Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/04/24		£74	£71	£3	n/a
30/04/23		£57	£36	£21	n/a
30/04/22		£39	£95	£-56	n/a
30/04/21?	*	£39	£43	£-4	n/a
31/10/20		£39	£43	£-4	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

https://www.cambridgecancerhelp.org/

manager@cambridgecancerhelp.org

01223840105

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Outpatient support 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 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

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation	£12,800
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
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Prostate Cancer Group
£2,800	08/02/2023 12	to launch a new Prostate Cancer Support Group to meet the demand of an increasing number of referrals from Addenbrooke’s
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 to access NHS services. This is a continuation of ....more 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 to access NHS services. This is a continuation of a project that ran from May to July 2020.
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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....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."
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 to access NHS services

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ARTHUR WILLIAM GIBBONS Appointed: 2022

CLAIRE MACKENZIE Appointed: 2020

DR RICHARD JOHN DICKENSON Appointed: 2021

EDWARD LESLIE SAGE Appointed: 2020

GRAHAM ROWLAND HOWELL Appointed: 2024

JANET HICKMAN Appointed: 2020

ROBERT JACKSON Appointed: 2020

STEPHEN GOLD Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/03/2020, number: 1188745

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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

5 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.

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