Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 8

Fundraising costs high: -4

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Endorsed
Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 12

BOWEL CANCER UK

Bowel Cancer UK aims to save lives and improve the quality of life for all those affected by bowel cancer.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity is endorsed by a respected charity impact evaluator
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£7,067	£6,076	£991	£2,154	£6,109	£4,959	9.8	82	50
31/12/22		£6,259	£4,777	£1,482	£1,787	£5,118	£4,426	11.1	55	100
31/12/21		£5,308	£3,536	£1,772	£1,356	£3,636	£3,017	10.2	41	90
31/12/20		£4,591	£4,100	£491	£1,239	£2,280	£1,958	5.7	55	130
31/12/19		£4,823	£4,783	£40	£1,753	£1,789	£1,234	3.1	61	125
31/12/18		£4,432	£4,067	£365	£1,571	£1,749	£1,235	3.6	60	0
31/12/17		£2,785	£2,358	£428	£933	£1,384	£963	4.9	38	0
31/12/16		£2,307	£1,986	£321	£831	£956	£819	4.9	31	0
31/12/15		£2,014	£1,657	£357	£809	£635	£497	3.6	24	0
31/12/14		£1,729	£1,693	£36	£766	£278	£211	1.5	27	0
31/12/13		£1,608	£1,825	£-216	£720	£242	£116	0.8	30	0
31/12/12		£1,527	£1,484	£44	£490	£458	£386	3.1	23	0
31/12/11		£1,546	£1,359	£186	£527	£415	£389	3.4	19	0
31/12/10		£1,263	£1,085	£178	£459	£229	£229	2.5	14	0
31/12/09		£1,558	£1,269	£289	£676	£50	£31	0.3	15	0
31/12/08		£1,136	£1,090	£45	£427	£-259	£-408	-4.5	20	0
31/12/07	*	£899	£986	£-87	£331	£-304	£-390	-4.7	19	0
31/12/06	*	£968	£990	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05?	*	£1,136	£1,455	£-319	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/04	*	£1,058	£945	£114	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 37.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 35.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 81%
Reserves/Spending: 9.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 3

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 26 years

www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk

finance@bowelcanceruk.org.uk

02079401760

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

General outpatient health-care services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Quartet Community Foundation	£12,500
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Westminster Foundation	£2,894

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Westminster Foundation - Staff match funding - Bowel Cancer UK - 12/10/2023
£724	10/12/2023 1	Staff Match Funding
Westminster Foundation - Staff match funding - Bowel Cancer UK - 17/10/2023
£724	17/10/2023 1	Staff Match Funding
Westminster Foundation - Staff match funding - Bowel Cancer UK - 17/10/2023
£724	17/10/2023 1	Staff Match Funding
Westminster Foundation - Staff match funding - Bowel Cancer UK - 17/10/2023
£724	17/10/2023 1	Staff Match Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Chat Together
£10,000	29/04/2022	The funding will be used to deliver an online Zoom support group for people living with bowel cancer in England. The project aim is to support people suffering with bowel cancer and help them build a network for themselves.
Quartet Community Foundation - Bristol
£500	24/11/2021	Funding for the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity, as requested by the donor.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bowel Cancer UK
£2,000	17/08/2021	Funding for the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bowel Cancer UK
£10,000	05/03/2021	As requested by the donor towards
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	02/05/2018	Patrick Wymer Walk
National Lottery Community Fund - Bowel cancer information resources for younger patients
£10,000	15/01/2015 12	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Bowel Cancer Awareness Volunteers
£10,000	20/06/2013 12	This is a project by an incorporated charity in London. The organisation will use the funding to recruit train and support Bowel Cancer Awareness Volunteers in Manchester. This will reduce bowel cancer through a volunteer programme to increase ....more This is a project by an incorporated charity in London. The organisation will use the funding to recruit train and support Bowel Cancer Awareness Volunteers in Manchester. This will reduce bowel cancer through a volunteer programme to increase knowledge of bowel cancer, promote prevention and support.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 13/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-73

ALISON HILL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Nurse

ANGELA WILES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ceo, Pr Consultancy

BENJAMIN BUTLER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Executive Director

DR ALASTAIR MCKINLAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Doctor

DR DIANA TAIT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant Clinical Oncologist

DR KATHARINE BROWN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charity Ceo

DUNCAN RUDKIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Manager

HUSNA GRIMES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Vp Global Privacy

LORRAINE LANDER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Finance Director

OWEN WATSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant

PAUL LATHAM Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Civil Servant

RICHARD ANDERSON (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Public Relations

STEPHEN FENWICK Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Consultant Surgeon

TIM KERR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/08/1998, number: 1071038
Registered at Companies House on 25/07/1997, number: 03409832

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

29/03/2019 - Asset transfer in from HW ABBOTT WILL TRUST
05/10/2020 - Asset transfer in from BEATING BOWEL CANCER
05/10/2020 - Asset transfer in from

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission
Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales
Financial Conduct Authority
Homes England
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW)
Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Welsh Government (Social Landlords And Housing Associations)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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; AR07: 26 days late, AR06: 124 days late, AR05: 470 days late, AR04: 75 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from BEATING BOWEL CANCER on 05/10/2020
Asset transfer in from on 05/10/2020

Main office

Unit 301
Edinburgh House
170 Kennington Lane
LONDON
SE11 5DP

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE, SUPPORT AND /OR CARRY OUT RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, CURE AND EFFECTS OF BOWEL CANCER AND OTHER LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL CONDITIONS (TOGETHER “BOWEL CANCER”) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;(B) TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY BOWEL CANCER AND/OR TO THEIR CARERS AND FAMILIES AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS;(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROFESSIONALS ON THE ISSUES RELATING TO BOWEL CANCER;(D) TO PROMOTE AND INFLUENCE EFFECTIVE CARE AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY BOWEL CANCER AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF THEIR CARERS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS IN THEIR SUPPORT; AND(E) THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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