CATTs (Cancer Awareness for Teens & Twenties)

Charity number: 1170750
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We work to make sure every young person knows the common signs and symptoms of cancer, and when to go and see their GP. We run a variety of events within universities, and also do other talks and workshops in colleges and businesses. You can find us on twitter or instagram @WeAreCATTs to make sure you know the signs to look for!

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income: £63,408
Total expenditure: £50,623

People

10 Trustee(s)

10 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

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

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 December 2016: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • CATTs (Working name)
  • CATS (Previous name)
  • CATS (CANCER AWARENESS IN TEENAGE AND YOUNG PEOPLE SOCIETY) (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
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

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
John Charles Walsh Barton Chair 17 September 2019
None on record
Kirandeep Kaur Bajar Trustee 05 July 2023
None on record
Megan Murray-Smith Trustee 05 July 2023
None on record
Keemia Azvine Trustee 05 July 2023
None on record
Lucy Swithenbank Trustee 02 March 2022
None on record
Subodh Tailor Trustee 02 March 2022
None on record
Vasiliki Kiparoglou Trustee 02 March 2022
None on record
Ethan McLaughlin Trustee 02 February 2022
None on record
Dr ANGELA LAWRENCE Trustee 14 December 2016
None on record
Dr NICHOLAS PEARSON Trustee 14 December 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £124.20k £115.10k £43.92k £8.97k £63.41k
Total expenditure £113.14k £118.43k £64.14k £35.80k £50.62k
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 31 August 2024 30 June 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 30 June 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 30 June 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 30 June 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 30 June 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 30 June 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 17 February 2023 232 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 17 February 2023 232 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2020 30 June 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 30 June 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.

CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 14 DEC 2016 AMENDED ON 20 JUL 2017 as amended on 12 Mar 2020

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH IN PARTICULAR AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY USING INNOVATIVE WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AS A MEANS TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF TEH SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CANCER, DECREASE THE DELAY IN SEEKING MEDICAL HELP AND WORKING WITH UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING THE MEDICAL PROFESSION TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CANCER IN YOUNG PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT

Contact information

Address:
Richmond House
Hill Street
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Lancashire
OL7 0PZ
Phone:
01613990574
Email:
hello@wearecatts.co.uk
Website:

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