Registered charity · London
Teenage Cancer Trust
- 12 trustees
- Income £21m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Paul SpanswickChair · since 2012
- Andrew Mark RansomTrustee · since 2026
- Caren Ayre HindmarshTrustee · since 2015
- Charlotte Emma KendallTrustee · since 2025
- Gurinderjit Kaur CarrTrustee · since 2022
- Jeremy Harmsworth ShuteTrustee · since 2015
- Jeremy Paul SeigalTrustee · since 2019
- Lawrence EngelTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Rachael Emma HoughTrustee · since 2022
- Richard Martin Baillie WaterworthTrustee · since 2021
- Susan Jane MorganTrustee · since 2021
- Varda ShineTrustee · since 2015
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- teenagecancertrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Teenage Cancer Trust
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£21m£20m
- 2024£20m£19m
- 2023£16m£22m
Earlier years
- 2022£19m£19m
- 2021£16m£16m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN YOUNG PERSONS WITH CANCER AND RELATED DISEASES IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING THE CAPITAL COSTS OF UNITS, RESEARCH COSTS, REVENUE FUNDING OF NURSES ETC. AND SPONSORING OF SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES RELATING TO CANCER IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS, IF ANY AND IN SUCH A MANNER, IN ALL RESPECTS AS THE TRUSTEES OR GOVERNING BODY OF THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME AND AT ANY TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.
Grants received
23 grants · £572,152 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £386,000 (3 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £124,152
- Westminster Foundation · £30,000 (2 grants)
- Community Foundation North East · £11,500 (6 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
12 trustees on the board
- Paul Spanswick Chair since 2012
- Andrew Mark Ransom since 2026
- Caren Ayre Hindmarsh since 2015
- Charlotte Emma Kendall since 2025
- Gurinderjit Kaur Carr since 2022
- Jeremy Harmsworth Shute since 2015
- Jeremy Paul Seigal since 2019
- Lawrence Engel since 2025
- Professor Rachael Emma Hough since 2022
- Richard Martin Baillie Waterworth since 2021
- Susan Jane Morgan since 2021
- Varda Shine since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Paul Spanswick Chair since 2012
- Caren Ayre Hindmarsh since 2015
- Jeremy Harmsworth Shute since 2015
- Jeremy Paul Seigal since 2019
- Varda Shine since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Paul Spanswick Chair since 2012
- Andrew Mark Ransom since 2026
- Caren Ayre Hindmarsh since 2015
- Charlotte Emma Kendall since 2025
- Gurinderjit Kaur Carr since 2022
- Jeremy Harmsworth Shute since 2015
- Jeremy Paul Seigal since 2019
- Lawrence Engel since 2025
- Professor Rachael Emma Hough since 2022
- Richard Martin Baillie Waterworth since 2021
- Varda Shine since 2015
Portfolio (1)
- Susan Jane Morgan since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 11.8 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1062559
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10TH APRIL 1997 NOW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED ON 10 MAY 2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 27TH SEPTEMBER 2004, 16 APRIL 2207 14 JULY 2008 AND 10 MAY 2010
- Companies House
- Company number 03350311 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02076120370 · hello@teenagecancertrust.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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