TEENS UNITE FIGHTING CANCER

Registered charity 1118361 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Teens Unite are dedicated to improving the lives of young people with cancer so they don't have to face their battle alone. The charity supports those aged 13 to 24 from across the UK, helping them to overcome the emotional, social and physical impact cancer has on a young person. Teens Unite is the only charity in the UK to offer ongoing support of this kind to young people.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an income of £1,226,568, representing a 27% increase on the previous year, with net incoming resources of £222,712. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,267,150 and designated funds of £600,000, entering the next financial year with operational reserves equivalent to four months of expenditure against a new strategic target of six months. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HB Accountants. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Teens Unite Fighting Cancer (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Roxanne Lawrance — CEO (source)
• Karen Millen OBE — Co-Founder (source)
• Debbie Pezzani BEM — Co-Founder (source)
• Hazel Jones — Chair of Trustees (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Sport England — “Thanks to Sport England, we’re delivering a 12-week football program designed to get young people moving again after their diagnosis.” (source page)
• Kinovo — “We're honoured to support Teens Unite in their mission to enhance the lives of young people affected by cancer, something we have been proud…” (source page)

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 £1.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~22.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (52% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 30.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Hazel Joanne Joneschair
• Angela Livingstone
• Donna-Marie Patten
• Dr Kai Newton
• Jason Marchant
• Natalie Collins
• Patrick Maslen
• Sarah Cork

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

Operates in: Scotland · 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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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TEENAGE CANCER TRUST.

• TEENAGE CANCER TRUST income £21.1m
• SUE YOUNG CANCER SUPPORT IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND income £225k
• THE TOM BOWDIDGE YOUTH CANCER FOUNDATION income £220k
• TEENTECH CHARITY income £263k
• TEDDY20 SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH CANCER LIMITED income £125k
• KIDS CANCER CHARITY income £663k

Side by side with its peers

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