CANCERWISE

Registered charity 290574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WESSEX CANCER HELP CENTRE

Cancer Support centre providing counselling, complementary therapies, specialist support groups and gentle exercise to cancer patients, children and family members in West Sussex and South East Hampshire. Supporting the Health and Wellbeing of people experiencing cancer.

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Latest income
£146k
Latest spending
£155k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity's unrestricted reserves decreased from £164,796 to £156,259 during the financial year. The Trustees note that the Charity is dependent on securing future funding and have admitted to late filing of accounts. The financial health is described as stable with no material uncertainty regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mazars. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CancerWise (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£146k£155k
29/02/2024£183k£148k
28/02/2023£132k£137k
28/02/2022£192k£102k
28/02/2021£86k£95k

Common questions

Is CANCERWISE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity's unrestricted reserves decreased from £164,796 to £156,259 during the financial year. The Trustees note that the Charity is dependent on securing future funding and have admitted to late filing of accounts. The financial health is described as stable with no material uncertainty regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mazars.

Who funds CANCERWISE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CANCERWISE as a grant recipient include THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIO, THE GERALD MICKLEM CHARITABLE TRUST, The Patricia Routledge Foundation, THE BOLTINI TRUST, THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIOFY2024£15k
THE GERALD MICKLEM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£6kMedical conditions/research/hospitals
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2024£5k
THE BOLTINI TRUSTFY2023£5kMedical Research I Medical Institutions
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIOFY2025£4k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£4kGrant paid or payable
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE BOLTINI TRUSTFY2025£3k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
FRIARSGATE TRUSTFY2025£2kCare and Welfare
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
FRIARSGATE TRUSTFY2023£2kEducation
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUSTFY2025£1k
FRIARSGATE TRUSTFY2024£500Care and Welfare
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2024—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/01/2026£16kMental Health and Wellbeing support for cancer patients and their children
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2024£11kMental health and wellbeing support for cancer patients children and families
The National Lottery Community Fund18/08/2023£10kMental health and wellbeing support for cancer patients and children
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2022£9kRelocation to Covid Safe Premises for Cancer Support
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2021£7kCounselling for Cancer
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2020£3kCentre Running Costs for Covid-19
The National Lottery Community Fund03/06/2010£5kCancerWise Consulting Room

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Wessex Cancer Support.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CANCERWISE£146k—0unclear—no doubt
Wessex Cancer Support FY2025£1.4m£90,001 - £100,000—above—no doubt
ROMSEY CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE FY2025£409k—0unclear—no doubt
Cancer Support Suffolk FY2025£298k—0unclear—no doubt
LIVE WELL WITH CANCER FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt
CANCER SUPPORT UK (CSUK) FY2025£599k——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.