MY CANCER MY CHOICES

Registered charity 1162165 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the public benefit, the relief and support of people with cancer, in Berkshire, and where appropriate online throughout UK by a) providing complementary therapies in acupuncture, arts therapy, aromatherapy, reflexology, massage, pilates and relaxation techniques: b) providing facilities for the practice of Yoga, Tai Chi and mindfulness training and c) provision of advice and information

Objects

For the public benefit, the relief and support of people with a diagnosis of cancer, and their carers, in Berkshire and the surrounding area, and where appropriate online throughout the UK by A) Providing complementary therapies in acupuncture, arts therapy, aromotherapy, reflexology, massage and relaxation techniques: B) Providing facilities for the practic of Yoga, Reiki, Tai Chi and Mindfulness training and C) the provision of advice and information

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 charity reported a net deficit of £4,972 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total resources expended exceeding incoming resources. Unrestricted reserves stood at £108,101, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £150,000 (equivalent to 12 months of normal expenditure). Despite the deficit, the trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MCMC (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Grieve
• Anthony James SMITH
• Bep Sandhu
• Chris Jones
• Dr Lindsey Carol Barker
• Dr Richard Douglas Brown
• Emma Louise Hogbin
• Esme Hill
• MRS MANDY BARTER
• Robert Goddard

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Wiltshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHARLIES COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

• CHARLIES COMMUNITY SUPPORT income £183k
• CANCER SUPPORT YORKSHIRE income £387k
• CANCER AWARENESS TRUST income £1.1m
• CAMBRIDGE CANCER HELP CENTRE income £67k
• PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION income £635k
• COMBAT CANCER income £50k

Side by side with its peers

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