The Gentle Approach to Cancer Association

Registered charity 516775 Registered since 1985

Operates: Lancashire

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

6y median 6y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

4.2y

average years in governance

5 vs 0 portfolio

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company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board

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Contact

Website	www.gentleapproach.org.uk
Email	debhop.hopkinson1@googlemail.com
Phone	01253 640247
Address	18 HAYMARKET, LYTHAM ST. ANNES, FY8 3LW

Finances

£3,947 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£599	£565
2022	£707	£4,428
2023	£824	£4,274
2024	£3,834	£6,283
2025	£3,947	£6,734

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE FORMS OF THERAPY SUITABLE TO THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THE PERSONS CONCERNED.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 21 MAY 1985, AS VARIED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 20 MAY 1992.

Trustees (6)

6trustees

0aged 70+

Deborah Hopkinson Chair since 2017
Beverley Anne Stewart since 2023
David Michael Morley since 2020
Dr Elizabeth Rachel Alberta Newson BM BCH
Helen Victoria Brown
Julie Gaywood

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Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society 1 shared trustee

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