CANCER ACTIVE RECOVERY SUPPORT

Registered charity 1201440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C.A.R.S., CARS

Cancer Active Recovery Support (C.A.R.S.) based Northwest Leicestershire aims to support individuals following a cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery through a variety of free of charge community-based interventions. The charity currently delivers in Leicestershire, but is widening its provision into Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Derbyshire.

Objects

TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD A CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND RECEIVED TREATMENT AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH PEER SUPPORT AND ADVICE/PROGRAMMES ON EXERCISE, NUTRITION AND WELLBEING.

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's previous 12-month funding period has ceased, creating a dependency on securing new long-term funding sources to continue services. The trustees acknowledge significant challenges in fundraising and note that competition for limited funding is great, making the identification of new corporate donors a key priority for 2026.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• 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
• 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 — Cancer Active Recovery Support (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lesley Ann Milnerchair
• David Smith
• Russell Johnathan Scott-Worthington

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Staffordshire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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