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NEWBURY CANCER CARE

Registered charity 1157796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NDCCT, THE NEWBURY AND DISTRICT CANCER CARE TRUST

The charity provides practical help to cancer patients and their families from diagnosis through to end of life care. We have a team of volunteer drivers who provide transport to and from hospital for appointments and treatment. Cash grants can be made available where appropriate. We fund various services through the Palliative Care Service and are the parent charity for the Rainbow Hospice Rooms

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Latest income
£283k
Latest spending
£182k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £451,543, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover one year of routine fixed expenditure. The charity reported a surplus on core activities of £100,978 and total net assets of £1,169,514. There are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year of routine fixed expenditure (held: £452k)
“the Trustee board decided to increase our Reserves Fund to £150,000 to cover a full year of routine fixed expenditure”
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 — Newbury Cancer Care (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£762k
Total spending
£193k
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£351k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~21.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£283k£182k
31/12/2024£762k£193k
31/12/2023£187k£223k
31/12/2022£178k£247k
31/12/2021£338k£194k

Common questions

Is NEWBURY CANCER CARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £451,543, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover one year of routine fixed expenditure. The charity reported a surplus on core activities of £100,978 and total net assets of £1,169,514. There are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NEWBURY CANCER CARE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEWBURY CANCER CARE as a grant recipient include THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST, COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST, SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£31kHealth and Medicine
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION2—
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£2k
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION1£1.5m
Mercer Family Charitable Foundation1£100k
THE WOLFSON FOUNDATION1£80k
THE HARAMEAD TRUST1£65k
Salisbury Hospice Charity Limited1£61k
THE LYNDAL TREE FOUNDATION1£61k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANCERCARE (NORTH LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEWBURY CANCER CARE£283k—0unclear—no doubt
CANCERCARE (NORTH LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA) FY2025£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
SUE YOUNG CANCER SUPPORT IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND FY2026£225k—0unclear—no doubt
Salisbury Hospice Charity Limited FY2025£2.7m—0above—no doubt
CANCER SUPPORT YORKSHIRE FY2025£581k—0above—no doubt
COPE CHILDRENS TRUST FY2025£10.6m——unclear33.1%no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.