DUFFUS CANCER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1173774 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DUFFUS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Duffus Community Foundation aims to make a positive difference to children & young people's wellbeing through groupwork and 121 activities. Our group programmes support young people to meet others and learn tools and techniques to boost wellbeing. We empower young people to share their ideas and shape provision around their interests and requirements.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TO IMPROVE CONFIDENCE, SELF-ESTEEM, RESILIENCE, COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS WHILE DEVELOPING INDEPENDENCE. TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE TO YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES BY PROVIDING: 1. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE FUN, DEVELOP CREATIVITY AND INCREASE SOCIAL INCLUSION 2. 121 SUPPORT TO ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUILD THEIR SELF-ESTEEM, COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND RELATIONSHIPS 3. WORKSHOPS TO DEVELOP TOOLS, TECHNIQUES AND COPING STRATEGIES.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£81k
Latest spending
£93k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is a Trustees' Annual Report and narrative summary for the Duffus Cancer Foundation for the year ending 2025-12-31, but it does not contain the financial statements, balance sheet, or income and expenditure accounts required to assess financial health. Consequently, there is no explicit information regarding reserves, liabilities, or audit opinions within the text.

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 2 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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 21
  • Government income: £9,996 — grants £9,996 (2); 12% of the £81,235 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 21

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £9,935 — grants £9,935 (1); 10% of the £95,074 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bromley · Croydon · Merton · Sutton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£81k£93k
31/12/2024£117k£90k
31/12/2023£95k£94k
31/12/2022£44k£76k
31/12/2021£61k£64k

Common questions

Is DUFFUS CANCER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document is a Trustees' Annual Report and narrative summary for the Duffus Cancer Foundation for the year ending 2025-12-31, but it does not contain the financial statements, balance sheet, or income and expenditure accounts required to assess financial health. Consequently, there is no explicit information regarding reserves, liabilities, or audit opinions within the text. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2024£20kCommunication and Youthwork Lead
The National Lottery Community Fund29/06/2023£10kCommunication and Marketing Lead
The National Lottery Community Fund20/10/2022£240kCEO Role
The National Lottery Community Fund24/09/2021£10kCommunications Lead
UK government25/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government21/05/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund17/08/2018£10kYouth Conference 2019

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DURHAM AREA YOUTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DUFFUS CANCER FOUNDATION£81k——unclear—no doubt
DURHAM AREA YOUTH FY2026£257k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ORPHEUS CENTRE TRUST FY2025£5.1m——unclear43.5%no doubt
FIGHTING ALL CANCERS TOGETHER FY2025£554k—0below—no doubt
POSITIVE YOUTH FOR THE COMMUNITY FY2025£463k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH CHARTER FY2025£227k——unclear—no doubt

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