ASTRO BRAIN TUMOUR FUND

Registered charity 1133561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASTRO FUND

FUNDING LOW-GRADE GLIOMA BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES VIA TWO ONLINE SUPPORT GROUPS.

Objects

TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM LOW GRADE GLIOMA (SLOW GROWING BRAIN TUMOUR) PARTICULARLY BY SUPPORTING RESEARCH PROJECTS INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF LOW GRADE GLIOMAS AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: King's Lynn and West Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £95,201 from £177,084 in the prior year, while expenditure increased to £92,699 from £49,786. Despite this, the charity reported a net incoming resource of £84,385, resulting in total reserves rising to £305,400. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient resources to meet future obligations.

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
• Complaints 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Astro Brain Tumour Fund (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANGELA SCRUTTON
• DAWN SARA EMERTON
• Katie Louise Phillips
• LINDA RICKFORD
• MARY BURTON
• Neal Edward Blatherwick
• ROBERT ARTHUR BURTON

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

Operates in: 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 BRAIN TUMOUR SUPPORT.

• BRAIN TUMOUR SUPPORT income £639k
• BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH CAMPAIGN income £211k
• BRAINSTORM (THE OXFORD BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION) CIO income £51k
• LADIES FIGHTING BREAST CANCER CHARITABLE TRUST income £233k
• FRIENDS OF BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL income £215k
• THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST income £231k

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