ALIKE

Registered charity 1181848 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Alike is a game-changing charity created to combat the loneliness and isolation caused by cancer. As an innovative and transformative not-for-profit, we aim to utilise and harness digital technology to achieve our mission.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH BY DEVELOPING AND FACILITATING PEER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESSES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY:(A) DEVELOPING AND MAKING AVAILABLE A DIGITAL APPLICATION TO CONNECT THOSE IN NEED WITH EACH OTHER; AND(B) FACILITATING FACE-TO-FACE PEER SUPPORT GROUPS FOR THOSE IN NEED.

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 ended the year with a net deficit of £72,505, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £9,400. This figure is below the trustees' stated policy target of £15,000, which represents four months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees attribute this shortfall to a challenging fundraising landscape and note that reserves are monitored monthly to ensure financial sustainability.

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 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Alike (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).

• Macmillan Cancer Support — “Macmillan Cancer Support, is on a mission to do whatever it takes to ensure people with cancer get the best support possible. Macmillan beli…” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Made possible by BlackBaud and The National Lottery Community Fund.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr James Malcolm Parkerchair
• Caroline Millin-Brawn
• Christopher Clark
• Eshita Kabra
• Naomi Rhodes
• Rachel Alexandra Priest

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AILSA'S AIM.

• AILSA'S AIM income £165k
• ALIVE ACTIVITIES LIMITED income £747k
• LIKEWISE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES income £104k
• THE ALBRIGHTON TRUST LIMITED income £146k
• OUR AIM APPEALS income £102k
• Together Collective income £739k

Side by side with its peers

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