Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending declining: -1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

OCHRE - A NATIONAL CANCER CHARITY 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently and was substantially in excess of spending in the latest year
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Data adjusted to reflect year end change
Period ending 31/10/17 31/10/18 31/10/19 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £86,311 £96,187 £48,176 £26,088 £34,635 £67,458
Total spending £66,595 £51,097 £24,852 £26,512 £30,991 £23,640
Surplus/deficit £19,716 £45,090 £23,324 -£424 £3,644 £43,818
Established: 23 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
GiG Classification
  • General outpatient health-care services
Purposes
  • The advancement of health
Where it operates
  • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Glasgow City
Who it helps
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (8)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 42-81
  • KEE, Susan
    Appointed: 2004
    Occupation: It Specialist
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 19/10/2001, number: SC032343
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/10/2001, number: SC224419
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR21: 37 days late, AR19: 329 days late,
Main office

, G46 7NU

Objectives

To alleviate the conditions of life and stress felt amongst people who, irrespective of age, are, or in the recent past have been suffering from cancer.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
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