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the mary how trust for cancer prevention

The charity supports the general public. The Mary How Trust For Cancer Prevention is a registered charity whose purpose is the advancement of health or the saving of lives. It delivers its work by providing services. The charity is based in West Sussex and operates in West Sussex.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Health & Wellbeing Screening and Health advice to self referred, asymptomatic members of the community, to detect early signs of life threatening illness . No charge is made. The Charity relies on volunteers, supporters, donations, grants and fundraising. The NHS does not provide financial support. The Trust was formed in 1988 on the death of Mary How from bowel cancer.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£996,582
Latest Expenditure
£766,089

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 67.7%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 88.0%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 15.0%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £853,171
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £121,463
Investments £21,948
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £674,356
Raising Funds £91,733
Governance £23,032
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£996,582£766,089£674,356£983,000£555,00020 / 50
2023£739,067£649,255£596,508£718,337£555,00019 / 50
2022£833,532£717,298£469,640£651,416£350,00018 / 50
2021£454,001£395,6490 / 50
2020£474,694£473,1200 / 100

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers