Wessex Cancer Support

Registered charity 1110216 Registered since 2005

Operates: Dorset, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight

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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

Diane Cutler Chair since 2020
Daniel Martin since 2026
Jonathan Plumtree since 2022
Martin Miles since 2020
Rebecca Claire Brockwell since 2023
Shona Marie Turnbull-Kirk since 2026
Tim Jones since 2021

3.4y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Diane Cutler Chair since 2020

9.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Diane Cutler Chair since 2020
Daniel Martin since 2026
Jonathan Plumtree since 2022
Martin Miles since 2020
Rebecca Claire Brockwell since 2023
Shona Marie Turnbull-Kirk since 2026
Tim Jones since 2021

company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 4Business services 2Other services 2

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Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£1.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

12.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.0 in 2020

66 from 30 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

10%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

The Society for the Study of Addiction Similar size; both Health
Family Matters Similar size; both Health
Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (Cheshire and Merseyside) Similar size; both Health
Redthread Youth Limited Similar size; both Health
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds Similar size; both Health
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.wessexcancer.org
Email	wcs@wessexcancer.org.uk
Phone	02380672200
Address	91 - 95 Winchester Road, Chandler's Ford, EASTLEIGH, SO53 2GG

Finances

£1,394,333 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£1,302,940	£1,405,709
2021	£3,123,236	£1,278,595
2022	£2,543,018	£1,708,611
2023	£1,912,459	£2,008,496
2024	£1,394,333	£2,164,983

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

For the public benefit to assist in the treatment and care of persons affected by cancer, the provision support, education and practical advice, including raising funds to; complement and improve cancer care services by supporting patients, families and carers; providing education and information for patients, families and professionals; promoting cancer prevention; mainly throughout Wessex including Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 APRIL 2005. as amended on 04 Dec 2019 as amended on 26 Sep 2022 as amended on 23 Jun 2022

Trustees (7)

7trustees

57median age

0aged 70+

Diane Cutlerage band 65-69 Chair since 2020
Daniel Martin since 2026
Jonathan Plumtreeage band 55-59 since 2022
Martin Milesage band 55-59 since 2020
Rebecca Claire Brockwellage band 55-59 since 2023
Shona Marie Turnbull-Kirkage band 45-49 since 2026
Tim Jones since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

Wessex Cancer Support · 05416311 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 06/04/2005

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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