Caring Matters Now UK

Registered charity 1192670 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARING MATTERS NOW - UK CHARITY FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY CONGENITAL MELANOCYTIC NAEVUS

The charity provides a range of support to its service users including but not limited to, local and national support groups and conventions, provides support contacts to those affected who offer guidance and emotional support, management services where support workers assist in the management of the service user's care, offer counselling and bereavement support to those who have lost children due

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE HEALTH OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY CMN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC INTO CMN AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FAMILY; AND(B) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, EFFECTS, TREATMENTS AND MANAGEMENT OF CMN AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

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 reported a surplus of £73,226 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £413,759 against expenditure of £340,533. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £287,114, which is significantly above the stated cash reserve policy target of £75,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would indicate non-compliance with accounting standards or regulations.

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
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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 — Caring Matters Now (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).

• The VCTC Foundation — “Caring Matters Now has had several projects supported by the VCTC Foundation through The Appearance Collective which aims to foster better c…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 29.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tracy Traverse-Burleychair
• Emma Robins
• IAN CHANCE
• Kuhan Valleekanthan
• Ruth Gold
• VALERIE UNSWORTH

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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