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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

IT'S ON THE BALL 

1)Promote and protect the physical and mental health of sufferers of testicular cancer in Norfolk and neighbouring counties through the provision of support, education and practical advice to patients and their families.2) Advance the education of the general public in all areas relating to testicular cancer.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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
miles

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£30£38£-7n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/22£26£38£-11n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£51£31£20n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£26£38£-12n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£30£37£-7n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£53£39£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£56£28£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£44£47£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£65£34£31£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

itsontheball.org

info@itsontheball.org

01603511707

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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£10,000
Suffolk Community Foundation£5,000
The Foyle Foundation£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£3,000 11/02/2021
towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Community Fund - Testicular Cancer Patient Support
£10,000 05/02/2021
4
The funding will used to provide emotional and practical support to Testicular Cancer patients across East Anglia (Cambridgeshire Essex Norfolk & Suffolk). The project aims to support patients ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Core costs to enable Testicular Cancer Awareness and Patient Support.
£5,000 27/01/2021
2
Towards core salary costs to enable Testicular Cancer Awareness and Patient Support in Suffolk.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/01/2014, number: 1155510
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

Larking Gowen LLP
1st Floor Prospect House
Rouen Road
NORWICH
NR1 1RE

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF TESTICULAR CANCER IN NORFOLK AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE TO PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO TESTICULAR CANCER.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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