Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

Poor Liquidity: -1
Large legacies income: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -5

Good trustee age range: +3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 1

THE BIG C APPEAL LIMITED

TO ENABLE NORFOLK & WAVENEY TO BE A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE PROVISION OF CANCER SERVICES, AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN CANCER RESEARCH LOCALLY.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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
31/12/23	£2,979	£3,336	£-357	£1,673	£2,810	£156	0.6	88	298
31/12/22	£3,135	£2,815	£320	£1,573	£3,107	£3,056	13	83	249
31/12/21	£3,138	£2,538	£600	£1,338	£2,912	£2,434	11.5	75	280
31/12/20	£2,441	£2,390	£51	£1,370	£2,213	£2,151	10.8	77	314
31/12/19	£2,626	£3,499	£-873	£1,508	£2,183	£2,183	7.5	81	360
31/12/18	£2,824	£2,765	£59	£1,402	£2,959	£2,959	12.8	64	0
31/12/17	£2,931	£2,620	£311	£1,272	£2,950	£2,950	13.5	58	0
31/12/16	£2,758	£2,527	£230	£1,174	£2,590	£2,590	12.3	59	0
31/12/15	£2,468	£1,836	£632	£995	£2,341	£2,341	15.3	37	0
31/12/14	£2,739	£2,170	£568	£937	£1,709	£1,705	9.4	39	0
31/12/13	£1,599	£1,606	£-6	£860	£1,340	£1,328	9.9	38	0
31/12/12	£1,495	£1,460	£35	£761	£1,335	£1,335	11	24	0
31/12/11	£1,495	£1,540	£-45	£698	£1,300	£1,265	9.9	24	0
31/12/10	£1,171	£1,548	£-377	£638	£1,345	£1,309	10.2	21	0
31/12/09	£1,486	£1,557	£-71	£482	£1,722	£1,663	12.8	14	0
31/12/08	£1,713	£1,342	£371	£363	£1,793	£1,750	15.6	12	0
31/12/07	£1,402	£1,372	£30	£291	£1,422	£1,382	12.1	9	0
31/12/06	£1,600	£1,116	£483	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	£1,164	£1,251	£-87	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	£788	£712	£76	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 111.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 50.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 6%
Reserves/Spending: 0.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 44 years

www.big-c.co.uk

enquiries@big-c.co.uk

01603619900

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Medical research

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Norfolk, Suffolk,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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	£100,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£60,000
Sport England	£6,091
Co-Operative Group	£1,274

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sport England - Walking Football Support Programme
£6,091	14/12/2023 12	This project will build on the previously funded pilot to provide walking football sessions as a weekly activity for the duration of a year for those affected with cancer.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	20/01/2023	Big C Support and Information Services
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Big C - Norfolk's Cancer Charity
£1,274	23/10/2021	We plan to provide online, phone-based and community aid such as care packs, counselling, support groups and wellbeing support for people in the King's Lynn area living with cancer.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	21/05/2021	Nearer To Home
National Lottery Community Fund - The Big C Covid19 Response
£100,000	28/05/2020 5	The Big C Appeal Ltd runs four Cancer Support centres based across Norfolk. The organisation is requesting funding to ensure it can continue its support for people with cancer and their families ....more The Big C Appeal Ltd runs four Cancer Support centres based across Norfolk. The organisation is requesting funding to ensure it can continue its support for people with cancer and their families during the coronavirus pandemic. The project is currently running an online support centre as well as telephone counselling and ‘ask the nurse’ sessions.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-80

CHLOE REBECCA SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Member Of Parliament

DENISE MARGARET TROUGHTON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Academic Lecturer

DR NOREEN CUSHEN-BREWSTER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Associate Professor Health Sciences

HELEN SUZANNE CORDINGLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor

MARILYN MARTIN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Accountant

PAIGE OLIVIA GOULDTHORPE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Lawyer

PROFESSOR DYLAN RICHARD WARRILOW EDWARDS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: University Professor

SIMON GEOFFREY CROCKER Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Consultant Gynaecologist Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/02/1981, number: 281730
Registered at Companies House on 10/10/1980, number: 01521441

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

Centrum
Norwich Research Park
Colney Lane
Colney
NORWICH
NR4 7UG

Objectives

TO CONDUCT, SUPPORT, PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO ALL MATTERS CONNECTED WITH OR BEARING ON THE CAUSES, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF CANCER WITHIN THE U. K. OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSE, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF CANCER IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THER OF.

Defined Area of Benefit:

U.K. OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD