BATH CANCER UNIT SUPPORT GROUP

Registered charity 292643 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To improve the care for Cancer patients being treated at the Oncology, Breast Cancer,Urology and Radiotherapy Units at The Royal United Hospital Bath and other health units in Bath and surrounding areas in North East Somerset, West and North Wiltshire. Supporting a population of over 500,000 people.

Objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE ONCOLOGY AND RADIOTHERAPY UNIT AT THE BATH ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL AND OTHER HEALTH UNITS PROVIDING THE SAME OR SIMILAR OR RELATED SERVICES FOR PATIENTS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES FROM TIME TO TIME OF THE BATH HEALTH DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR BY RAISING MONEY TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT AND PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES NOT PROVIDED BY THE HEALTH AUTHORITY OR BY ANY TRUST ASSOCIATED WITH THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE WHICH ADMINISTERS AND GOVERNS THE BATH ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL

Area of benefit: BATH

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that net assets decreased from £701,437 to £550,250 due to a net expenditure of £151,187 against income of £522,638. The trustees report that the charity is run entirely by volunteers, allowing a high proportion of funds to be available for charitable projects. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Benefact Group — “The Benefact Group Movement for Good is your chance to Nominate us. In just one minute, you can nominate The Bath Cancer Unit Support Group.…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~9.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN WEBB · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Noel Lane
• Dr Emma Inneen de Winton
• JANE ELLEN MARGETTS · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Ash
• Jane Margaret Crow
• Kim Single-Bloom
• MICHAEL DENIS TAYLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL PHILIP COOMBS · trustee of 1 other charity
• SUZANNE COPPIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sujata McNab
• Susan Janet Oliver
• Tracy Marie Langton

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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