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THE PICKERING CANCER DROP-IN CENTRE

Registered charity 1112623 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£263k
Latest spending
£227k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £934,113, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of £300,000. The charity reported a net income of £29,622 and confirmed it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: five years of annual costs (held: £934k)
“The policy is therefore to hold unrestricted free reserves equivalent to 5 years of annual costs (estimated to be £60,000 per year) and amounts in total to £300,000.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Use of holiday home by trustee
“During the year one Trustee benefited from use of the holiday home, in their capacity as a volunteer, to a value of circa £350 (2023: £453). The Trustees recognise that although this was in capacity as volunteer this creates a potential conflict of interest.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £675k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£263k£227k
31/12/2024£137k£124k
31/12/2023£164k£140k
31/12/2022£307k£124k
31/12/2021£147k£64k

Common questions

Is THE PICKERING CANCER DROP-IN CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £934,113, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of £300,000. The charity reported a net income of £29,622 and confirmed it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PICKERING CANCER DROP-IN CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PICKERING CANCER DROP-IN CENTRE as a grant recipient include TWODS LIMITED, SSP FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR, TUNBRIDGE WELLS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TWODS LIMITEDFY2023£2k
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR, TUNBRIDGE WELLSFY2023£146Secular Societies