SUSSEX CANCER FUND

Registered charity 1147195 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide financial support for cancer research and for the provision, maintenance and replacement of facilities, equipment and buildings for the Radiotherapy and Oncology department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.

Objects

1. TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY WAY OF RESEARCH AND THE ROVISION OF BUILDINGS FACILITIES EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT OF FACILITIES EQUIPMENT AND BUILDINGS FOR THE RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL HOSPITALS WITHIN THE AREA OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. 2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION.

Area of benefit: 1 BRIGHTON AND HOVE2 EAST SUSSEX3 WEST SUSSEX

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a planned deficit of £8,000 for the year, resulting in a net movement in funds of £7,656. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £792,059 remain well above the stated policy target of a minimum £150,000 protected reserve. The charity is almost totally reliant on fluctuating donation and legacy income streams, which the trustees manage through annual budgeting and reserves policy reviews.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sussex Cancer Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~21.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr DAVID JAMES BLOOMFIELDchair
• Erica Elaine Carroll
• Louise Amanda Jane Scott
• Neil Pearce · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicola Jane Nuttall
• Sarah Ralphson
• Stephen David Crocker · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

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