Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

BOB CHAMPION CANCER TRUST 

To support research into the causation nature and treatment of patients with testicular cancer and other forms of malignant disease, particularly prostate cancer. Having built a laboratory with the Institute of Cancer Research there is a greater element of research into prostate cancer. The Bob Champion Research and Education Building was opened at the Norwich Research Park in February 2015.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 31 years

www.bobchampion.org.uk

lucy@bobchampion.org.uk

02079243553

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/22£338£352£-14n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/06/21£247£342£-95n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/06/20£297£286£11n/an/an/an/an/a12
30/06/19£409£530£-121n/an/an/an/an/a24
30/06/18£244£493£-249£0£0£0n/a04
30/06/17£493£672£-179£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16*£263£542£-279£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15*£195£425£-229£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14*£312£573£-262£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£286£339£-54£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12*£465£520£-56£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11*£427£273£155£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10*£327£249£78£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09*£282£257£25£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£384£336£48£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07*£530£272£258£178£2,964£2,964130.930
30/06/06£379£282£97£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05*£333£308£25£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£321£398£-77£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/08/1993, number: 1024664
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR16: 24 days late, AR15: 6 days late, AR14: 7 days late, AR12: 53 days late, AR11: 18 days late, AR10: 33 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR07: 8 days late, AR05: 16 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE H J CHARITABLE TRUST on 06/07/2023
Main office

Bob Champion Cancer Trust
7 Square Rigger Row
Plantation Wharf
LONDON
SW11 3TZ

Objectives

TO SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSATION NATURE AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH TESTICULAR CANCER AND OTHER FORMS OF MALIGNANT DISEASE PARTICULARLY IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS INCLUDING HODGKINS DISEASE AND NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA AND IN PARTICULAR THE RESEARCH AND PATIENT CARE UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL DOWNS ROAD SUTTON SURREY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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