CURE AND ACTION FOR TAY-SACHS (CATS) FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1200737 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CATS FOUNDATION

The CATS Foundation operates in England and Wales and supports families affected by Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff disease. We provide equipment that affected patients need, respite holidays, a support network for patients and their families and information on care, emotional support and research development. The charity also supports research into a possible cure for these devastating diseases.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG SUFFERERS OF TAY-SACHS AND SANDHOFF BY:A) SUPPORTING RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO THE CAUSES, PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT OF TAY-SACHS AND SANDHOFF AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH;B) PROVISION OF A SUPPORT NETWORK FOR FAMILIES SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF TAY-SACHS AND SANDHOFF INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROVISION OF RESPITE HOLIDAYS FOR SUFFERERS AND THEIR CARERS; C) THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT NOT AVAILABLE ON THE NHS TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING AND IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF LIFE; D) FINANCING TRIPS AT HOME OR OVERSEAS FOR TREATMENT IF AND WHEN AN EFFECTIVE AND LICENSED TREATMENT IS FOUND.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position strengthened significantly, with total income rising to £130,940 and unrestricted funds increasing to £48,606. The charity holds free reserves of £48,606, which exceeds its stated minimum policy target of £10,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The CATS Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DANIEL PHILIP RALPH HOWchair
• KATHRYN RACHEL LEWI
• Shara Choudhury
• Tomos Llywelyn ap Gwilym

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TIMOTHY SYNDROME ALLIANCE (TSA).

• TIMOTHY SYNDROME ALLIANCE (TSA) income £205k
• The Charlie & Carter Foundation Limited income £275k
• BATTEN DISEASE FAMILY ASSOCIATION CIO income £491k
• THE TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION income £478k
• CURE DHDDS income £131k
• CAT ACTION TRUST 1977 income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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