The Acorn Cancer Support Group

Registered charity 1096450 Registered since 2003

Operates: Cambridgeshire

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

6.8y median 8y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

9.2y

average years in governance

5 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

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Sector coverage

Disability 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience

Professional services 1

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The 3 Pillars - Feeding the Homeless 1 shared trustee
Safer OFF the Streets 1 shared trustee
Bluntisham Town Estate (Known Locally AS the Feoffees Charity) 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Website	www.acornsupportgroup.org.uk
Email	john2acorn@btinternet.com
Phone	07715477940
Address	19 St. Marys Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3XA

Finances

£18,004 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£3,657	£4,276
2022	£4,890	£10,115
2023	£17,572	£11,650
2024	£14,506	£18,919
2025	£18,004	£18,006

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

A. TO ALLEVIATE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISTRESS OF ADULT MEMBERS WITH CANCER AND THEIR CARERS (BE THEY SPOUSES, FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS). B. TO ALLEVIATE MEMBERS? LONELINESS AND ISOLATION BY OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE EXPERIENCES AND COPING STRATEGIES.C. TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE BY OFFERING SOCIAL ACTIVITY AS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE SURVIVORSHIP AND FULL RECOVERY PATHWAY.D. TO SIGNPOST MEMBERS TO SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND FURTHER SUPPORT.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20/03/2002AS AMENDED ON 08/01/2003AS AMENDED ON 24/07/2013AS AMENDED ON 11 JAN 2017 as amended on 25 Feb 2021

Trustees (7)

7trustees

83median age

1aged 70+

Simon Paul Townend Chairman Chair since 2014
Alan Ernest Ward Secretary since 2022
Chi Kau Tsang since 2025
Gordon Dyer MBEage 83
Gerard Thomas Dempsey since 2017
Janet Pyle Trustee
John Trevor Windle since 2018

Connected charities (3)

The 3 Pillars - Feeding the Homeless 1 shared trustee
Safer OFF the Streets 1 shared trustee
Bluntisham Town Estate (Known Locally AS the Feoffees Charity) 1 shared trustee

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