BRACKEN TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1059668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRACKEN TRUST

A day centre offering support for people affected by cancer and other long-term illnesses (mainly MS). Main area served is Powys and Mid Wales

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM LONG TERM OR TERMINAL ILLNESS 2) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS ARISING FROM BEREAVEMENT BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND COUNSELLING SERVICE

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £110,552 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £845,432 to £734,880. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £111,906 are below the stated policy target of six months of budgeted expenditure (£150,000). The charity acknowledges a reliance on grant funding and notes that it is balancing its books while delivering services.

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.

• 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
• Investment
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bracken Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £157k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Howard Grant Russonchair
• Barry Hicks
• DR SIM OVIS
• DR Stephanie Warrick
• Dr Toby Tattersall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jackie Jones
• Joy Garfitt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Linda Caroline Howells
• NICOLA CRAVEN

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

Operates in: Throughout 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 THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO.

• THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO income £502k
• THE BRIGITTE TRUST income £335k
• LADY MCADDEN BREAST CANCER TRUST income £299k
• THE BIG C APPEAL LIMITED income £3.2m
• THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF ZICHRON MENACHEM income £152k
• THE COUNTESS OF BRECKNOCK HOSPICE TRUST income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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