Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -4
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

CHAI-LIFELINE CANCER CARE 

To promote the relief of persons suffering from cancer, and their families, within the Jewish community.To prevent sickness by promoting good health care and the provision of education and screening programmes for persons within the Jewish commumity, whether suffering from cancer or not.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £12,555,976 available, equivalent to 45 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

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£4,405£3,363£1,042£582£12,556£12,55644.829120
31/03/22£3,673£3,010£664£456£11,766£8,49033.927120
31/03/21£4,444£2,597£1,847£415£11,101£7,65435.427120
31/03/20£3,603£3,484£119£740£9,252£3,57712.328120
31/03/19£3,429£3,272£157£695£9,112£5,56620.427120
31/03/18£3,305£3,042£264£657£8,955£5,34121.1250
31/03/17£3,069£2,903£165£712£8,674£5,02320.8230
31/03/16£3,367£2,491£876£539£8,428£4,85923.4180
31/03/15£3,032£2,289£743£434£7,544£4,15021.8180
31/03/14£2,730£2,169£560£447£6,801£3,47419.2170
31/03/13£2,185£2,004£181£412£6,241£3,03118.2170
31/03/12£2,078£1,925£154£406£6,060£3,08419.2200
31/03/11£1,942£1,753£189£456£5,906£3,08621.1200
31/03/10£1,923£1,390£533£299£5,717£3,34728.9160
31/03/09£1,439£1,297£142£285£5,184£3,53532.7140
31/03/08£2,740£1,288£1,452£406£5,041£3,40531.7110
31/03/07*£1,466£1,013£452£330£3,590£1,99723.7100
31/03/06*£1,274£932£342£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,287£880£407£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£1,134£674£460£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 14.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 18.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 44.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 7.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 24 years

www.chaicancercare.org

info@chaicancercare.org

02082022211

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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 buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Hackney, Leeds City, Liverpool City, Manchester City, Redbridge, Salford City, Scotland, Southend-on-sea, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • 29 employees
  • 120 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
Pears Foundation - Grant to Chai Cancer Care
£18,000 16/11/2021
Annual patronage 2021/22
Joseph Levy Foundation - Core funding contribution
£1,000 13/01/2020
Core contribution to assist the organisation which provides services to members of the Jewish community affected by cancer - patients, their families and friends

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-75
  • LOUISE HAGER (Chair) Appointed: 1998, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/01/2000, number: 1078956
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/09/1998, number: 03640937
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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; AR07: 29 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR04: 689 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE DAVID AND LINDA SCHNEIDERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST on 23/02/2022
  • Asset transfer in from THE PAT AND CHARLES SONABEND CHARITABLE TRUST on 12/12/2022
Main office

Chai Cancer Care
142-146 Great North Way
LONDON
NW4 1EH

Objectives

TO CARRY OUT SUCH PURPOSES BEING CHARITABLE IN LAW AS WILL PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND WILL PREVENT SICKNESS BY PROMOTING GOOD HEALTH CARE AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND SCREENING PROGRAMMES FOR PERSONS FROM THE JEWISH COMMUNITY WHETHER CANCER SUFFERERS OR NOT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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