Registered charity · Cheltenham
Cobalt Health
- 9 trustees
- Income £28m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Philip James LeonardChair · since 2023
- Claire MorrisTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Felicity JenkinsTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Janet RopnerTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Valerie Jane UdaleTrustee · since 2020
- Matthew Nicholas JonesTrustee · since 2023
- Pamela SissonsTrustee · since 2022
- Russell PeekTrustee · since 2026
- Ruth Elaine GoddardTrustee · since 2020
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
- Website
- www.cobalthealth.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Cobalt Health
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£28m£29m
- 2024£25m£27m
- 2023£27m£26m
Earlier years
- 2022£23m£20m
- 2021£22m£15m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE : 1. THE DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF SICKNESS, IN PARTICULAR CANCER, IN PERSONS LIVING IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE, HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND THE WEST MIDLANDS, AND SUCH OTHER AREAS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE, INCLUDING THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT; AND 2. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO METHODS OF DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF SICKNESS, IN PARTICULAR CANCER AND PUBLICATION OF ANY USEFUL RESULTS.
Grants received
2 grants · £45,000 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 · £45,000 (2 grants)
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Philip James Leonard Chair since 2023
- Claire Morris since 2022
- Dr Felicity Jenkins since 2023
- Dr Janet Ropner since 2019
- Dr Valerie Jane Udale since 2020
- Matthew Nicholas Jones since 2023
- Pamela Sissons since 2022
- Russell Peek since 2026
- Ruth Elaine Goddard since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Janet Ropner since 2019
- Dr Valerie Jane Udale since 2020
- Ruth Elaine Goddard since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Philip James Leonard Chair since 2023
- Claire Morris since 2022
- Dr Felicity Jenkins since 2023
- Dr Janet Ropner since 2019
- Dr Valerie Jane Udale since 2020
- Matthew Nicholas Jones since 2023
- Pamela Sissons since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Russell Peek since 2026
- Ruth Elaine Goddard since 2020
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
1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1090790
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/02/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/10/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/10/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/04/2006AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 05/01/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 SEP 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 04366596 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01242535906 · accounts@cobalthealth.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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