Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

CANCERCARE (NORTH LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA) 

CancerCare is a unique local charity dedicated to helping local families affected by the impact of cancer and other life limiting conditions across North Lancashire and South Lakeland. We provide a wide range of free professional services including a number of psychological, complementary and creative therapies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are 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
31/03/23£1,836£1,789£47£345£1,955£8405.63470
31/03/22£1,215£1,344£-129£343£1,960£8457.530100
31/03/21£1,419£1,289£130£299£2,086£9488.828100
31/03/20£1,232£1,492£-260£346£1,811£7886.326120
31/03/19£1,906£1,340£566£282£2,146£1,28211.524130
31/03/18£1,183£1,288£-105£302£1,558£6956.5240
31/03/17£1,176£1,210£-34£335£1,671£8118230
31/03/16£1,008£1,148£-141£331£1,413£7928.3220
31/03/15£1,236£917£319£155£1,619£97212.7230
31/03/14£1,004£859£145£163£1,232£6288.8210
31/03/13£880£855£25£146£1,105£4806.7220
31/03/12£856£1,115£-260£205£1,097£4404.7360
31/03/11£1,108£1,209£-102£205£1,344£6466.4210
31/03/10£1,305£1,094£211£180£1,381£6647.3300
31/03/09£1,317£1,138£179£182£1,141£4775400
31/03/08£705£543£162£66£1,003£46010.2380

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 29%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 19.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 43%
Reserves/Spending: 5.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 17 years

www.cancercare.org.uk

admin@cancercare.org.uk

01524381820

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Cumbria, Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 34 employees
  • 70 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£100,000
DCMS£100,000
Cumbria Community Foundation£70,360
BBC Children in Need£30,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£2,500 27/03/2023
To fund counselling sessions from the Lakes Centre and pay for over 80 sessions of one-to-one therapy sessions including: counselling, Alexander Technique, hypnotherapy and aromatherapy
Co-Operative Group - Grant to CancerCare North Lancashire & South Cumbria
£2,576 22/10/2022
The Re-Fresh Peer Support group is for young people aged 12 to 17 affected by cancer or bereavement through any reason.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting teens affected by bereavement or cancer
£10,000 07/10/2022
The funding will be used to support the group's delivery of peer support and activity groups for young people living with cancer or loss. The project aims to develop young peoples potential ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting people affected by cancer or loss in North Lancs and South Cumbria
£90,000 17/09/2021
CancerCare provide a range of therapies to individuals and families affected by cancer and other life limiting conditions living in North Lancashire and South Cumbria. Funding for the group will go ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to CancerCare (North Lancashire & South Lakeland)
£30,500 30/07/2021
This project will deliver a young people's peer support project for children and young people who have been affected by cancer or bereavement. It will lead to improved relationships, stronger ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - Bereavement and cancer therapy sessions
£5,120 28/07/2021
Bereavement and cancer therapy sessions
Cumbria Community Foundation - Outdoor activities for teenagers bereaved or affected by cancer
£5,000 14/07/2021
Outdoor activities for teenagers bereaved or affected by cancer
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff and helpline costs
£50,000 20/01/2021
Donor directed COVID-19 - staff and helpline costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 03/07/2020
"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
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff costs for counselling service
£10,240 20/05/2020
6
Staff costs for counselling service
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Furness CancerCare
£5,826 15/11/2019
We want to offer one-to-one support to people in the Barrow and Furness area who are facing a new cancer diagnosis.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cancer support groups ? building a community in Barrow
£32,000 19/06/2018
12
The group aims to improve the quality of life, confidence and resilience of people affected by cancer. They will use the funding to run a programme of creative, physical and mental wellbeing groups ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to CancerCare (North Lancashire & South Lakeland)
£30,000 10/05/2017
36
This project will do a piece of action research in North Lancashire over a three year period delivering peer support groups, outreach counselling and work around consent to young people to create ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving the experience of families where there is a cancer diagnosis
£9,970 08/03/2017
12
The funding will be used to provide support to cancer patients, their carers, families and friends. The project aims to allow the group to adapt their services to address local health needs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-69
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/07/2007, number: 1120048
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/05/2007, number: 06241210
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
16 returns made; all on time
Main office

CANCER CARE
SLYNEDALES
SLYNE ROAD
LANCASTER
LA2 6ST

Objectives

3.1) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND SUFFERING OF PERSONS FACING CANCER AND OTHER CHRONIC OR LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES, AND OF THEIR CARERS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS DURING AND AFTER SUCH ILLNESS OR ILLNESSES.3.2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FORMS OF THERAPIES AND SUPPORT SUITABLE TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.3.3) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN ORDER TO BROADEN ITS UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF VITAL ASPECTS OF CANCER, SUCH AS PREVENTION, DETECTION, RELIEF AND TREATMENT.3.4) TO UNDERTAKE OR PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO PREVENTION, DETECTION, RELIEF AND TREATMENT AND TO ENCOURAGE THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE LANCASHIRE AND CUMBRIA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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