DUFFUS CANCER 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.
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.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- 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
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
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
Trustees
- Dr Anneline Flood
- Mikala Ayres
- Nile Byrne Cook
- Shannel Miller-Gayle
- Sylvia Werner
- Ying Dai
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 25/11/2024 | £20k | Communication and Youthwork Lead |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 29/06/2023 | £10k | Communication and Marketing Lead |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 20/10/2022 | £240k | CEO Role |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 24/09/2021 | £10k | Communications Lead |
| UK government | 25/09/2020 | £10k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| UK government | 21/05/2020 | £3k | VSCE CMC Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 17/08/2018 | £10k | Youth Conference 2019 |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE MARK LEONARD TRUST | 1 | £300k |
| AMUD HATZDOKOH TRUST | 1 | £121k |
| THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION | 1 | £115k |
| THE GEORGE GOODSIR CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £76k |
| THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £70k |
| THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £60k |
| THE ALCHEMY FOUNDATION | 1 | £45k |
| Point North Community Foundation | 1 | £32k |
Charities like this
- DURHAM AREA YOUTH
- THE ORPHEUS CENTRE TRUST
- FIGHTING ALL CANCERS TOGETHER
- POSITIVE YOUTH FOR THE COMMUNITY
- YOUTH CHARTER
- BROOMFIELDS YOUTH PROJECT
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUFFUS CANCER FOUNDATION | £81k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| DURHAM AREA YOUTH | £257k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE ORPHEUS CENTRE TRUST | £5.1m | — | — | unclear | 43.5% | no doubt |
| FIGHTING ALL CANCERS TOGETHER | £554k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| POSITIVE YOUTH FOR THE COMMUNITY | £463k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| YOUTH CHARTER | £227k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |