CARING HAIR

Registered charity 1145258 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CH

Caring Hair / Cancer Hair Care is the UK's leading cancer hair loss support charity . Our main service is called Cancer Hair Care which comprises of clinics, consultations, workshops and online support via our information website. We also offer educational programmes. We support adults, teenagers, young people & children. These services help people to gain confidence with how they look and feel.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HAIR LOSS AND OR HAIR OR SCALP PROBLEMS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HAIR THROUGH CANCER TREATMENTS, BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE. 2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATED TO HAIR LOSS AND OR HAIR OR SCALP PROBLEMS THAT LEAD TO OR ARE CAUSING A DETRIMENT TO PHYSICAL AND OR MENTAL HEALTH IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR HAIR PROFESSIONALS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £3,430 for the year ended 31st January 2025, with total income of £245,203 and expenditure of £241,773. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £11,296, while the trustees noted that free reserves were £6,470 against a target of six months' operational expenses estimated at £100,000.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cancer Hair Care (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JULIA GUPTA
• Julie Sorrel Nunn
• SAMANTHA ESTALL

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.