Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Large legacies income: +1
Fundraising costs high: -4

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

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

LYMPHOMA ACTION

To ensure that those affected by lymphomas have access to relevant, accurate and timely information and support.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
There have been no material income shortfalls 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 appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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	£2,080	£1,813	£267	£569	£3,477	£3,461	22.9	33	256
31/12/21	£3,494	£1,481	£2,013	£537	£3,209	£3,194	25.9	31	338
31/12/20	£1,722	£1,393	£330	£428	£1,196	£1,153	9.9	31	318
31/12/19	£1,835	£1,520	£315	£489	£867	£833	6.6	30	315
31/12/18	£1,432	£1,919	£-487	£532	£552	£459	2.9	37	265
31/12/17	£1,517	£1,801	£-284	£459	£1,045	£781	5.2	34	0
31/12/16	£1,677	£1,508	£169	£366	£1,335	£1,240	9.9	30	0
31/12/15	£1,500	£1,458	£42	£405	£1,151	£1,075	8.9	27	0
31/12/14	£1,185	£1,277	£-93	£298	£1,123	£1,025	9.6	19	0
31/12/13	£1,282	£1,250	£33	£346	£1,203	£1,154	11.1	25	0
31/12/12	£1,289	£1,175	£114	£203	£1,166	£1,126	11.5	19	0
31/12/11	£1,160	£1,074	£86	£211	£1,025	£950	10.6	22	0
31/12/10	£1,010	£966	£44	£153	£946	£869	10.8	17	0
31/12/09	£1,351	£1,043	£308	£304	£892	£742	8.5	17	0
31/12/08	£939	£1,102	£-164	£268	£657	£475	5.2	16	0
31/12/07	£1,066	£976	£91	£276	£869	£683	8.4	15	0
31/12/06	£898	£749	£150	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£784	£702	£82	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£749	£742	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 37.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 31.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 22.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 23 months
Quick Ratio: 25

Asset Split ?

Established: 26 years

www.lymphoma-action.org.uk

enquiries@lymphoma-action.org.uk

01296619400

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

33 employees
256 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Lymphoma Action
£250	06/04/2022	As directed by the donor towards the work of ensuring that everyone affected by lymphoma in the UK has the best possible information, support, treatment and care.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Emergency Fund
£100,000	11/06/2020 12	This group support lymphoma patients and their families and due to the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled a surge in demand for its services. This funding will allow the group to offer a telephone ....more This group support lymphoma patients and their families and due to the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled a surge in demand for its services. This funding will allow the group to offer a telephone helpline live chat emails and up to date accurate advice and information. It will also help develop new digital support services so that more support groups can be established online and digital workshops can be hosted covering topics such as wellbeing side effects of treatment and moving forward after cancer.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lymphoma Specific Information Booklets
£9,526	29/11/2018 12	The organisation will use the funding to produce booklets which will provide information on lymphoma-specific issues for people affected by a lymphoma diagonis. The project aims to reduce the stress ....more The organisation will use the funding to produce booklets which will provide information on lymphoma-specific issues for people affected by a lymphoma diagonis. The project aims to reduce the stress of diagnosis by providing practical and self-help information.
National Lottery Community Fund - Live Your Life - Living with and beyond Lymphoma
£318,264	01/06/2016 36	This project will provide an education and support programme for people diagnosed with lymphoma to help improve their quality of life. This will be tailored to each personâ€™s needs and provide ....more This project will provide an education and support programme for people diagnosed with lymphoma to help improve their quality of life. This will be tailored to each personâ€™s needs and provide a set of video and information resources on health and well-being. This will include topics like exercise, diet, weight management, returning to work, self-help techniques and psychological support like mindfulness and relaxation. There will also be group sessions for people to share their experiences.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-60

CHARLOTTE LOCKS-MORO Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director Of Fundraising

CHRISTINA MARIE KIRBY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Clinical Nurse Specialist

SHAF CHARLES MANSOUR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Product Manager

SUSAN FRANCES DANIELS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Pharmacist, Vp, Patient Strategy And Engagement

DAVID PETER MCNEILL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Public Affairs Specialist

JAMES CRAY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Hr Vice President At Bp

KEITH GEORGE MCLEOD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Finance Officer

MARK HARRISON (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: General Manager

DR CATHY BURTON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR HAEMATOLOGY,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/03/1998, number: 1068395
Registered at Companies House on 27/02/1998, number: 03518755

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; all on time

Main office

Lymphoma Action
Unit 3, Bell Business Park
Smeaton Close
AYLESBURY
Buckinghamshire
HP19 8JR

Objectives

1) THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING BY PERSONS WITH LYMPHOMAS AND OTHER BLOOD CANCERS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT AND TREATMENT 2) THE PROMOTION, FUNDING AND PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH INTO LYMPHOMAS AND OTHER BLOOD CANCERS, INCLUDING THE CAUSES, THE TREATMENTS AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES3) ACTIVITIES TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF LYMPHOMAS AND OTHER BLOOD CANCERS, TO ENCOURAGE THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO THEIR TREATMENT AND RESEARCH AND TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE LYMPHOMA ASSOCIATION'S SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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