ABOVE & BEYOND CANCER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1173983 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABOVE & BEYOND

Offering support to people, their carers, or family members who have been diagnosed with cancer. Provide a safe place for those to chat and talk through their experience. Provide access to complementary and holistic therapies, should they feel that this will aid in their wellbeing during this time.

Objects

To promote and protect good health for the public benefit, for those persons living with or affected by cancer by;a) offering 1 to 1 support in which people with a cancer diagnosis, their carers and family members can exchange a shared experience andb) provide practical advice and support including access to complimentary therapies, including but not exclusively limited to reflexology, reiki, massage and relaxation techniques.

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 accounts state that the charity generated unrestricted income of £81,969 against expenditure of £66,970, resulting in a net surplus of £14,999 for the period. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £43,977 at the end of the reporting year, while restricted funds held £20,000. The trustees report that the charity was able to continue operating through funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and other grants.

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 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Above & Beyond Cancer Foundation (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).

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “We would like to say a particular thank you to the NLCF as after spending considerable time speaking to our local community officer in 2022 …” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Thursfield
• JAYNE PROCTOR
• JULIE MORRISON
• Karen Chin
• LIZ ROE

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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