LONDON ASBESTOS SUPPORT AWARENESS GROUP

Registered charity 1174543 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONDON ASBESTOS SUPPORT AWARENESS GROUP LIMITED

To provide help and guidance to people suffering with Mesothelioma and other asbestos related diseases and their families and carers in London and the South East by offering and delivering personal tailored practical support and information and by setting up local support groups including working collaboratively with other providers as well as to advance knowledge of the dangers of asbestos.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES LIVING IN LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND, THEIR CARERS AND FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND SUPPORT AND SIGNPOSTING THEM TO APPROPRIATE SPECIALISTS HELP.THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES LIVING IN LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:· THE PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SET UP LOCAL SUPPORT GROUPS· RAISING AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF ASBESTOS THROUGH MEETINGS AND THE PROVISION OF ADVICE ONLINE.· THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO LUNG CANCER NURSES AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS TO ENABLE THEM TO ATTEND NATIONAL SPECIALIST CONFERENCES

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 a surplus of £21,895 for the year, with total incoming resources of £392,502 against resources expended of £370,607. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £139,606, which are below the stated policy target of approximately six months of expenditure, though the trustees consider the reserves policy robust enough to withstand unforeseen drops in income.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — London Asbestos Support Awareness Group (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Ellischair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Belinda Chadwick
• CHRISTINE STEPHENS
• Dr Justin Charles Lee
• Edward Paul Sobczak

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Essex · Kent · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HASAG ASBESTOS DISEASE SUPPORT.

• HASAG ASBESTOS DISEASE SUPPORT income £927k
• GREATER MANCHESTER ASBESTOS VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP income £143k
• YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE ASBESTOS VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP income £313k
• MESOTHELIOMA UK CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION income £1.7m
• READLEY ASBESTOS & MESOTHELIOMA SUPPORT GROUP income £186k
• ASBESTOS SUPPORT CENTRAL ENGLAND income £149k

Side by side with its peers

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