ASTRO BRAIN TUMOUR FUND

Charity Number: 1133561
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

FUNDING LOW-GRADE GLIOMA BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES VIA TWO ONLINE SUPPORT GROUPS.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 05 April 2024

Total income: £37,862
Total expenditure: £84,655

People

7 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

One or more of the employees were formerly trustees

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:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 19 January 2010: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • ASTRO FUND (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints 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
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Katie Louise Phillips Trustee 01 April 2024
None on record
DAWN SARA EMERTON Trustee 07 October 2023
None on record
Neal Edward Blatherwick Trustee 01 September 2022
None on record
ROBERT ARTHUR BURTON Trustee 06 November 2016
None on record
ANGELA SCRUTTON Trustee 08 October 2016
None on record
LINDA RICKFORD Trustee 05 October 2011
None on record
MARY BURTON Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 05/04/2020 05/04/2021 05/04/2022 05/04/2023 05/04/2024
Total gross income £47.07k £54.45k £71.01k £85.16k £37.86k
Total expenditure £62.36k £2.81k £23.85k £16.73k £84.66k
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

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 05 April 2024 14 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2024 14 August 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2023 16 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2023 16 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2022 25 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2022 25 August 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2021 28 August 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2021 28 August 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2020 12 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2020 12 October 2020 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.

TRUST DEED DATED 13/12/2009 AS AMENDED ON 08/10/2012

Charitable objects

TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM LOW GRADE GLIOMA (SLOW GROWING BRAIN TUMOUR) PARTICULARLY BY SUPPORTING RESEARCH PROJECTS INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF LOW GRADE GLIOMAS AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit

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

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Contact information

Address:
15 Eastgate
Holme next the Sea
Hunstanton
PE36 6LL
Phone:
01485525279
Email:
treasurer@astrofund.org.uk
Website:

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