YORKSHIRE CANCER COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1185838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Yorkshire Cancer Community is a network of people who have been affected by cancer.It is a partnership of patients, carers and healthcare professionals, which covers Yorkshire and the Humber.We aim to inform the network via newsletters, social media, a website and networking meetings, as well as visits to cancer support groups. Patients and carers are offered opportunities to get involved.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY CANCER, THEIR CARERS AND FAMILIES, AT ANY POINT IN THEIR LIVES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:PROVIDING A NETWORK OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT, FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER, THEIR CARERS AND FAMILIES, AND ALL THOSE WHO SHARE AN INTEREST IN IMPROVING CANCER SERVICES.PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER TO SHARE AND COMPARE EXPERIENCES OF USING CANCER SERVICES, TO EXPLORE AND DISCUSS THE RANGE OF ISSUES, EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS RELATING TO A CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND SUBSEQUENT TREATMENT.PROMOTING AWARENESS OF THE AVAILABLE LOCAL AND WIDER SUPPORT AND ADVICE NETWORKS.PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER TO HAVE EASILY ACCESSIBLE ROUTES TO INFLUENCE PROVIDERS OF CANCER SERVICES.

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's free reserves were £7,677, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of holding a minimum three months of operating costs. Despite not meeting this target, the trustees confirmed that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to cover redundancy and wind-down costs.

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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Yorkshire Cancer Community (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Beverley Patricia Freeman
• Dr Susan Mary Hartup
• Julie Stein Hodgins
• Stephen Halstead

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).