FIREFLY CANCER AWARENESS AND SUPPORT LIMITED

Registered charity 1147235 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIREFLY CANCER AWARENESS AND SUPPORT CIC, FIREFLY CLUB

The principal objects of the charity are the promotion and protection of the physical and mental health of cancer sufferers and their carers through the provision of support, education and practical advice throughout South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO CARRY ON ACTIVITIES WHICH BENEFIT THECOMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) TO:-1.1 PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERSOF CANCER AND THEIR CARERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATIONAND PRACTICAL ADVICE1.2 ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATINGTO CANCER.1.2 THIS PROVISION MAY BE AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION BUT ONLY WITH THE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £392,412, resulting in a net incoming resource surplus of £18,099 for the year. The trustees report that the charity is dependent on the continued support of key funders but consider it a going concern for at least 12 months.

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 4 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07114599

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.

• LISTER, Barbara — director, appointed 19/02/2024on trustee list
• POLSON, Francesca — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
• MONKS, Linda — director, appointed 20/09/2022on trustee list
• BACCHUS, Ian — director, appointed 23/03/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (28/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Lister · trustee of 1 other charity
• Francesca Polson
• Ian Bacchus
• Linda Monks

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Doncaster · Nottinghamshire · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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