MATT'S RESPITE RETREATS

Registered charity 1176431 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide Respite holidays for individuals and their families, who are suffering from cancer or terminal illness.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, BY PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO EASE THE SUFFERING OF THOSE WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER AND TO ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF THOSE WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED OR INFIRM BY PROVIDING COMFORTS

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 provided 47 respite holidays during the year, funded by fundraising, donations, and commercial bookings. The trustees report that the charity holds 6-12 months of working reserves, consistent with its stated policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Ralphchair
• MEL PARSONS
• Zoe Chambers

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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