FAMILY UNIT TRUST

Registered charity 1190524 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Undertaking activities and events to provide information and raise awareness of the nature, causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of all forms of cancer with the aim of promoting early diagnosis and cure;Providing practical assistance, support, services and items of equipment, both directly and through the provision of grants of financial assistance, to people affected by cancer;

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE BAME COMMUNITY, BY:A) UNDERTAKING ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ALL FORMS OF CANCER WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND CURE;B) PROVIDING PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, SERVICES AND ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT, BOTH DIRECTLY AND THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER;C) PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO ALL FORMS OF CANCER, THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£202k
Latest spending
£157k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £22,674 at the end of the financial year, resulting in total net assets of £68,724. The trustees confirmed that the charity can fulfil its commitments to beneficiaries, indicating a stable going concern status despite high inflation. The charity generated a net income surplus of £45,067 for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2026

  • Volunteers: 16
  • Government income: £40,800 — grants £40,800 (40,800); 20% of the £201,730 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 16
  • Government income: £57,302 — grants £57,302 (6); 50% of the £113,907 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 35
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2026£202k£157k
30/06/2025£114k£91k
30/06/2024£74k£71k
30/06/2023£83k£87k
30/06/2022£23k£15k

Common questions

Is FAMILY UNIT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £22,674 at the end of the financial year, resulting in total net assets of £68,724. The trustees confirmed that the charity can fulfil its commitments to beneficiaries, indicating a stable going concern status despite high inflation. The charity generated a net income surplus of £45,067 for the year. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FAMILY UNIT TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FAMILY UNIT TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PRET FOUNDATION, LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PRET FOUNDATIONFY2024£8k
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUSTFY2022£500Stronger Communities Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/04/2026£20kTaste of Home
The National Lottery Community Fund30/01/2026£166kBRAVE SPACES
Sport England23/10/2025£9k“FUT Active Hub – Community Movement & Wellbeing”
Postcode Lottery29/07/2025£25kUnrestricted Funding
Sport England22/05/2024£13kEmpowering children and young people through sport
Postcode Lottery31/07/2023£16kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund14/07/2023£10kCost of living Crisis help
Sport England08/12/2022£9kJubilee Fund - BE ACTIVE
The National Lottery Community Fund13/05/2022£10kSUNRISE PROJECT 2
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2021£3kWomen Connect
The National Lottery Community Fund12/01/2021£10kSUNRISE PROJECT

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAMILIES RELIEF.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FAMILY UNIT TRUST£202k—0unclear—no doubt
FAMILIES RELIEF FY2025£458k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£86k—0unclear—no doubt
FIGHTING ALL CANCERS TOGETHER FY2025£554k—0below—no doubt
The Family Mediation Trust FY2025£395k—0unclear—no doubt
FAMILY CARE TRUST FY2025£4.1m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.