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The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £34m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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.royalmarsden.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£34m£37m
  • 2024£36m£28m
  • 2023£34m£22m
Earlier years
  • 2022£31m£43m
  • 2021£33m£48m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1. THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE CHARITABLE PURPOSES RELATING TO THE ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL OF LONDON AND SURREY ("THE HOSPITAL") AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION:(A) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS RELATED TO CANCER AT THE HOSPITAL;(B) THE PROMOTION OF CLINICAL AND OTHER USEFUL RESEARCH AT OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOSPITAL;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AT OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOSPITAL;(D) THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, AMENITIES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PATIENTS, STAFF, CARERS AND STUDENTS AT THE HOSPITAL OR ANY OF THEM AND THE PROVISION OF COMFORTS FOR SUCH PATIENTS.2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUB-CLAUSE (1), SHOULD THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION AT ANY TIME OR TIMES RESOLVE THAT IT IS OR AS BEEN IMPRACTICABLE, UNDESIRABLE OR INAPPROPRIATE TO APPLY ALL OR ANY PART OF THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY FOR THE PURPOSES SET OUT IN SUB-CLAUSE (1) THEY MAY IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES APPLY THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING OR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE IN CONNECTION WITH CANCER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Grants received

25 grants · £1,113,683 total

360Giving 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

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.

10 trustees on the board

5.2y median 4y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 12Finance 11Property 10

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£34.0m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

11.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 4.6 in 2021

106 from 81 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1095197
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/12/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/07/2011 as amended on 12 Jun 2021 as amended on 17 Dec 2024 as amended on 18 Sept 2025
Companies House
Company number 04615761 · Active
Contact on the register
020 7808 2233 · charity@royalmarsden.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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