Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Good reserves management: +3
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

CANCER RESEARCH UK 

Cancer Research UK is dedicated to saving lives through research. Our mission is to prevent, control and cure cancer through our ground-breaking research and in the last 40 years our work has helped double survival rates. But there is more work to be done. The only charity fighting over 200 types of cancer, we rely on every pound donated to help get us closer to beating cancer.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 22 years

www.cancerresearchuk.org

secretariat@cancer.org.uk

020 7242 0200

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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
31/03/23£718,793£640,845£77,948£105,599£381,749£327,4576.14,59125,000
31/03/22£668,369£665,948£2,421£99,728£377,942£325,3295.94,31230,000
31/03/21£582,083£570,561£11,523£66,321£292,008£232,1464.94,38630,000
31/03/20£656,107£703,553£-47,446£93,315£298,563£234,19644,60740,000
31/03/19£671,894£783,268£-111,374£99,054£343,154£289,6274.44,41740,000
31/03/18£634,362£652,233£-17,871£95,830£409,328£358,8406.64,1050
31/03/17£679,281£665,585£13,696£106,485£383,508£346,2106.23,9090
31/03/16£635,145£629,837£5,308£187,323£384,474£337,5876.43,6630
31/03/15£634,808£602,097£32,711£178,316£337,008£281,9675.63,9640
31/03/14£665,411£540,260£125,150£161,052£313,188£277,3576.23,7980
31/03/13£536,557£515,376£21,182£151,127£195,559£160,4953.73,8450
31/03/12£492,627£498,250£-5,623£150,135£181,249£159,1173.83,9680
31/03/11£482,527£492,805£-10,278£152,261£185,931£166,12643,9850
31/03/10£514,946£466,968£47,978£144,486£181,802£159,8884.13,9930
31/03/09£498,211£460,418£37,793£142,257£148,300£133,8743.54,0260
31/03/08£476,559£475,773£786£130,731£107,933£92,6962.34,0530
31/03/07*£467,636£533,166£-65,530£127,888£138,006£122,0602.73,8110
31/03/06*£380,813£342,695£38,118£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£347,861£292,836£55,025£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£309,637£301,318£8,319£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 18.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 17%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £250,000-£300,000
Liabilities/Assets: 66%
Liabilities/Income: 81%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 6.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 4,591 employees
  • 25,000 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£2,000,000
The Shears Foundation£20,500
Department for Education£6,933
Co-Operative Group£6,207
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£500 16/08/2023
Staff Sponsorship - completing the Wheel 100 miles challenge for Cancer Research
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£250 11/07/2023
As directed by the donor towards Cancer Research UK's work to prevent, control and cure cancer through ground-breaking research.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£250 26/06/2023
As directed by the donor towards Cancer Research UK's work to prevent, control and cure cancer through ground-breaking research.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£250 23/05/2023
As directed by the donor towards Cancer Research UK's work to prevent, control and cure cancer through ground-breaking research.
The Shears Foundation - Cancer Research UK
£5,500 06/04/2023
Exploring genetic dark matter to decipher the origins of childhood cancers.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£500 06/04/2023
Stand Up To Cancer Walkies Challenge - Staff Sponsorship for our colleague
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£229 08/12/2022
As requested by the fund holder towards beating cancer through research. Due diligence completed.
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£1,315 19/10/2022
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts.
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£315 09/06/2022
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£500 20/05/2022
Staff Sponsorship - Race for Life at Waddesdon Manor on the 18th May to raise funds for Cancer Research.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£500 20/05/2022
Staff Sponsorship - Race for Life at Waddesdon Manor on the 18th May to raise funds for Cancer Research.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£500 20/05/2022
Staff Sponsorship - Race for Life at Waddesdon Manor on the 18th May to raise funds for Cancer Research.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£500 20/05/2022
Staff Sponsorship - Race for Life at Waddesdon Manor on the 18th May to raise funds for Cancer Research.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£500 20/05/2022
Staff Sponsorship - Race for Life at Waddesdon Manor on the 18th May to raise funds for Cancer Research.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£1,000 09/05/2022
Supporting employees fundraising for Cancer Research UK
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£1,000,000 22/04/2022
Francis Crick Institute - CAMP
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£125 21/04/2022
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£350 30/03/2022
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£250 24/02/2022
Towards beating cancer through research.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£500 30/10/2021
Staff Sponsorship grant to Cancer Research UK following Jess Young completing the Race for Life at Waddesdon.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cancer Research UK's Rudgwick Community Hub
£2,484 23/10/2021
We are looking to create a Community Hub in Rudgwick to bring residents together to fight cancer and support Cancer Research UK's life-saving work.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£500 11/10/2021
Staff Sponsorship grant for Cancer Research UK following Naomi Richards completing the Race for Life at Waddesdon
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£250 30/09/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£400 07/09/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£250 25/08/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£250 11/08/2021
Towards beating cancer through research.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£100 30/07/2021
A grant donation of £100 in memory of Rosemary Anne Cox the wife of Peter Cox a volunteer and staff member at Waddesdon.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£250 07/05/2021
As requested by the donor towards cancer research
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research
£3,750 21/04/2021
Discretionary grant awarded
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Cancer Research UK
£250 08/04/2021
As requested by the donor towards cancer research
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£220 08/04/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£194 01/04/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£185 01/04/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Relay for Life Cranleigh & Rudgwick
£3,723 24/10/2020
Relay for Life brings the community together to raise funds for CRUK and seeks to improve the wellbeing of the whole community.
Department for Education - Apprenticeships Participation 18+
£6,933 01/04/2020
To fund the provision of apprenticeship training.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£1,000,000 27/03/2020
Paterson Building Project
The Shears Foundation - Cancer Research UK
£15,000 05/08/2019
Targeting white blood cells (neutrophils) in hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer)
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cancer Research U.K. Christchurch Branch for Southampton Research Facility
£3,451 19/11/2018
We want to provide funding to develop a form of research which seems to be having good results with certain types of cancer.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 49-73
  • LORD SIMON STEVENS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Member Of The House Of Lords Of The United Kingdom
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/11/2001, number: 1089464
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/11/2001, number: 04325234
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 37 days late, AR04: 64 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE LAKHANI CHARITABLE TRUST on 16/07/2019
Main office

Cancer Research UK
2 Redman Place
LONDON
E20 1JQ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF ALL FORMS OF CANCER, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF FINDINGS OF RESEARCH INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF CANCER AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT PRIMARY OBJECT, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RAISE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SUCH MATTERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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