THE CHESTNUT APPEAL FOR MEN'S HEALTH LTD

Registered charity 1087175 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHESTNUT APPEAL, THE CHESTNUT APPEAL FOR PROSTATE CANCER

Medical charity - assisting with research and provision of facilities, equipment and advice

Objects

TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS SUFFERING FROM AND AFFECTED BY PROSTATE CANCER, TESTICULAR CANCER AND PENILE CANCER.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, THE UNITED KINGDOM

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: Plymouth, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £242,275 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in total funds of £929,528. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £809,532, which significantly exceeds the stated policy target of £215,000. The charity maintains a strong liquidity position with £757,831 in cash at bank and no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints 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
• 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

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Chestnut Appeal for Men's Health (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~31.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Mantlechair
• ANDREW JOHN DICKINSON
• Adrian R Holmes
• Helen Gemma Wright
• Paul Hunter-Campbell
• Rebecca Louise Mabelle
• Samuel Graber
• Tracey Whittingham

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

Operates in: Throughout England And 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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• FOUNT income £89k
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Side by side with its peers

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