CANCER LIFELINE SOUTH WEST

Registered charity 1107775 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CANCER LIFELINE SOUTH WEST LTD, LIFELINE RESOURCES, LIFELINE RESOURCES LTD

To give support to anyone affected by cancer (patients or carer) through the provision of short, residential breaks which include counselling, support and advice and which are free of charge to all-comers. Under exceptional circumstances, support may be provided on a one-to-one basis and/or online.

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, PARTICULARLY THOSE SUFFERING FROM CANCER (INCLUDING PERSONS IN REMISSION) AND THEIR FAMILIES BY THE PROVISION OF HOLISTIC AND OTHER THERAPY TREATMENTS INCLUDING TRADITIONAL, ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLIMENTARY THERAPIES AND TREATMENTS.2. TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES BY THE PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICE.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 maintained a strategy of fundraising one year in advance, with funding in place for both the 2025 and 2026 deliverables. The charity holds a reserves policy target of £5,000, representing the approximate direct costs of one break. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were disclosed in the filing.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Wain Foundation — “We are delighted to announce that Cancer Lifeline South West has been awarded a grant of £6,608 by the Wain…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Donna Cook
• Dr Kathleen Elizabeth McCormick
• Dr Syed Muhammad Amir Ali Jafri
• Emily Almond
• Gary Alan Evans
• Jannette Louise Vaughan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Juliet Strachan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Coupe

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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