Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

CLAN CANCER SUPPORT 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 30 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £282,613 £288,671 £334,643 £152,801 £303,684
Donations & Legacies £1,845,754 £986,432 £1,752,431 £1,292,325 £1,284,996
Other Income £5,238 £9,968 £4,221
Investment Income £26,992 £35,911 £38,948 £28,969 £28,991
Total income £3,002,113 £2,062,190 £2,864,896 £1,662,754 £2,074,188 £2,184,149
Charitable activities spending £1,904,946 £1,947,092 £1,923,255 £1,652,942 £1,802,268
Fundraising costs 43% 35% 28% 37% 49% 29%
Other spending £7,434
Total spending £3,189,300 £2,661,228 £2,699,252 £2,264,998 £2,653,513 £2,431,470
Surplus/deficit -£187,187 -£599,038 £165,644 -£602,244 -£579,325 -£247,321
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of health
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Aberdeen
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems','Other defined groups

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£293,973
Scottish Government£184,470
Foundation Scotland£24,490
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to CLAN Cancer Support
£40 19/11/2021
Donation from Ken and Helen Mackie
Foundation Scotland - Grant to CLAN Cancer Support
£7,500 02/11/2021
Donation from the Budge Foundation
Co-Operative Group - Grant to CLAN Inverurie
£1,030 23/10/2021
We would like to provide a range of complementary therapies and wellbeing groups to some of the most vulnerable members of the community, following a period of isolation and increased anxiety.
Scottish Government - CLAN Cancer Support
£73,822 07/04/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - CLAN Cancer Support
£21,908 18/02/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to CLAN Cancer Support
£100 18/12/2020
A donation in memory of my much loved aunt, Mrs Hilda Donald. Clan was very close to her heart. From Ken and Helen Mackie.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to CLAN Cancer Support
£1,500 08/12/2020
Budge Foundation
Foundation Scotland - Grant to CLAN Cancer Support
£50 19/10/2020
Donation from Ken and Helen Mackie
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Cancer Link Aberdeen & North
£2,900 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund resource packs for 250 children and young people affected by cancer in their family who are isolated due to Covid-19, helping to strengthen relationships and increase ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to CLAN Cancer Support
£10,000 04/06/2020
To offset the cost of the salary of a councillor who works with young people - From the Budge Foundation
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,900 03/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to CLAN Cancer Support
£50 02/05/2020
In memory of my cousin, Elspeth Donald - From Ken and Helen Mackie
Foundation Scotland - Grant to CLAN Cancer Support
£5,000 14/04/2020
To contribute towards the on-going staffing costs for the telephone support service which replaces the face to face contact previously available.
Scottish Government - CLAN Cancer Support
£88,740 09/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to CLAN Cancer Support
£250 13/01/2020
This donation is via the ScotRail Employee Charitable Giving Fund and is to contribute towards funds already raised for CLAN Cancer Support by Jackie Yule holding a tea fundraiser.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 15/10/2019
Cancer support services in north-east Scotland and the Northern Isles
National Lottery Community Fund - CLAN's Children and Families Cancer Support Service
£293,973 10/05/2019
36
This group will continue to deliver their dedicated Children and Families Service (CFS) in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Orkney and Shetland. Over three years, 700 children and teenagers will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - CLAN House drop-in refurbishment
£8,640 18/04/2019
12
This charity will refurbish their Aberdeen wellbeing centre to provide a greater level of comfort and privacy for people who use the cancer drop-in centre. People with a cancer diagnosis, their ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Cancer Link Aberdeen & North
£111,429 28/02/2019
36
This project will provide bespoke support for young people affected by a family member’s diagnosis of cancer. Through therapeutic 121, group work and activities young people will be more able to ....more
Robertson Trust - The Children and Family Service Shetland Division Project
£31,000 14/12/2018
The Children and Family Service Shetland Division Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Increasing access to cancer support in North Aberdeenshire
£9,994 08/11/2017
12
This group provide a range of support services to people affected by cancer in North Aberdeenshire. This project will allow the group to fit out a new wellbeing centre in Crimond.
Robertson Trust - The Support Worker for The Children & Family Support Service
£30,000 31/01/2016
The Support Worker for The Children & Family Support Service
National Lottery Community Fund - CLAN's Children and Families Cancer Support Service
£408,274 11/11/2015
36
This project aims to develop and expand their Children and Families Service which provides support to children, young people and their families who are directly or indirectly affected by cancer. ....more
Robertson Trust - The Children and Family Service Shetland Division Project
£37,500 30/06/2015
The Children and Family Service Shetland Division Project
National Lottery Community Fund - CLAN's New Minibus
£10,000 15/03/2012
12
This project will purchase a new minibus, allowing more people affected by cancer to access their services and support. This grant will be used to pay for a new minibus and vehicle branding.
National Lottery Community Fund - CLAN Therapy Garden (Community Spaces)
£103,549 31/01/2012
24
The CLAN Therapy Garden project will see the redevelopment of an overgrown space 66m by 10m The space will provide a series of garden rooms allowing people to enjoy working or relaxing in a pleasant ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 40-65
  • RAMSAY, George
    Appointed: 2023
    Occupation: Senior Clinical Lecturer And Honorary Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 04/03/1994, number: SC022606
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/10/1992, number: SC140582
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Clan House, 120 Westburn Road, Aberdeen, AB25 2QA

Objectives

2.1 The Charity's objects are restricted specifically, in each case, only for the public benefit: (a) to relieve the suffering and distress of people in Scotland affected directly or indirectly by cancer including those individuals who have a suspected or confirmed cancer diagnosis, their families, friends, carers, work colleagues and anyone else directly or indirectly affected by cancer and in furtherance thereof, but not otherwise: (i) to promote, provide, and procure the provision of, advisory, counselling and other support services and assistance. (ii) to hold regular meetings of an educational and I or social nature for the purpose of providing or procuring the provision of information and advice of a non-medical nature on the effects of cancer and its treatments so as to engender a more widespread knowledge of the availability of the Charity's services. (b) to provide and to promote and procure the provision of such other charitable services and assistance for the benefit of people in Scotland affected directly or indirectly by cancer as the Charity may, from time to time, consider appropriate, including (without prejudice to the foregoing generality) wellbeing services and assistance for the advancement of education in relation to the effects of cancer and related conditions. and (c) to provide such buildings and accommodation and plant, machinery, apparatus, furniture, furnishings and books, libraries and other aids and equipment as may be required to carry out the objects of the Charity and to use such accommodation and equipment as may be provided by any other person or body.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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