Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 12

MELANOMA-ME FOUNDATION

To promote health and wellbeing to patients and their loved ones affect by melanoma and other forms of skin caner by:(A) Providing counselling, support and therapies such as podiatry and beauty treatments for people affected by melanoma and skin cancer(B) Raising awareness of malignant melanoma and skin cancer.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending since inception
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 4 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/04/23		£227,055	£124,779	£102,276	10
30/04/22		£96,087	£90,768	£5,319	3
30/04/21	*	£123,868	£80,494	£43,374	3
30/04/20	*	£44,260	£22,471	£21,789	11

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.melanoma-me.org.uk

mmfound18@gmail.com

01914922211

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
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	£135,000
DCMS	£43,200
County Durham Community Foundation	£1,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland	£600

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Support worker
£10,000	07/07/2023	The funding will be used to deliver family-based counselling and support sessions for people living with and affected by skin cancer. The project will provide information support and guidance to ....more The funding will be used to deliver family-based counselling and support sessions for people living with and affected by skin cancer. The project will provide information support and guidance to reduce stress and improve mental health and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting people affected by malignant melanoma
£105,000	14/12/2022	This funding will support the Melanoma-Me Foundation to manage the increased demand for support from people effected by Melanoma and their families. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that can spread ....more This funding will support the Melanoma-Me Foundation to manage the increased demand for support from people effected by Melanoma and their families. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that can spread to other organs in the body and a diagnosis is a terrifying and lonely place where people feel extremely misunderstood as well as under supported. By providing counselling group support grief therapy end of life care and complimentary therapies for people affected by melanoma and their loved ones this project will improve general and mental health and enable people suffering the same condition to come together and feel less isolated.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health Resilience Support
£10,000	11/03/2022	The funding will be used to provide additional counselling support for people affected by melanoma and their families and carers. This will help meet the demand for their telephone and face to face ....more The funding will be used to provide additional counselling support for people affected by melanoma and their families and carers. This will help meet the demand for their telephone and face to face counselling support services which aims to offer coping mechanisms reduce isolation and improve emotional and mental health and wellbeing.
County Durham Community Foundation - To be used to continue its virtual support services to reduce loneliness and build support networks.
£1,000	01/11/2021	To be used to continue its virtual support services to reduce loneliness and build support networks.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - the organisation's charitable objects
£600	18/03/2021	the organisation's charitable objects
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting People affected by Melanoma
£10,000	12/01/2021 12	The funding will be used to employ a part-time support worker to help the organisation manage an increased workload of new referrals. This aims to better support people who have received a Melanoma ....more The funding will be used to employ a part-time support worker to help the organisation manage an increased workload of new referrals. This aims to better support people who have received a Melanoma diagnosis during COVID-19 and improve mental health.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£43,200	03/07/2020	"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."

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

SHELLEY SIMMS Appointed: 2023

DEBORAH DIXON Appointed: 2022

JAMES RAFFERTY Appointed: 2020

LYNN PRUDHOE Appointed: 2018

RONAN SMITH Appointed: 2024

SUSAN WILSON Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/05/2019, number: 1183479

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
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
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

4 returns made; AR21: 22 days late, AR20: 13 days late,

Main office

Melanoma-me Foundation
Unit 3- 4
Waterloo Road
WASHINGTON
Tyne And Wear
NE37 3BJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO:TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND TO RELIEVE THOSE SUFFERING FROM OR AFFECTED BY SKIN CANCER, IN PARTICULAR MALIGNANT MELANOMA, IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND IN PARTICULAR BY:(A) PROVIDING ADVICE AND GUIDANCE TO THOSE AFFECTED BY MALIGNANT MELANOMA AND UNBIASED AND ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISEASE TO THE WIDER PUBLIC;(B) RAISING AWARENESS OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA AND ITS CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS(C) PROVIDING COUNSELLING, SUPPORT AND THERAPIES SUCH AS PODIATRY AND BEAUTY TREATMENTS FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MELANOMA AND SKIN CANCER

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