CHARLENE JOHNSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Sales Uk

CHRYSANTHI ANDRADI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director, Supply Chain

DEBORAH ANN LEWIS Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Managing Director

DEBORAH ANN HUNTER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director Of Commercial Affairs

GEOFFREY MICHAEL PERCY (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director

GILLIAN SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retailer

IAN MARSHALL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director

KENNETH CHARLES GREEN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Chairman

LOUISE WALLACE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

MARK DAVID SPILLMAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant

RUTH ALISON CLARE NEWTON JONES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Director Of Strategy And Business Development, Other trusteeships: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, TURNHAM GREEN, THE EYIEUNOTO NABAYA CHARITY,

STUART ROY SHEATH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Finance Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/01/1994, number: 1031728
Registered at Companies House on 01/09/1993, number: 02850925

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR09: 2 days late, AR06: 7 days late,

Main office

Cosmetic Toiletry & Perfumery
Foundation
32 West Hill
EPSOM
KT19 8JD

Objectives

1. TO GIVE ASSISTANCE HELP ADVICE COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION TO CANCERPATIENTS (“PATIENTS”) WHO HAVE SUFFERED APPEARANCE-RELATED SIDEEFFECTSFROM CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIOTHERAPY AND/OR OTHER TREATMENTSUNDERGONE BY THEM FOR OR IN RELATION TO CANCER AND TO FOUND DEVELOPAND PROMOTE THE “LOOK GOOD FEEL BETTER” PROGRAMME AND OTHERSIMILAR PROGRAMMES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TO PROVIDE COSMETICPRODUCTS, VOLUNTEER BEAUTY CONSULTANTS, MAKEOVER WORKSHOPS ANDOTHER NECESSARY SUPPORT TO SUCH PATIENTS WITH A VIEW TO ASSISTINGTHEM IN IMPROVING THEIR APPEARANCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE;2.TO GIVE ASSISTANCE, HELP, ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION TO PERSONSSUFFERING FROM THE APPEARANCE-RELATED SIDE-EFFECTS RESULTING FROMCANCER AND/OR OTHER DISEASE, ILLNESS, INJURY OR CONDITION;3.TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE STUDY INTO AND RESEARCH RELATED TO THERELATIONSHIP BETWEEN APPEARANCE, QUALITY OF LIFE AND RECOVERY TO HEALTHOF PATIENTS AND THE EFFECTS OF SUCH RECOVERY, AND TO EDUCATE AND INFORMTHE PUBLIC AS TO THE RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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