Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 10

BURY CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE

Support to Cancer Patients and their Families. The Centre is the Multi Agency Cancer Service for Bury and local areas A range of Services : Counselling . Hypnotherapy Relaxation Classes . Nutrional Advice ,Financial and Debt advice. Benefits Advice. Health and Employment Support. Massage. Bowen Therapy. Aromatherapy . Mindfulness . Reiki. Qi Gong.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/24	£169	£186	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23	£126	£166	£-40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£206	£152	£55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£235	£168	£67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?	£202	£213	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£193	£120	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£189	£135	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	£141	£128	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	£109	£122	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.burycancersupportcentre.com

infoBCSC@gmail.com

01617646609

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bolton, Bury, Lancashire, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Wigan,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£9,875
CAF	£9,085
Forever Manchester	£4,150

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Forever Manchester - The Supper Club
£4,150	18/12/2020	Hot meals, food and volunteer development
CAF - Grant to BURY CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE
£9,085	05/06/2020 3	Grant to BURY CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Bury Cancer Family Support Service
£9,875	22/05/2020 6	The funding will be used to strengthen the on line and remote counselling services for those with a terminal cancer diagnosis including developing a young people’s resource. The project aims to provide support for families who cannot currently ....more The funding will be used to strengthen the on line and remote counselling services for those with a terminal cancer diagnosis including developing a young people’s resource. The project aims to provide support for families who cannot currently access the centre as a direct result of the COVID-19 crisis.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DENNIS TAYLOR Appointed: 2016

JOANNE BARLOW Appointed: 2020

LYNNE MARLAND Appointed: 2014

MR JEFF GREEN (Chair) Appointed: 2014

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/02/2014, number: 1155924

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
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

406 Bolton Road
BURY
LANCASHIRE
BL8 2DA

Objectives

THE FOUNDATION ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED TO ALLEVIATE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISTRESS OF PERSONS WITH CANCER.OF THEIR PARTNERS AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF PERSONS WITH CANCER AND OF PERSONS RECENTLY BEREAVED THROUGH CANCER. THE AREA OF BENEFIT OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF BURY,ALL AREAS BORDERING ON IT AND SUCH AREAS AS THE ASSOCIATION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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