SUCCESSFUL YEAR, DISAPPOINTING REPORT

This outfit aims to raise awareness of all prostate diseases - and all men should benefit from its work as funder, advisor and educator. We're told that it notched up a string of successes in 2006/7, such as running three training seminars across the UK - and its fund-raising appears to be going well too. But the annual report is below-par. Financial commentary is thin, there's little sense of the organization's future plans, and we don't really get a sense of how this charity ticks.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING What is this?	56%
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.
SIZE OF CHARITY... What is this?	Small
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.
HIGHEST SALARY What is this?	Under £60k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.
RESERVES WOULD LAST... What is this?	13 months
If income dried up, how long could work continue? 3-12 months is normal. Less may be precarious. 12+ months may be over-cautious (or if very high, may represent the value of the charity's property).
ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY What is this?	Unknown
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.

But don't take our word for it...

• The charity's website [1]
• GuideStar summary [2]
• Charity Commission link to annual report [3]

For further details on the types of research projects we fund, their results, and the impact our work has on people with prostate problems, please visit our website [4].
As you can see, there is simply too much information to include in the annual report. However, we will take note of the comments made.