HERTFORDSHIRE BREAST UNIT APPEAL

Registered charity 1087306 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to help relieve sickness and distress caused by diseases of the breast in Hertfordshire. To this end it has aquired specialist equipment to be placed in and developed a volunteer group at the new Breast Cancer Unit at Welwyn Garden City and instigated a support group to offer advice to beneficiaries and raise awareness of the need for better facilities.

Objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND DISTRESS CAUSED BY DISEASES OF THE BREAST IN HERTFORDSHIRE

Area of benefit: HERTFORDSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is wholly managed by volunteers and holds unrestricted reserves of £62,064. The trustees confirm there are no uncertainties facing the charity and that the accounts were examined by an independent examiner who found no material matters of 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 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• VICKI ADKINS MBEchair
• Amanda Jayne Smith
• Dr PETER WILLIAM CRANE
• ROBIN DOUGLAS SLATER
• Rachel Morgan
• Ricky Stephen Smith
• SAMANTHA POLLOCK-HILL
• SUZANNE SHIRLEY SEXTON

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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