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Wessex Cancer Support

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...

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £1.4m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Dorset, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight
Website
www.wessexcancer.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Wessex Cancer Support
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.4m£2.1m
  • 2024£1.4m£2.2m
  • 2023£1.9m£2.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.5m£1.7m
  • 2021£3.1m£1.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 1% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

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

Grants received

15 grants · £322,940 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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

3y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

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

Health and social care 7Finance 4Business services 2

Gaps to watch

  • 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1110216
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 05416311 · Active
Contact on the register
02380672200 · wcs@wessexcancer.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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