SOUTH EAST CANCER HELP CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1011509 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CANCER HELP CENTRE, S E C H C

The charity provides support to anyone affected by cancer by means of individual support, group support, therapeutic arts, counselling, complementary therapies and information within a friendly, caring environment.

Objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST THOSE AFFECTED BY CANCER THROUGH THE PRACTICE, SUPPORT AND PROMOTION OF ALL METHODS OF HEALING AND NATURAL THERAPEUTICS DESIGNED TO RELIEVE HUMAN SUFFERING AND DISTRESS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COUNSELLING, AROMATHERAPY, HYPNOTHERAPY, REFLEXOLOGY, SPIRITUAL HEALING, GROUP SUPPORT, REIKI, SHIATSU, YOGA, TAI CHI AND ARTS & CRAFTS ACTIVITIES ("THE OBJECTS").

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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£310k
Latest spending
£349k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £38,831 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a fall in net assets to £281,080. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £243,082 remain above the stated policy target of six months' budgeted core expenditure, although the charity notes that fundraising income remains a concern given poor economic forecasts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ budgeted unrestricted core expenditure (held: £243k)
“The Centre's Policy is to maintain the Accumulated Fund at no less than six months’ budgeted unrestricted core expenditure for the following year.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd. 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 54

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 50

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

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 March 2026)
  • Average employees: 0.07

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — South East Cancer Help Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Croydon · Lambeth · Merton · Surrey · Sutton · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£310k£349k
31/03/2024£208k£275k
31/03/2023£355k£240k
31/03/2022£193k£199k
31/03/2021£233k£180k

Common questions

Is SOUTH EAST CANCER HELP CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £38,831 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a fall in net assets to £281,080. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £243,082 remain above the stated policy target of six months' budgeted core expenditure, although the charity notes that fundraising income remains a concern given poor economic forecasts. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd.

Who funds SOUTH EAST CANCER HELP CENTRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH EAST CANCER HELP CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE INGRAM TRUST, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST, MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST, C A REDFERN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANCERWISE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH EAST CANCER HELP CENTRE LIMITED£310k—0above—no doubt
CANCERWISE FY2025£146k—0unclear—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE CANCER HELP CENTRE FY2025£67k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH EAST AND CENTRAL ESSEX MIND LIMITED FY2025£883k—0unclear—no doubt
SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO LIMITED FY2025£692k—0unclear—no doubt
COMBAT CANCER FY2025£50k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.