BOURNEMOUTH AND DISTRICT CANCER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1189836 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Bournemouth & District Cancer & Community Foundation · filing overdue (register status)

General Charitable Purpose For the prevention or relief of poverty. Grants of money.Provision of items (either outright or on loan) Payment for services such as essential House decorating. furniture, bedding, clothing, food, kitchen appliances,grants for Cancer fundraising, and Requests from Bournemouth Hospital for the relief of patient's wellbeing.

Objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC BY MAKING OF FINANCIAL GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN CANCER AND MEDICAL RESEARCH IN BOURNEMOUTH AND THE DORSET AND HAMPSHIRE REGION AND TO MAKE GRANTS TOWARDS CARE AND PATIENT SERVICES IF REQUESTED BY SUCH ORGANISATIONS. THE RELIEF TO THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED RESIDING IN BOSCOMBE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £80,650 to £63,550 due to a net expenditure of £17,100 against income of £66,624. The trustees operate a reserves policy to ensure sufficient cash to cover six months of running expenses. The independent examiner noted that previous accounts were filed incorrectly and that trustee payments were made in breach of the Charities Act 2011.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Estelle Maxine Wilson
• Fiona Perry-Symes
• Matthew Jake Barnett

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Hampshire

Income and spending

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