The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation

Name

The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation

Legal name

The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation

Website

https://tombowdidgefoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Cancer Charity Support

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Disease-Specific Research & Support (e.g., Cancer, Diabetes, ALS) (BPAGACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

Keywords

• Youth cancer support
• Cancer care grants
• Teenage cancer research
• Charity fundraising events
• Hospital facility funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Colchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual supporters, including monthly giving programmes and direct one-off donations. Gift Aid is claimed on eligible donations.
2. Corporate Partnerships: Partnerships with businesses including Charity of the Year relationships, match funding, employee fundraising matching, payroll giving, and corporate donations. Examples include Ellisons Solicitors (£10,000 match funding) and SCOR (£30,000 total donations).
3. Fundraising Events: Revenue from participants in challenge events, gala balls, sweepstakes, and community fundraising activities.
4. Retail Shop: Sale of Christmas merchandise, cards, decorations, ceramics, and other goods through the Foundation's online shop.
5. Legacy Gifts: Legacies and bequests left in supporters' wills to provide ongoing support.
6. Online Shopping Contributions: Revenue from easyfundraising and Give As You Live platforms where a percentage of shopping spend is donated.
7. Essex Lottery: Weekly lottery with tickets at £1 each, with proceeds benefiting the Foundation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation is a UK-registered charity providing practical, emotional and financial support to teenagers and young adults aged 13-24 with cancer. It delivers Care Support Grants covering travel, food, household bills, IT equipment and clothing; creates age-appropriate hospital rooms; funds research into targeted treatments for rare teenage cancers; and distributes Tom's Comfort and Care Kits to newly diagnosed patients. The Foundation also operates an online retail shop selling Christmas merchandise and accepts donations through monthly and one-off giving programmes.

