WE HEAR YOU

Registered charity 1156001 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POSITIVE ACTION ON CANCER

To provide support through counselling for individuals who have been affected personally or through association by cancer and other life threatening illnesses. Re-registered from unincorporated charity number 1095533 effective 1st April 2014

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£471k
Latest spending
£439k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £65,934, which is below the Trustees' recommended minimum policy target of £77,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £31,993 for the year, reversing a previous deficit, and the trustees focus for the coming year is to stabilize finances and create a surplus to return reserves to the policy level.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (51% of income)
“Much like in previous years, approximately 50% of our income was from grants from trusts and foundations.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £66k; policy: minimum of £77,000 and a maximum of £260,000)
“The level of reserves is below the Trustees’ recommended range of a minimum of £77,000 and a maximum of £260,000” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — We Hear You (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£521k
Total spending
£557k
Cost of raising funds
£146k
Reserves (reported)
£137k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 28.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Somerset · Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£471k£439k
31/03/2024£426k£524k
31/03/2023£521k£557k
31/03/2022£450k£533k
31/03/2021£558k£443k

Common questions

Is WE HEAR YOU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £65,934, which is below the Trustees' recommended minimum policy target of £77,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £31,993 for the year, reversing a previous deficit, and the trustees focus for the coming year is to stabilize finances and create a surplus to return reserves to the policy level. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WE HEAR YOU?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WE HEAR YOU as a grant recipient include PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON, THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATION, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation09/07/2026£2kWe Hear You
Somerset Community Foundation02/04/2026£5kWe Hear You (WHY)
Somerset Community Foundation04/06/2025£5kWe Hear You
The National Lottery Community Fund29/01/2025£158kExpert counselling for residents affected by cancer and incurable illnesses.
UK government01/03/2024£10kWe Hear You
Somerset Community Foundation01/03/2024£5kCore cost for WHY counselling across Somerset
UK government01/03/2024£80kWe Hear You
The National Lottery Community Fund23/02/2024£20kWHY peer groups
Somerset Community Foundation01/02/2023£4kContribution towards the overheads of a service for people by cancer in Somerset, which have risen due to the cost-of-living crisis
Somerset Community Foundation24/05/2022£13kBusiness development to grow voluntary and traded income streams in order to provide emotional support to people affected by cancer
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2022£10kWHY and Headway pilot
The National Lottery Community Fund26/08/2021£124kWHY counselling continuation funding
Somerset Community Foundation27/10/2020£6kCOVID19 Counselling for people affected by life threatening conditions
Somerset Community Foundation07/04/2020£4kCOVID19 Virtual counselling and bereavement support for people affected by life-threatening conditions
UK government02/01/2019£8kTampon Tax Community Fund
Somerset Community Foundation21/12/2018£3kCancer Self-Care
Somerset Community Foundation18/12/2018£8kLiving With and Beyond Cancer Womens Activity Group
Somerset Community Foundation04/10/2018£313Bursary for the SWDDF Leaders Development Programme
Somerset Community Foundation09/06/2017£3kThe WHY gallery
Somerset Community Foundation18/07/2016£4kCounselling for the over 50s
The National Lottery Community Fund12/08/2015£240kService Expansion
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2015£10kPilot of Skype counselling
The National Lottery Community Fund24/08/2005£5kP A C in the community