SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO LIMITED

Registered charity 1164960 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO, STLFT

Supporting people and families with a cancer diagnosis who are also financially affected. The charity passes on donated gifts and experiences.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH BY RELIEVING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND THE FAMILIES AND CARERS OF SUCH PERSONS BY THE PROVISION OF POSITIVE INDIVIDUAL AND/OR FAMILY EXPERIENCES WITH THE OBJECT OF AIDING THE RECUPERATION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF CANCER AND ITS TREATMENT AND IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£692k
Latest spending
£703k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £11,371 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £214,032 to £202,661. The trustees confirm the charity remains financially resilient and is prepared on a going concern basis, with unrestricted reserves of £150,911 carried forward.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income)
“All donations in 2025 were unrestricted.” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/11/2025

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/11/2024

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/11/2023

  • Volunteers: 4

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Something To Look Forward To (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Total income
£692k
Total spending
£703k
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reserves (reported)
£203k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£692k£703k
30/11/2024£382k£379k
30/11/2023£652k£623k
30/11/2022£723k£696k
30/11/2021£477k£425k

Common questions

Is SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £11,371 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £214,032 to £202,661. The trustees confirm the charity remains financially resilient and is prepared on a going concern basis, with unrestricted reserves of £150,911 carried forward. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST, PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION, BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATIONFY2024Unverified read£416k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2022£5kHealth
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£4kLuton Rising Small Grants Fund
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/01/2026£20kBeneficiary Services Coordinator Post
Postcode Lottery29/07/2025£25kUnrestricted Funding
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation07/09/2023£9kTo fund the service delivery, specifically staff roles required to support people affected by cancer.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation12/11/2021£9kCancer Patients Support Staff Core Costs
The National Lottery Community Fund26/10/2016£8kWebsite phase 2

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with A GIFT TO LIFT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO LIMITED£692k—0unclear—no doubt
A GIFT TO LIFT FY2026£45k—0above—no doubt
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
SOMETHING TO AIM FOR FY2025£135k—0unclear—noted
SOUTH EAST CANCER HELP CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£310k—0above—no doubt
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt

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