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Sefton Support Group

Registered charity 1058183 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S C S G, SEFTON CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

Information, advice and support including non medical therapy and social activities for cancer suffererers and their carers resident in Sefton Merseyside

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Latest income
£51k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £13,484, which is below the charity's stated policy target of holding at least 12 months of core running costs. The charity reported a net income deficit for the year, with total expenditure exceeding incoming resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: The FORE (59% of income)
“The FORE - 30,000 30,000” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £13k; policy: at least 12 months of core running costs in unrestricted reserves)
“At 31 December 2025, the charity's reserves stood at £46,625. This included £8,000 restricted as part of the Lottery funding for our wellbeing project and £22,500 was restricted for staff wages. Unrestricted reserves stood at £13,484.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sefton Support Group (matched by registered charity number).

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: Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£51k£42k
31/12/2024£52k£24k
31/12/2023£15k£19k
31/12/2022£20k£15k
31/12/2021£465£10k

Common questions

Is Sefton Support Group financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £13,484, which is below the charity's stated policy target of holding at least 12 months of core running costs. The charity reported a net income deficit for the year, with total expenditure exceeding incoming resources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Sefton Support Group?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Sefton Support Group as a grant recipient include PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ARCHER TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2025£5k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2022£1kFor cancer sufferers received a one-off grant to help new trustees to re-establish itself.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/09/2024£19kCommunity Wellbeing Sessions
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2022£10kHealing communities