Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 15

CAN-SURVIVE UK

Providing cultural sensitive support and information to people living with or affected by cancer. Activities include delivery of support groups, health and wellbeing related activities and workshops, to include yoga, talking therapy, art therapy, personal development, counselling; facilitation of focus groups and consultations and delivery of cancer awareness sessions and events.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 8 years

www.can-survive.org.uk

info@can-survive.org.uk

0161 455 0211

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/03/23		£198	£141	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/03/22		£101	£98	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
30/03/21		£109	£86	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
30/03/20		£74	£51	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
30/03/19		£27	£35	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
30/03/18		£20	£14	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/03/17	*	£19	£14	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside, Trafford,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

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	£396,864
Henry Smith Charity	£83,600
Forever Manchester	£10,161
DCMS	£8,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Can-Survive UK
£83,600	18/08/2023 36	towards three years' salary and on costs of the Family Support and Community Engagement Worker at a project providing support for ethnically marginalised people diagnosed with or affected by cancer ....more towards three years' salary and on costs of the Family Support and Community Engagement Worker at a project providing support for ethnically marginalised people diagnosed with or affected by cancer in Greater Manchester.
National Lottery Community Fund - Together We Can: Greater Manchester
£386,864	04/03/2022	Funding for the group will go towards core costs and an expansion of the Together We Can: Greater Manchester project which will roll-out culturally sensitive cancer support services into six Greater ....more Funding for the group will go towards core costs and an expansion of the Together We Can: Greater Manchester project which will roll-out culturally sensitive cancer support services into six Greater Manchester boroughs. The organisation aim to support people from Black African Black Caribbean and other culturally diverse communities living with cancer and their family and carers.
Forever Manchester - CSUK FAST (Food and Support Team)
£10,161	20/11/2020	Food parcels and meals for people living with cancer
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,000	27/09/2020	"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 - MOT & WOW Cancer Support Groups
£10,000	16/05/2019 12	The funding will be used to provide support and information to Black and Minority Ethnic people living with or affected by cancer. The project aims to break down cultural taboos and beliefs about ....more The funding will be used to provide support and information to Black and Minority Ethnic people living with or affected by cancer. The project aims to break down cultural taboos and beliefs about cancer and improve mental, physical and emotional wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Together We Can
£162,139	25/03/2019 36	The aim of the project is to support BAMER men and women living with or affected by cancer. Funding will be used to expand the project's WOW and MOT sessions which are tailored to both men and women.
National Lottery Community Fund - WOW / MOT CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS
£10,000	17/01/2018 12	The project will offer a support group to people living with cancer, their families and carers. It will run holistic activities and therapies to manage stress and anxiety, and offer advice to manage ....more The project will offer a support group to people living with cancer, their families and carers. It will run holistic activities and therapies to manage stress and anxiety, and offer advice to manage the impact of cancer and treatments.
National Lottery Community Fund - Can-Survive UK
£10,000	27/04/2016 12	The organisation will use the funding to deliver structured workshops to members of the BME community who have been diagnosed and are receiving treatment for cancer, resulting in increased isolation, ....more The organisation will use the funding to deliver structured workshops to members of the BME community who have been diagnosed and are receiving treatment for cancer, resulting in increased isolation, anxiety and stress, as well as a decrease in confidence, fitness and energy levels. This will enable the organisation to support the participants in a culturally appropriate environment to socialise and share their experiences and promote better health and wellbeing.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

AMAL COWAN Appointed: 2023

ADESEWA IFEOLUWA ADEBISI Appointed: 2023

CLAUDIA MCFARLANE Appointed: 2017

SURESH RAMBARAN Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: CANCER EQUALITY,

WINSOME RICHBELL-BROWN (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, CHEADLE,

YVONNE PRENDERGAST Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2016, number: 1166128

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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

7 returns made; AR17: 29 days late,

Main office

Kath Locke Centre
123 Moss Lane East
Manchester
M15 5DD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PEOPLE FROM ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES LIVING WITH OR AFFECTED BY CANCER BY:-• PROVIDING PRACTICAL ADVICE AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT ON A LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL• PROVIDING CANCER RELATED INFORMATION AND RESOURCES THAT ARE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AND APPROPRIATE TO THE TARGET GROUPS • DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING A HOLISTIC CULTURALLY SENSITIVE SUPPORT SERVICE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH CANCER AND THEIR CARERS• OFFERING A SAFE AND CONFIDENTIAL SPACE IN WHICH SERVICE USERS CAN EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES, MEET OTHERS AND DEVELOP A NETWORK OF SUPPORT AND MUTUAL AID• DEVELOPING MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIPS IN ORDER TO DELIVER EFFECTIVE HEALTH AWARENESS RAISING EVENTS AND SESSIONS TO INCREASE EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT CSUK’S TARGET SERVICE USERS• FACILITATING COMMUNITY LED FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES WITH THE AIM TO DEVELOP A LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE SUPPORT SERVICE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH CANCERNOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF CSUK FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]

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