BABONS CANCER SUPPORT

Registered charity 1204376 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY WAY OF, INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE DIAGNOSED AND OR RECOVERING FROM CANCER, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF1. COUNSELLING SERVICES2. RAISING AWARENESS OF THE CHALLENGIES FACED BY INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH AND OR RECOVERING FROM CANCER

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF NEED OF THOSE SUFFERING OR RECOVERING FROM CANCER, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND CARERS OR PEOPLE OTHERWISE IMPACTED BY CANCER, LIVING IN OR AROUND THE KENT AREA, PRIMARILY BY:I. THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING SERVICESII. THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO AID ACCESS TO OTHER HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES AND SUPPORT; AND III. BY RAISING AWARENESS OF THE CHALLENGES FACE BY THOSE LIVING WITH A CANCER DIAGNOSIS

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 generated a surplus of £39,913 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £48,151. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding cash reserves equivalent to around six months of operating costs. The filing confirms that the charity is operating with adequate resources and no material uncertainties have been identified.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Babons Cancer Support (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Louise Elizabeth Burgess
• Matt Gent
• Neil Williams

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOGETHER AGAINST CANCER.

• TOGETHER AGAINST CANCER income £508k
• CANCER RELIEF UK income £229k
• ACHEINU CANCER SUPPORT income £1.4m
• THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP income £5.5m
• CANCER ASSESSMENT RAPID EARLY SUPPORT income £246k
• SUE YOUNG CANCER SUPPORT IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND income £225k

Side by side with its peers

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