GIST Cancer UK

Registered charity 1129219 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GCUK, GIST SUPPORT UK, GSUK

We give support and (non-medical) advice to patients and their carers affected by gastro-intestinal stromal tumours. We do this by means of a website, and by providing telephone and email help. We also run patient support meetings, and represent patients' interests with health professionals, government agencies and pharmaceutical companies.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PATIENTS WITH GASTRO-INTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOURS (GIST) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE TO THEM AND THEIR CARERSB) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT AND CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH GISTC) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO GIST

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £575,176, with unrestricted reserves of £77,712. The trustees report that the charity is in a good financial position, capable of operating for two years without further income, despite recording a net loss of £45,054 for the year. The reduction in overall resources was attributed to planned funding of several significant research projects.

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
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — GIST Cancer UK (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).

• Sarcoma UK — “We have partnered with Sarcoma UK via their Open Grant Round 2025, to co-fund two large-scale projects dedicated to improving outcomes for p…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• NICOLAS FRANCIS PUNTISchair
• Cathy Hampshire · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Lane · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Mark Atlay · trustee of 1 other charity
• Drewe Lacey · trustee of 2 other charities
• John South · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosalind Langford

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

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

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANCER SUPPORT UK (CSUK).

• CANCER SUPPORT UK (CSUK) income £599k
• GUTS income £317k
• CANCER RESEARCH AND GENETICS UK income £128k
• SARCOMA UK income £4.6m
• CANCER RELIEF UK income £229k
• Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland income £506k

Side by side with its peers

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