Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 2

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 14

THE MARY HOW TRUST FOR CANCER PREVENTION

Health & Wellbeing Screening and Health advice to self referred, asymptomatic members of the community, to detect early signs of life threatening illness . No charge is made. The Charity relies on volunteers, supporters, donations, grants and fundraising. The NHS does not provide financial support. The Trust was formed in 1988 on the death of Mary How from bowel cancer.

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 has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

Established: 16 years

www.maryhowtrust.org

contact@maryhowtrust.org

01798877640

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£739	£649	£90	£53	£718	£718	13.3	19	50
31/03/22	£834	£717	£116	£54	£651	£651	10.9	18	50
31/03/21	£454	£396	£58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/20	£475	£473	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/19	£545	£421	£124	£131	£494	£494	14.1	19	100
31/03/18	£418	£392	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£384	£375	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£304	£300	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£306	£265	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£281	£265	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£297	£272	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£233	£263	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£233	£264	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£208	£263	£-55	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£641	£282	£359	£93	£351	£335	14.3	7	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 13.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

West Sussex,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

19 employees
50 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

Sussex Community Foundation	£4,000
Co-Operative Group	£3,403
Foundation Scotland	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Mary How Trust for Cancer Prevention
£4,000	24/03/2020 0	Funding was provided for clinical equipment including two medical fridges, an ECG machine and a Phlebotomy chair.
Foundation Scotland - Purpose Built Facility
£2,500	29/01/2020	Donation from The Ross Girls Charitable Trust to support the new purpose built centre
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Mary How Trust for Cancer Prevention
£3,403	15/11/2019	We want to raise £30,000 to fund the blood sample analysis in our laboratory for one year.
National Lottery Community Fund - Diagnostic supplies for early detection
£10,000	03/08/2018 12	The funding will be used to purchase diagnostic laboratory supplies enabling them to provide health screenings to the community. The project aims to spot the early signs of serious illness.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 59-72

CHRISTOPHER GEORGE MEEKING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

CLAIRE ELIZABETH SCARAMANGA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

DENISE PEGGY MATHIESON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Managing Director

JAMES ALEXANDER ROSS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

JAMES BARDER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ceo

JOHN HENRY GRAY ELLIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

MARY WRATTEN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Human Resources Consultant

NIGEL STANBURY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/01/2008, number: 1122393
Registered at Companies House on 25/07/2007, number: 06324356

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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

15 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE LADY ZOUCHE PARHAM NURSING BEQUEST on 03/03/2022

Main office

Unit 1 & 2
The Colonnades
17 London Road
PULBOROUGH
West Sussex
RH20 1AS

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING A HEALTH SCREENING SERVICE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH THE AIM OF DETECTING ALL TYPES OF CANCER IN PARTICULAR, LIFE THREATENING DISEASES IN GENERAL, AND TO MAKE THIS SERVICE AVAILABLE TO ALL.2. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN GENERAL HEALTH MATTERS AND IN THE PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF CANCER AND OTHER LIFE THREATENING DISEASES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. WEST SUSSEX

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