NATIONAL HEREDITARY BREAST CANCER HELPLINE

Registered charity 1150183 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operating, organising , managing and promoting an association for the training and/or education and or general advice into all areas of hereditary breast cancerIn order to achieve this objective the charity has opened charity shops which also act as community support and information centres providing support to patients and families

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AND RELIEVE SICKNESS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:- 1)OPERATE, ORGANISE, MANAGE AND PROMOTE AN ASSOCIATION FOR THE TRAINING AND / OR EDUCATION AND / OR GENERAL ADVICE INTO ALL AREAS OF HEREDITARY BREAST CANCER; 2)TO MANAGE A NATIONAL HELPLINE FOR THE DELIVERY OF ADVICE ABOUT HEREDITARY BREAST CANCER; AND 3)TO HELP AND SUPPORT ANYONE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER DUE TO FAMILY HISTORY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 the charity suffered a deficit during the year, resulting in delays in paying HMRC and other creditors. The independent examiner identified significant failures in financial controls and accounting records, noting that the trustees' assessment of going concern could not be confirmed as reasonable given the available information.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• 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 — Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Grant Anderson
• Wendy Jill Watson MBE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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