Overall GiG Score: -1 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 5
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +5

HARBOUR CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE 

Practical and emotional support for anyone affected by cancer.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 20 years

www.harbourcancer.org.uk

admin@harbourcancer.org.uk

02392501503

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£51£89£-38n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/03/22£50£85£-35n/an/an/an/an/a13
31/03/21£165£77£87n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/20£89£86£3n/an/an/an/an/a23
31/03/19£73£76£-3n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/18£109£103£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£78£64£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£71£74£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£45£75£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£39£67£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£62£81£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£48£80£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£69£65£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£64£66£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£103£62£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£103£63£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£85£62£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£66£40£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£42£37£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 16 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire,

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£38,920
National Lottery Community Fund£9,900
Co-Operative Group£1,775
Masonic Trust£250
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Bereavement Counselling
£9,900 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to provide counselling sessions for people who are bereaved through cancer. The project aims to improve mental health coping mechanisms and quality of life.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£250 24/12/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Harbour Cancer Support
£1,775 23/10/2021
We support locals through their, or a loved one's, cancer journey. We ensure people don't feel isolated and bring people together to share experiences, build friendships and offer mutual support.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£38,920 17/07/2020
"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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 31/03/2019
Running costs to cover part of fundraising shortfall for busy cancer charity
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Harbour Cancer Support
£4,732 19/11/2018
We have to move from our current location due to the site being redeveloped, so we need to find new premises and then adapt them.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Harbour Cancer Support Centre
£20,000 14/03/2018
24
towards two years' running costs of a cancer support centre in Hampshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Cancer Support Centre - Safe Haven 4 All
£10,000 15/11/2017
12
This organisation will redevelop their new office space to include a counselling and complementary therapy rooms with the aim of creating a tranquil, safe and comforting space for the benefit of ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 14/09/2017
Core funding
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/02/2004, number: 1102055
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
19 returns made; AR06: 24 days late, AR05: 388 days late,
Main office

Harbour Cancer Support
2 Stoke Road
Gosport
PO12 1JB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CANCER PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS AND FRIENDS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SERVICES, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND ADVICE NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN THE GOVERNING DOCUMENT, IN PRACTICE GOSPORT, HAMPSHIRE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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