CICELY SAUNDERS INTERNATIONAL

Charity number: 1087195
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Our mission is to promote research to improve the care and treatment of all patients with progressive illness and to make high-quality palliative care available to everyone who needs it: be it in hospice, hospital or home. There is no other charity specifically concerned with carrying out work to identify and promote best practice in palliative care.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £231,234
Total expenditure: £437,783

People

6 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 June 2001: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • THE CICELY SAUNDERS FOUNDATION (Previous name)
Company number:
04120060 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
MRS Kate Kirk Chair 26 January 2015
CAMBRIDGE LITERARY FESTIVAL
Received: On time
Gareth Williams Trustee 24 April 2019
None on record
Pam Garside Trustee 30 October 2018
None on record
SIR CYRIL CHANTLER Trustee 23 January 2018
THE HUME KENDALL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Received: On time
SIR HUGH TAYLOR KCB Trustee 29 September 2011
None on record
Dr KATHLEEN FOLEY Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £179.83k £155.53k £246.62k £1.22m £231.23k
Total expenditure £435.84k £1.24m £294.93k £301.79k £437.78k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies N/A N/A N/A £1.05m N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Endowments N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Investment N/A N/A N/A £167.99k N/A
Income - Other N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Legacies N/A N/A N/A £739.59k N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A N/A N/A £289.07k N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A N/A N/A £12.72k N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A N/A N/A £10.67k N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A N/A N/A £191.90k N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 28 August 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 28 August 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 26 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 26 October 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 06 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 06 October 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 28 September 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 28 September 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 2ND FEBRUARY 2001 AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 11 DECEMBER 2006

Charitable objects

TO INVESTIGATE, PROMOTE AND ADVANCE HIGH STANDARDS OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN PALLIATIVE CARE, IN PARTICULAR BY 1) ADVANCING STANDARDS OF HIGH QUALITY CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH PROGRESSIVE ILLNESS AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHEREVER THE PERSON IS CARED FOR; 2) CONDUCTING, SUPPORTING, FUNDING AND COMMISSIONING WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH IN EFFECTIVE, PERSON-CENTRED AND SPIRITUALLY SYMPATHETIC FORMS OF PALLIATIVE CARE, IN PARTICULAR, PERFECTING RELEVANT AND ROBUST METHODS TO SET AN INTERNATIONAL GOLD STANDARD OF PALLIATIVE CARE RESEARCH 3) INVESTIGATING AND PROMOTING HIGH QUALITY CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH CANCER AND NON-CANCER PROGRESSIVE ILLNESS AND FROM SECTIONS OF SOCIETY WHICH MISS OUT ON THE BEST IN PALLIATIVE CARE; 4) PROVIDING POST-GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION FOR DOCTORS, NURSES AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD;AND 5) PROMOTING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF PALLIATIVE CARE AND THE AVAILABLE TREATMENTS AND SERVICES AND INFLUENCING PRACTICE NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY ON CARE TOWARDS THE END OF LIFE

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
1st Floor
Arthur Stanley House
40-50 Tottenham Street
London
W1T 4RN
Phone:
020 7848 5580
Email:
admin@cicelysaundersinternational.org
Website:

cicelysaundersinternational.org