Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

SEFTON SUPPORT GROUP

Information, advice and support including non medical therapy and social activities for cancer suffererers and their carers resident in Sefton Merseyside
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£15£19£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£20£15£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£0£10£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£11£12£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£5£16£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£7£16£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£15£25£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£37£27£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£43£42£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£43£46£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£40£41£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£44£40£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£41£39£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£41£30£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£41£37£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£32£33£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£31£32£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£25£41£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£25£40£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£27£36£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

www.seftonsupportgroup.org

hello@seftonsupportgroup.org

01704879352

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Sefton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Sefton Support Group (formerly Sefton Cancer Support Group)
£5,000 20/11/2023
Towards running costs
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Sefton Support Group (formerly Sefton Cancer Support Group)
£3,000 07/07/2022
Towards running costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Healing communities
£10,000 01/07/2022
The funding will be used to fund natural & holistic therapies to relieve pain and stress (Reiki Hot Stones & Aromatherapy) to focus on an individual's health and well-being and provide ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • GAIL MCEVOY Appointed: 2021
  • JOSEPH MCEVOY Appointed: 2021
  • KIRSTY SHEILA TERESA MCINTOSH Appointed: 2023
  • LINDSEY JANE MCDOWALL Appointed: 2023
  • LOUISE LEWIS Appointed: 2021
  • PETER DUNNING Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/09/1996, number: 1058183
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

1 DUKE STREET
FORMBY
LIVERPOOL
L37 4AL

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM OR WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY A LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS OR CONDITION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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