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COSMETIC TOILETRY AND PERFUMERY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1031728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C T P F - LOOK GOOD FEEL BETTER - L G F B

The Foundation's programme, Look Good Feel Better, is a national charity helping to boost the physical and emotional wellbeing of people living with cancer. It runs confidence boosting workshops for Women, Young Adults and Men in around 140 key cancer support locations throughout the UK as well as online. Online tutorials and booklets are also provided.

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Latest income
£3.0m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £100,768 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £1,013,265. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“One employee received emoluments as defined for taxation purposes of between £60,000 and £70,000 in the year and one employee received emoluments as defined for taxation purposes of between £90,000 and £100,000” — page 28
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“One employee received emoluments as defined for taxation purposes of between £60,000 and £70,000 in the year and one employee received emoluments as defined for taxation purposes of between £90,000 and £100,000” — page 28
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Look Good Feel Better Trading Limited
“The Foundation has a wholly owned trading subsidiary, Look Good Feel Better Trading Limited, which was formed to undertake non primary purpose trading activities to raise funds on behalf of the charity.” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

LOOK GOOD FEEL BETTER TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £385k
  • Profit before tax: £236k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £236k
“The profit on ordinary activities of £235,591 (2024: £352,608) was agrced by the Directors to be donated to the company’s parent charity.”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Look Good...Feel Better (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£3.0m
Total spending
£3.3m
Cost of raising funds
£962k
Reserves (reported)
£740k
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (50% 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: 32.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£3.0m£3.3m
31/12/2024£3.5m£3.4m
31/12/2023£2.9m£3.0m
31/12/2022£2.2m£2.2m
31/12/2021£1.6m£1.6m

Common questions

Is COSMETIC TOILETRY AND PERFUMERY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £100,768 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £1,013,265. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of COSMETIC TOILETRY AND PERFUMERY FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds COSMETIC TOILETRY AND PERFUMERY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COSMETIC TOILETRY AND PERFUMERY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY, THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST, DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED, THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITYFY2022£5k
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£2k
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£750
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2023£750

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government10/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION3£441k
THE ASTRA FOUNDATION1£290k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£257k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST1£55k
CIVIC POWER FUND1£36k
THE AIM FOUNDATION1£30k
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST1£25k
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION1£22k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIVE WELL WITH CANCER.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COSMETIC TOILETRY AND PERFUMERY FOUNDATION£3.0m£90,001 - £100,0002unclear—no doubt
LIVE WELL WITH CANCER FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt
SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO LIMITED FY2025£692k—0unclear—no doubt
MOVE FY2025£257k—0unclear—no doubt
CANCER SUPPORT UK (CSUK) FY2025£599k——unclear—no doubt
FEEL GOOD FACTOR (LEEDS) FY2025£745k—0unclear—no doubt

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