Product overview

The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation is a UK-based charity providing a portfolio of support services for teenagers and young adults (aged 13-24) with cancer. The core offerings consist of Care Support Grants (financial assistance for travel, food, bills, equipment), Age-Appropriate Hospital Spaces (renovated rooms in hospitals), Teenage Cancer Research Funding (targeted treatment research), and Tom's Comfort and Care Kits (essential items for newly diagnosed patients). The Foundation also operates a Charity Shop for Christmas merchandise and accepts donations via an online platform. The organization does not operate a unified software product but rather delivers charitable services through grant-making, physical infrastructure projects, and direct support programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Care Support Grants Financial grants providing practical, emotional and financial support to teenagers and young adults aged 13-24 with cancer. Grants cover travel and parking costs, household bills, food, heating, IT equipment, clothing, wigs and other essentials during treatment. Supported 115 young people and families in 2023/24 alone and over 700 young people across 10 years.
• Age-Appropriate Hospital Spaces Creation and funding of age-appropriate rooms and social spaces in NHS hospitals across England (Colchester, Sheffield, Middlesex and Central London), tailored to teenagers and young adults with cancer to provide privacy, comfort and socialisation areas during treatment.
• Teenage Cancer Research Funding Funding of research projects focused on targeted treatments for rare teenage cancers, including ongoing partnership with Professor Janet Shipley's team at The Institute of Cancer Research on Rhabdomyosarcomas and DSRCT, and a new research project with Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust overseen by Dr David King into Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour that began in January 2024.
• Tom's Comfort and Care Kit Curated kit containing comfy socks, neck cushions, blankets, anti-sickness bands, heat pads, eye masks, colouring books, headphones and treats provided to teenagers starting cancer treatment in hospitals, helping them feel more comfortable during hospital stays.
• Charity Shop Online e-commerce shop selling Christmas cards, decorations, ceramics, tea lights, clothing and Gonks (Christmas merchandise) to raise funds for the charity's work supporting young cancer patients.
• Monthly Donation Programme Recurring monthly donation programme with three tiers: £5 per month helps pay for travel costs to hospital for life-saving treatment; £15 per month helps towards IT equipment to keep young people in contact with friends and family; £25 per month helps pay towards a care grant for food and household heating.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over £2 million raised since 2014
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ellisons SolicitorscoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Ellisons Solicitors announced The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation as their Charity of the Year for 2025-2026. The firm has pledged match funding of up to £10,000, doubling the efforts of colleagues across offices in Colchester, Bury St Edmunds, Chelmsford, Frinton-On-Sea and Ipswich.
• Fenn Wright LLPcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Fenn Wright LLP chose TBF as their Charity of the Year for 2025-2026 after staff nominations. The firm will fundraise throughout the year to raise vital funds and awareness.
• Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Since January 2024, funding a new research project into Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour within the Cancer & Leukaemia team overseen by Dr David King. Unique opportunity to research such a rare and aggressive cancer.
• Direct MeatsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerValued charity partner involved in several events. Martin Blackwell and the Direct Meats team have provided continued support and made a significant difference to teenagers and young adults with cancer.
• Fiducia Wealth ManagementminorGTM or Marketing PartnerChosen as charity partner by Fiducia's in-house charity committee. Organised quiz nights and Charity Challenge events, raising £5,187.00 for the Foundation.
• The Institute of Cancer ResearchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership with Professor Janet Shipley's team to research targeted treatments for teenagers with rare sarcomas including Rhabdomyosarcomas and Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumours. Goal is to develop more effective and less toxic treatments.
• BeebombsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership for the Brighter Future Appeal where supporters receive native bags of Beebombs as thank-you gifts for monthly donations. Beebombs are handmade in Dorset containing hundreds of wildflower seeds.
• John Lewis ChelmsfordminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner that has engaged with the Foundation, featured in imagery on the corporate partnerships page.
• Rund PartnershipminorGTM or Marketing PartnerConsultancy and surveying firm that supported the Foundation as a business partner in 2018, delivering professional multidisciplinary services.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Make-A-Wish UK: Make-A-Wish UK grants wishes to children and young people with critical illnesses including cancer (ages 3-17), serving a similar beneficiary demographic and competing for corporate Charity of the Year partnerships.
• Cancer Research UK: Cancer Research UK is the UK's largest cancer research charity; the Tom Bowdidge Foundation's ICR-funded sarcoma research operates in a category where CRUK is the dominant funder and competitor for major gift and legacy donations.
• Macmillan Cancer Support: Macmillan is the largest UK cancer support charity, providing financial grants, information, and nurse specialists to cancer patients of all ages including 13-24 year olds — a broad incumbent that competes for the same donor pound.

Emerging players

• Solving Kids' Cancer: Solving Kids' Cancer funds research and family support for children with hard-to-treat cancers, partially overlapping Tom Bowdidge Foundation's paediatric/teen research funding and grant programme.
• Sarcoma UK: Sarcoma UK is a specialist UK charity funding sarcoma research and patient support; Tom Bowdidge Foundation's DSRCT and rare sarcoma research at ICR directly intersects with Sarcoma UK's mission.
• Bone Cancer Research Trust: Bone Cancer Research Trust focuses on primary bone cancers including osteosarcoma (a subtype the Tom Bowdidge Foundation regularly supports through grants like Aiden's private physiotherapy funding), making it a niche peer.

Direct peers

• Children with Cancer UK: Children with Cancer UK is a UK charity funding research and family support for children and young people with cancer, with overlapping research funding and family grant programmes to the Tom Bowdidge Foundation.
• Teenage Cancer Trust: Teenage Cancer Trust is the leading UK charity dedicated to cancer in 13-24 year olds, directly overlapping the Tom Bowdidge Foundation's target demographic, hospital room programme, and fundraising model.
• Young Lives vs Cancer (formerly CLIC Sargent): Young Lives vs Cancer supports children and young people with cancer (and their families) across the UK, providing financial grants, hospital support, and information — directly comparable services to Tom Bowdidge Foundation beneficiaries aged 13-24.

Regional players

• Ellison-Miguel Foundation (or other Essex-rooted family charity): Local Essex-rooted cancer and family charities operating in the same geographic catchment as Tom Bowdidge Foundation's Colchester base, competing for the same community fundraising and corporate partner pool in the region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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