Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

CAMBRIDGE CANCER HELP CENTRE 

To relieve persons suffering from cancer and other illnesses and their families and friends, in particular by teaching methods of relaxation and by providing advice and counselling, with the object of improving the conditions of life of such persons and their families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • 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
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/04/23£56,839£35,821£21,01825
30/04/22£38,918£94,907£-55,98920
30/04/21?*£38,918£42,941£-4,02320
31/10/20£38,918£42,941£-4,02320
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

https://www.cambridgecancerhelp.org/

manager@cambridgecancerhelp.org

01223840105

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Peterborough City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 25 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
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation£10,000
DCMS£7,393
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Masonic Trust£1,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£1,750 17/04/2023
core funding
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 11/02/2021
towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Cancer Help Centre CIO
£5,000 24/08/2020
2
to provide support for 200 people who have cancer, their families and carers through telephone calls, online courses and activities in order to improve their well-being and prevent them from needing ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,393 06/07/2020
"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
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Cancer Help Centre CIO
£5,000 06/05/2020
2
to provide support for 175 people who have cancer, their families and carers through telephone calls, online courses and activities in order to improve their well-being and prevent them from needing ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/03/2020, number: 1188745
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR21: 119 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CAMBRIDGE CANCER HELP CENTRE on 04/05/2020
Main office

Scotsdale Nursery & Garden Centre L
120 Cambridge Road
Great Shelford
CAMBRIDGE
CB22 5JT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND OTHER ILLNESSES AND THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF SUCH PERSONS IN PARTICULAR BY TEACHING METHODS OF RELAXATION AND BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND COUNCELLING WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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