Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

SOLAN CONNOR FAWCETT FAMILY CANCER TRUST

Team Solan is a charity created to help people impacted by a cancer. diagnosis or bereavement. Our aim is to help improve the quality of life of those affected by cancer within the North East of England. We provide bespoke help, support, advice and signposting for families and individuals who are dealing with the turmoil that cancer can bring.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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
05/05/23£269£320£-51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/05/22£269£232£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/05/21£236£131£105n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/05/20£196£127£69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/05/19£181£164£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/05/18£158£113£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.teamsolan.org.uk

admin@teamsolan.org.uk

01388 531333

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • General outpatient health-care services
How it operates
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria, Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Redcar And Cleveland, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • 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£16,051
County Durham Community Foundation£5,000
Masonic Trust£1,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,800 22/01/2024
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Internal IT System
£10,000 10/06/2022
The funding will be used to install a new IT system to enable the organisation to run more efficiently. The project will help the organisation to cope with the increase in demand and complexity of needs and higher cancer stages providing staff and ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Team Solan supports vulnerable families with cancer
£5,000 28/05/2020
To support care packages for cancer patients and families.
National Lottery Community Fund - Team Solan supports Vulnerable Families with Cancer in Aycliffe
£6,051 15/05/2020
1
The funding will be used to deliver fortnightly care packages and provide telephone support for families with a cancer diagnosis including those who are self-isolating. The aim is to support people during the COVID-19 pandemic to help reduce ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALLAN WHEATLEY Appointed: 2017
  • DEBRA ANN SWINBURN Appointed: 2017
  • HARRY HUBBER Appointed: 2022
  • PAUL WILLIAM O'HEHIR Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/05/2017, number: 1172918
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

26-28 High Street
SPENNYMOOR
County Durham
DL16 6DB

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF PERSONS SUFFERING WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVING WITHIN COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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