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GUTS

Registered charity 1026791 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as G U T S, GUILDFORD UNDETECTED TUMOUR SCREENING

GUTS is dedicated to improving the experience and outcomes of individuals affected by bowel cancer. Through grants it funds capital projects, pioneering medical research and a clinic for families with a strong genetic risk of developing the disease. GUTS also provides an online information resource to help patients during and after treatment.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BY SCREENING AND UNDERTAKING OR ASSISTING IN THE UNDERTAKING OF RESEARCH FOR THE EARLY DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE SURREY WEST SUSSEX AND HAMPSHIRE

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£317k
Latest spending
£183k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £860,179, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves sufficient to finance around two years' charitable expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £100,169 for the year, driven by strong legacy income and fundraising events, despite a loss on investments. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts complied with regulatory requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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: 25
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 30

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£317k£183k
31/03/2024£371k£133k
31/03/2023£79k£121k
31/03/2022£126k£89k
31/03/2021£168k£84k

Common questions

Is GUTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £860,179, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves sufficient to finance around two years' charitable expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £100,169 for the year, driven by strong legacy income and fundraising events, despite a loss on investments. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts complied with regulatory requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GUTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GUTS as a grant recipient include THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PROJECT GIVING BACK1£84k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION1£60k
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED1£50k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST1£25k
CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRUST1£25k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST1£20k
THE ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND1£18k
FRIENDS OF PERSHORE HOSPITAL1£14k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GUTS UK CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GUTS£317k—0unclear—no doubt
GUTS UK CHARITY FY2025£1.1m——unclear—no doubt
GIST Cancer UK FY2025£105k—0unclear—no doubt
HUNTS COMMUNITY CANCER NETWORK FY2025£219k—0unclear—no doubt
GATE WAY TRUST FY2025£480k£50,1090unclear—no doubt
Bowel Research UK FY2025£1.6mmore than £60,0001above21.5%no doubt

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