Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

JOSS SEARCHLIGHT 

To relieve the needs of children suffering from brain cancer & their families through the provision of a co-ordinated support service including but not by way of limitation by offering practical & emotional support for families affected by a child's terminal diagnosis. We are dedicated to the funding of scientific & clinical research into devastating brain cancers, improved diagnostics & care.
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
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 13 years

www.josssearchlight.org.uk

josssearchlight@me.com

07770396809

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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£111£130£-18n/an/an/an/an/a44
31/03/22£110£60£49n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/21£102£51£51n/an/an/an/an/a44
31/03/20£96£93£3n/an/an/an/an/a44
31/03/19£67£101£-35n/an/an/an/an/a42
31/03/18£72£60£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£81£62£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£48£86£-38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£68£62£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£83£64£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£69£38£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£16£13£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 44 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£39,605
DCMS£9,740
Oxfordshire Community Foundation£5,600
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Masonic Trust£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Childhood cancer and the cost of living crisis
£10,000 25/08/2023
The funding will be used to fund Support Worker services to address the emotional needs of the families give hampers of essential household items & medical items and signpost to other sources of ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,500 01/02/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Online Children's Cancer Art Project
£9,900 15/07/2022
The funding will be used to to upgrade and redesign the groups website to feature a children's cancer art project and provide art kits and art workshops to children affected by childhood cancer. It ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The impact of cancer on self esteem
£9,705 25/03/2021
3
The project aims to increase confidence & self-esteem of teenagers undergoing chemotherapy. The funding will be used to create and run various activities to promote positive self-image and the ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 24/11/2020
to fund digital support sessions (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Digital Solutions to solve problems relating to cancer and C-19
£2,000 06/10/2020
2
Psychosocial therapy sessions for children in Oxfordshire for a 3 month period.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,740 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
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Celebration of light
£3,600 15/10/2019
4
To create a signature event for our historic town and light up Witney for 6 weeks. The celebration will connect cultures & draw 32,000 residents to the town centre. Our core purpose is to spark ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebration of Light
£10,000 18/07/2019
12
The project will use funding to organise a free 7wk celebration event to bring the community together with different cultures and activities including family, intergenerational and art activities to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Witney Wonderland (a community arts project)
£10,000 14/06/2018
12
The project will organise 6 weeks of creative activities, development opportunities and performances to support children with disabilities and illnesses, including cancer. By doing this, the project ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - #R.O.C.K (Reaching Out to Cancer Kids)
£4,800 19/06/2017
11
Produce an insightful film (drama) including 'normal' children and children affected by childhood cancer as key presenters to campaign for better inclusion. The drama will involve filming 30+ ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - R.O.C.K (Reaching Out to Cancer Kids)
£9,990 22/03/2017
12
This funding will be used to create a film, a range of digital media tools and information packs, which will be used as part of a national public awareness campaign to address the issue of silent ....more
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£3,800 20/07/2016
Provides a helpline, specialist equipment, advocacy, counselling and advice for children with cancer and their families.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a “Buddy System” to help children with cancer
£1,000 25/02/2016
Towards a “Buddy System” to help children with cancer improve the transition when they return to school.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 53-64
  • TINA ELDER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/05/2011, number: 1141704
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/03/2011, number: 07580941
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
  • 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
12 returns made; AR12: 24 days late,
Main office

Station House
15 Station Lane
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX28 4BB

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A CO-ORDINATED SUPPORT SERVICE INCLUDING BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION BY OFFERING PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AFFECTED BY A CHILD'S TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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