Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4

THE CANDLELIGHTERS TRUST 

CANDLELIGHTERS SUPPORTS THE WORK OF THE REGIONAL PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY & HAEMATOLOGY UNIT IN LEEDS. FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR HARDSHIP GRANTS, SUPPORT GROUPS, HOLIDAYS AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN ARE UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR CANCER OR LEUKAEMIA AT THE UNIT; MEDICAL AND OTHER EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL; NURSING AND SOCIAL SUPPORT STAFF AND RESEARCH INTO CHILDHOOD CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • Spending is declining
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 29 years

candlelighters.org.uk

info@candlelighters.org.uk

0113 3229283

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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
28/02/23£2,144£1,999£145£447£3,486£3,10118.636120
28/02/22£1,457£2,101£-643£401£3,553£3,22518.428100
28/02/21£2,205£1,604£601£485£4,185£3,43925.731130
29/02/20£1,776£2,072£-296£547£3,381£2,71015.73164
28/02/19£2,737£3,271£-535£503£3,707£3,273122242
28/02/18£1,965£2,165£-201£479£4,300£2,65714.7200
28/02/17£1,723£1,585£138£399£4,403£3,28424.9160
29/02/16£1,550£1,299£251£355£3,823£3,04828.2130
28/02/15£1,409£1,479£-70£356£3,790£3,38427.570
28/02/14£1,404£2,310£-906£294£3,682£3,4581860
28/02/13£1,194£546£648£229£4,380£3,06867.440
29/02/12£1,109£778£331£176£3,439£2,65140.940
28/02/11£1,147£1,319£-172£202£3,051£2,92826.620
28/02/10£979£439£541£201£3,024£2,93780.420
28/02/09£1,221£1,013£208£203£2,108£2,0292420
29/02/08£1,076£1,969£-893£143£2,365£2,36514.420
28/02/07£1,123£362£762£119£3,520£3,057101.410
28/02/06£1,017£807£211£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/05£869£1,517£-648£0£0£0n/a00
29/02/04£1,236£822£413£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 23.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 53%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 18.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 36 employees
  • 120 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bradford City, Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, City Of York, East Riding Of Yorkshire, Kingston Upon Hull City, Kirklees, Leeds City, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£37,840 11/08/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Candlelighters Trust
£3,612 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund activities for children with life limiting conditions who are extremely isolated as a result of Covid-19. The project will help them make memories with their loved ones.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,612 03/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Candlelighters Trust
£30,000 30/07/2018
36
This project will support children and young people with cancer, leukaemia or central nervous system tumours at Leeds Children's Hospital. It will provide an animation project. This will result in ....more
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Candlelighters Trust
£3,000 09/03/2018
Capital costs grant for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Candlelighters Trust
£3,000 09/03/2018
Capital costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Candlelighters Trust
£3,000 09/03/2018
Capital costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-61
  • CHIARA DE BIASE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Assistant Director Of Patient Services
  • DAVID MAYMAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Financial Accountant
  • DR SIMONE WILKINS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Paediactric And Tya Oncology Consultant
  • JULIE WHITE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Lead Nurse For Children'S Cancer
  • MATHEW BOWER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Associate Director
  • ROHAN RANDHAWA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: National Inclusive Programmes Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/03/1995, number: 1045077
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/02/1995, number: 03020552
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
  • Internal risk management 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from FLETCHER'S FUND on 07/07/2023
Main office

Candlelighters
8 Woodhouse Square
Leeds
LS3 1AD

Objectives

1.THE ALLEVIATION OF THE SUFFERING, AND THE PROMOTION OF THE RELIEF, CARE, WELL-BEING, AND REHABILITATION, OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AFFLICTED WITH ANY FORM OF MALIGNANT DISEASE OR A NON-MALIGNANT BUT LIFE THREATENING HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDER, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THOSE WHO ARE OR WHO HAVE BEEN UNDER THE CARE OF, OR OTHERWISE SUPPORTED BY, HOSPITALS IN YORKSHIRE;2.THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS FORMERLY UNDER THE CARE OF, OR OTHERWISE SUPPORTED BY, HOSPITALS IN YORKSHIRE, PARTICULARLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR ORIGINAL DISEASE OR DISORDER OR ITS TREATMENT; 3.THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AMONGST FAMILIES AND CARERS OF, OR OTHER PEOPLE PROVIDING SUPPORT TO, INDIVIDUALS FALLING UNDER OBJECTS 1 OR 2 AND THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AND OTHER SUPPORT IN THEIR ROLE OF CARING FOR SUCH INDIVIDUALS; 4.THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE LEGALLY CHARITABLE IN THE WORK OF HOSPITALS IN YORKSHIRE INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT FOR USE WITHIN HOSPITALS IN YORKSHIRE OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORK OF HOSPITALS IN YORKSHIRE AND THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, IN WHATEVER WAYS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND TRAINING WITHIN OR CONNECTED WITH HOSPITALS IN YORKSHIRE AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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