AHEAD OF THE GAME FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1200982 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as A HEAD IN THE GAME CIC

Provides free cancer pre/rehabilitation for those diagnosed with cancer and vital support for their families. Specialist coaches provide tailored physical, mental, and emotional care, including physical training, pilates, yoga, mindfulness and workshops.Individuals are sign posted to other organisations when deemed appropriate such as mental health counselling and/or nutritional support.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH A CONFIRMED DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER AND/OR A LONG-TERM HEALTH CONDITION CAUSED BY CANCER AND ITS LONG-TERM EFFECTS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH:A) A CANCER PRE/REHABILITATION PROGRAMME PROVIDED BY FULLY QUALIFIED SPECIALIST COACHES;B) EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS ON RELATED TOPICS AND EFFECTS OF CANCER;C) SIGNPOSTING INDIVIDUALS TO OTHER ORGANISATION’S WHEN APPROPRIATE SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLING, AND/OR SPECIALIST NUTRITIONIST ADVICE.

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £40,032 for the year ended 31 October 2025, a reversal from the previous year's surplus. Per the balance sheet, net assets decreased significantly from £90,368 to £50,336, driven by the deficit and the repayment of a director's loan. The filing notes that the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

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

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Michael Boltonchair
• DOMINIC MATTEO
• Kelsey Parker
• Steven McGauley

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 ABOVE & BEYOND CANCER FOUNDATION.

• ABOVE & BEYOND CANCER FOUNDATION income £82k
• HEAD IN THE GAME income £114k
• SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO LIMITED income £692k
• GAMFAM income £235k
• ADVOCACY FOCUS income £2.6m
• 13 FOUNDATION income £127k

Side by side with its peers

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