Charity Details

Friends Of Anchor

SC025332Registered charity from 04 October 1996

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Charity Information:

Address Friends of ANCHOR
c/o Balmoral Group Ltd - PR Dept
Balmoral Park
Loirston
Aberdeen

Postcode AB12 3GY

Website www.friendsofanchor.org

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Object:

To relieve distress by the provision of improved capacity, facility and resources to identify the extent and nature of, and offer treatment methods at the forefront of modern technology for diseases suffered by those citizens served by Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust. To advance education and research by the creation of areas of expertise and repute and to facilitate and promote research in the management of benign haematology and malignant disease. To facilitate and promote undergraduate and post graduate teaching in The Anchor Unit. To facilitate and promote an increase and improvement in the service provided in the fields of Haematology, Oncology and Radiotherapy to the patients of Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust. Any other purpose which would enhance and develop the work of The Anchor Unit as may be approved by the Trustees.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

We are a charity, dedicated to supporting people in the north of Scotland who are affected by cancer or a blood disorder.Friends of ANCHOR’s support is freely available to everyone, every day, and also extends to patient families and clinical staff. Our daily presence in Aberdeen’s ANCHOR Unit, and our connection to patients and hospitals across the region, mean we’re in the unique position to go above and beyond core clinical care with person-centred, practical support. Working hand-in-glove with the NHS, we take care of those ‘big little things’ — whether it’s a listening ear, a home comfort or a smiling face — and our staff and volunteers are there when they’re most needed. Our commitment to funding cutting edge equipment and research, alongside this wellbeing offering, keeps the developing needs of patient care at the forefront of what we do. People will always be at the heart of Friends of ANCHOR, and our work is only possible thanks to our dedicated supporters.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

Constitutional Form Date: 04 Oct 1996

Main Operating Location: Aberdeen

Number of Staff: 14

Number of Volunteers: 101-250

Purposes: "the advancement of health"

Beneficiaries: "People with disabilities or health problems"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022	£1,134,273	£761,043	21 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£1,935,952	£1,866,823	13 Nov 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£2,356,177	£1,985,539	18 Nov 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£2,968,181	£2,162,478	23 Dec 2025	Yes	Download
31 Mar 2026			No	Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

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