# THE ACORN CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1096450
- **Other names:** ST. IVES ACORN CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 11, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1096450


## Contact

- **Address:** 19 St. Marys Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
- **Postcode:** PE28 3XA
- **Phone:** 07715477940
- **Email:** john2acorn@btinternet.com
- **Website:** www.acornsupportgroup.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** We aim to alleviate physical and mental distress of adults with cancer and their carers. We offer free relaxation therapies, general socialising, outings, friendship and talks at three venues each month. This helps clients to see that despite their difficulties they can maintain a reasonable quality of life and remain part of a caring community.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cambridgeshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £18004 | £18006 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £14506 | £18919 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £17572 | £11650 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £4890 | £10115 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £3657 | £4276 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **SIMON PAUL TOWNEND Chairman** (Chair) — appointed May 5, 2014
- Alan Ernest Ward Secretary — appointed Oct. 19, 2022
- Chi Kau Tsang — appointed July 30, 2025
- GORDON DYER MBE
- Gerard Thomas Dempsey — appointed May 3, 2017
- Janet Pyle Trustee
- John Trevor Windle — appointed April 1, 2018