Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 10

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Future income +5
No PartB

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

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 19

YES TO LIFE LTD

Yes to Life empowers people with cancer to make informed decisions about their cancer care options by providing information from experts to guide people through the confusing options for care and lifestyle choices. We offer individual support through our helpline and website, and information through blogs and publications, radio broadcasts, workshops and educational programme.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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		£111	£189	£-78	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	85
31/03/22		£348	£229	£119	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/21		£159	£185	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/20		£159	£185	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/19		£174	£372	£-198	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/18	*	£258	£379	£-121	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£498	£188	£310	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£210	£288	£-78	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£241	£311	£-70	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£196	£331	£-135	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£499	£253	£245	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£265	£164	£102	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£123	£110	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£118	£134	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09?		£93	£139	£-45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/08		£108	£131	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/07	*	£218	£121	£97	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

http://yestolife.org.uk

miquel.leon@yestolife.org.uk

02032220587

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

General outpatient health-care services

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
85 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£78,832
City Bridge Trust	£9,300
Garfield Weston Foundation	£7,000
CAF	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Befriending service to tackle social isolation for people living with Cancer
£59,932	31/08/2023	Funding will be used to continue reaching individuals living with cancer their families and carers across England. This will be achieved by expanding an online peer-to-peer befriending pilot. The ....more Funding will be used to continue reaching individuals living with cancer their families and carers across England. This will be achieved by expanding an online peer-to-peer befriending pilot. The project aims to make receiving a cancer diagnosis less daunting ease isolation and improve wellbeing by helping individuals face their challenges.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellbeing programme for people affected by cancer
£9,900	18/11/2022	The funding will be used to provide nutrition and wellbeing sessions for people living with cancer. The project aims to support their mental and physical health as well as helping to develop coping ....more The funding will be used to provide nutrition and wellbeing sessions for people living with cancer. The project aims to support their mental and physical health as well as helping to develop coping mechanisms.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,000	04/02/2022	Tackling Social Isolation for people living with Cancer
National Lottery Community Fund - “Tackling Social isolation for people living with cancer.”
£9,000	30/09/2021	The funding will be used to develop a peer to peer service for people living with a current cancer diagnosis and cancer survivors in remission. The project aims to help rebuild the identity and ....more The funding will be used to develop a peer to peer service for people living with a current cancer diagnosis and cancer survivors in remission. The project aims to help rebuild the identity and confidence of those who may feel isolated from family and friends after their cancer diagnosis or during treatment.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Yes to Life
£9,300	15/05/2020	A grant of £9,300 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
CAF - Grant to Yes to Life
£2,000	30/04/2020	Grant to Yes to Life to support the organisation through COVID19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-76

ADRIAN TAYLOR Appointed: 2024

APRIL OZLEM MOSS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance

DOMINIC BRIERLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

NICOLA SIMONE LAFAYETTE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Marketing Director

CLARE LOUISE MCLUSKY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Mindfulness Teacher

JEROME BURNE, Occupation: Journalist

ROBIN MICHAEL KIRKPATRICK DALY (Chair) Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Md Computer Consultancy

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/01/2006, number: 1112812
Registered at Companies House on 30/06/2005, number: 05495576

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR18: 6 days late, AR07: 20 days late,

Main office

71-75 SHELTON STREET
COVENT GARDEN
LONDON
WC2H 9JQ

Objectives

(1) THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER, AND THEIR CARERS:1. DEVELOP INTEGRATED WEB SERVICES TO:(A) PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE, INDEPENDENT OVERVIEW OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS, RESOURCES AND FUNDING(B) COLLECT AND SHARE ALTERNATIVE CANCER TREATMENT RECORDS(C) PROVIDE A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS(D) ENABLE CONNECTION WITH OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE, OR HAVE BEEN IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES2. RAISE AND DISTRIBUTE FUNDS TO DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS FOR CANCER AND TERMINAL ILLNESS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW APPROACHES TO THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER, IN PARTICULAR BASED ON AN INTEGRATED APPROACH:1. RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS AND ASSIST IN MAKING THEM MORE GENERALLY AVAILABLE.2. PROMOTE IMPROVED CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE NHS AND ALTERNATIVE PRACTITIONERS, AND THEREBY DEVELOP A BROADER, MORE INTEGRATED APPROACH TO CANCER TREATMENT IN THE UK3. PROVIDE NHS DOCTORS, ALTERNATIVE PRACTITIONERS AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WITH ACCESS TO TREATMENT HISTORIES AND SUMMARY STATISTICS REGARDING ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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