Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 7

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Only 4 Trustees: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 1

THE TOM BOWDIDGE YOUTH CANCER FOUNDATION

Our founding principles are as follows:1. TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF, CARE, WELL-BEING AND REHABILITATION OF TEENAGERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM CANCER, AND THEIR FAMILIES.2. TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH AND PUBLISH ANY USEFUL RESULTS INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CANCER IN TEENAGERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are 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
Spending is declining
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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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		£145	£141	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£143	£185	£-43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/21		£217	£179	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/20		£152	£144	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/19		£174	£238	£-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/18		£158	£211	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£243	£179	£64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£171	£80	£91	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£130	£39	£90	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.tombowdidgefoundation.org

richardbowdidge@tombowdidgefoundation.org

07771646654

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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	£40,000
DCMS	£9,984
CAF	£5,000
Masonic Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Teenagers & Young Adults with cancer in the Manchester area
£10,000	15/09/2023	The funding will be used to support young people with a cancer diagnosis. The project aims to reduce isolation by providing IT equipment to keep connected with the outside world essential aids to ....more The funding will be used to support young people with a cancer diagnosis. The project aims to reduce isolation by providing IT equipment to keep connected with the outside world essential aids to help with wellbeing and help with additional financial burdens during treatment.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000	28/11/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Care and support packages for teenagers and young adults with cancer in Wales
£10,000	22/11/2021	The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation will use £10000 to provide support packages for young people across Wales who are diagnosed with cancer.
National Lottery Community Fund - Care & Support packages for teenagers & young adults with cancer
£10,000	17/09/2021	The funding will be used to provide support packages including IT and specialist equipment and help with travel costs to hospital appointments for young people living with cancer. The project aims to ....more The funding will be used to provide support packages including IT and specialist equipment and help with travel costs to hospital appointments for young people living with cancer. The project aims to enable them to access online education and reduce financial hardships.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,984	22/07/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Care and Support to teenagers and young adults with cancer
£10,000	22/05/2020 11	The funding will be used to support the mental health of teenagers and young adults diagnosed with cancer which saw an increased demand as a direct result of Covid-19 crisis.
CAF - Grant to The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation
£5,000	27/04/2020 3	Grant to The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation to support the organisation through COVID19

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

NICCI WALMSLEY Appointed: 2014

KIRK ANTHONY WELLS Appointed: 2023

MEGAN ANN OSBORN Appointed: 2019

RICHARD CHARLES FRANK BOWDIDGE (Chair) Appointed: 2014

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/04/2014, number: 1156553

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR15: 5 days late,

Main office

9 FIRMINS COURT
WEST BERGHOLT
COLCHESTER
CO6 3BQ

Objectives

1.TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF, CARE, WELL-BEING AND REHABILITATION OF TEENAGERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM CANCER, AND THEIR FAMILIES2.TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH AND PUBLISH ANY USEFUL RESULTS INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CANCER IN TEENAGERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE

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