Registered charity · Cambridgeshire
The Acorn Cancer Support Group
- 7 trustees
- Income £29k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- www.acornsupportgroup.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£29k£17k
- 2025£18k£18k
- 2024£15k£19k
Earlier years
- 2023£18k£12k
- 2022£5k£10k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
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.
Grants received
1 grant · £1,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
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Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Simon Paul Townend Chairman Chair since 2014
- Alan Ernest Ward Secretary since 2022
- Chi Kau Tsang since 2025
- Gordon Dyer MBE
- Gerard Thomas Dempsey since 2017
- Janet Pyle Trustee
- John Trevor Windle since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Simon Paul Townend Chairman Chair since 2014
- Gerard Thomas Dempsey since 2017
- John Trevor Windle since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Simon Paul Townend Chairman Chair since 2014
- Alan Ernest Ward Secretary since 2022
- Chi Kau Tsang since 2025
- Gordon Dyer MBE
- Janet Pyle Trustee
Portfolio (2)
- Gerard Thomas Dempsey since 2017
- John Trevor Windle since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1096450
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Contact on the register
- 07715477940 · john2acorn@btinternet.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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