YES TO LIFE LTD

Registered charity 1112812 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Y2L

Yes to Life empowers people with cancer to make informed decisions about their cancer care options by providing information from experts to guide people through the confusing options for care and lifestyle choices. We offer individual support through our helpline and website, and information through blogs and publications, radio broadcasts, workshops and educational programme.

Objects

(1) THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER, AND THEIR CARERS:1. DEVELOP INTEGRATED WEB SERVICES TO:(A) PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE, INDEPENDENT OVERVIEW OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS, RESOURCES AND FUNDING(B) COLLECT AND SHARE ALTERNATIVE CANCER TREATMENT RECORDS(C) PROVIDE A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS(D) ENABLE CONNECTION WITH OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE, OR HAVE BEEN IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES2. RAISE AND DISTRIBUTE FUNDS TO DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS FOR CANCER AND TERMINAL ILLNESS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW APPROACHES TO THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER, IN PARTICULAR BASED ON AN INTEGRATED APPROACH:1. RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS AND ASSIST IN MAKING THEM MORE GENERALLY AVAILABLE.2. PROMOTE IMPROVED CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE NHS AND ALTERNATIVE PRACTITIONERS, AND THEREBY DEVELOP A BROADER, MORE INTEGRATED APPROACH TO CANCER TREATMENT IN THE UK3. PROVIDE NHS DOCTORS, ALTERNATIVE PRACTITIONERS AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WITH ACCESS TO TREATMENT HISTORIES AND SUMMARY STATISTICS REGARDING ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £134,858 against a policy target of six months' expenditure, with free reserves at £132,614. The charity reported a net income of £84,311 for the year, driven by a significant increase in donations and grants. The trustees confirm the financial position is under regular review to ensure long-term resilience.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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
• 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 — Yes to Life (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Mackintosh Foundation — “The Mackintosh Foundation Trusts & Foundations” (source page)
• Barcapel Foundation — “Barcapel Foundation Trusts & Foundations” (source page)
• St James's Place Charitable Foundation — “St James's Place Charitable Foundation Trusts & Foundations” (source page)
• Emergence Foundation — “Emergence Foundation Trusts & Foundations” (source page)
• QBE Foundation — “QBE Foundation Trusts & Foundations” (source page)
• Charities Aid Foundation — “Charities Aid Foundation Trusts & Foundations” (source page)
• Edward Gostling Foundation — “Edward Gostling Foundation Trusts & Foundations” (source page)
• Aviva Community Fund — “Aviva Community Fund Trusts & Foundations” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “National Lottery Community Fund Trusts & Foundations” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation Trusts & Foundations” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBIN MICHAEL KIRKPATRICK DALYchair
• Adrian Taylor
• April Ozlem Moss
• Dominic Brierley
• Lisa Morris
• Sheryl Anne Rylance

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIVE WELL WITH CANCER.

• LIVE WELL WITH CANCER income £176k
• CHAI-LIFELINE CANCER CARE income £4.2m
• CAN-SURVIVE UK income £279k
• BABONS CANCER SUPPORT income £107k
• CLIC SARGENT CANCER CARE FOR CHILDREN income £25.9m
• TOGETHER AGAINST CANCER income £508k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.