LENNOX CHILDRENS CANCER FUND

Registered charity 1011325 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activity of the charity is the relief of pain and suffering sustained by children diagnosed with any form of cancer, and in such manner as may be considered reasonable by the trustees.The charity owns and operates two respite holiday homes for such children and their families. The charity also provides financial grants and emotional support.

Objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF PAIN AND SUFFERING SUSTAINED BY CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF CANCER IN SUCH MANNER AS MAY FROM THE CIRCUMSTANCES BE CONSIDERED REASONABLE BY THE TRUSTEES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Basildon, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £157,551 for the year, strengthening its total funds to £784,917. The Trustees report that unrestricted reserves are held in current accounts and tangible fixed assets, with net current assets of £81,896 providing short-term liquidity. The charity is actively investing in long-term capacity, including the purchase of a new holiday home, while maintaining a reserves policy target of covering at least six months of operating costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by KLSA LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lennox Children's Cancer Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Brownchair
• David William Plato
• Deborah Pierson
• KEVIN JOHN DAVIS

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAMILY UNIT TRUST.

• FAMILY UNIT TRUST income £202k
• KIDS CANCER CHARITY income £663k
• FIGHTING ALL CANCERS TOGETHER income £554k
• CHILDREN WITH CANCER FUND (POLEGATE) income £260k
• PARENTS ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN WITH TUMOURS AND LEUKAEMIA income £304k
• A GIFT TO LIFT income £45k

Side by side with its peers

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