CANCERCARE (NORTH LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA)

Registered charity 1120048 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CANCERCARE, CANCERCARE NORTH LANCASHIRE AND SOUTH LAKELAND

CancerCare is a unique local charity dedicated to helping local families affected by the impact of cancer and other life limiting conditions across North Lancashire and South Lakeland. We provide a wide range of free professional services including a number of psychological, complementary and creative therapies.

Objects

3.1) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND SUFFERING OF PERSONS FACING CANCER AND OTHER CHRONIC OR LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES, AND OF THEIR CARERS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS DURING AND AFTER SUCH ILLNESS OR ILLNESSES.3.2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FORMS OF THERAPIES AND SUPPORT SUITABLE TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.3.3) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN ORDER TO BROADEN ITS UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF VITAL ASPECTS OF CANCER, SUCH AS PREVENTION, DETECTION, RELIEF AND TREATMENT.3.4) TO UNDERTAKE OR PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO PREVENTION, DETECTION, RELIEF AND TREATMENT AND TO ENCOURAGE THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE LANCASHIRE AND CUMBRIA

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lancaster, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity's free reserves stood at £1,000,000, exceeding the policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The accounts confirm adequate resources for foreseeable future operations with no material uncertainties noted.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 3 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06241210

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CancerCare North Lancashire & South Cumbria (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HARRISON, James Michael Dominic — director, appointed 07/04/2026on trustee list
• SHARPLES, Mary — director, appointed 07/10/2025on trustee list
• MILLER, Natalie Elaine — director, appointed 07/10/2025on trustee list
• ASHMORE, Lisa Anne, Dr — director, appointed 05/08/2025on trustee list
• WILLIAMSON, Deborah Kristine — director, appointed 06/02/2024on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Emma Jane — director, appointed 07/02/2023on trustee list
• CALDWELL, Hilary Louise — director, appointed 05/04/2022on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Susan Jane — director, appointed 14/10/2019on trustee list
• OLIVER, Karen Janet, Dr — director, appointed 03/10/2016on trustee list
• STAINTHORPE, Alison Mary — secretary, appointed 04/08/2011

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £70k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susan Jane Thompsonchair
• Deborah Kristine Williamson
• Dr Karen Janet Oliver
• Dr Lisa Anne Ashmore
• Emma Jane Edwards
• Hilary Caldwell
• James Michael Dominic Harrison
• Mary Sharples
• Natalie Elaine Miller

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

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 CANCERWISE.

• CANCERWISE income £146k
• THE ROSEMERE CANCER FOUNDATION income £1.2m
• CANCER CARE TRUST income £48k
• CORBY AND DISTRICT CANCER CARE income £433k
• CLATTERBRIDGE CANCER CHARITY income £4.7m
• CANCER INFORMATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD income £241k

Side by side with its peers

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