Ovarian Cancer Action

Registered charity 1109743 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

2 trustees on the board

Jacqui Lynette Owens since 2022
John George Anson since 2022
Ms Claire Gills Sable since 2025
Professor Richard Hunt since 2018
Sally Williams since 2023

5.5y median 5.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Professor Richard Hunt since 2018

19.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Professor Richard Hunt since 2018
Sally Williams since 2023

company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2

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

Finance 9Health and social care 2Education 1

Gaps to watch

Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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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£1.6m 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.

8.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.1 in 2021

20 from 18 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

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The Amjad and Suha Bseisu Foundation Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.ovarian.org.uk
Email	info@ovarian.org.uk
Phone	0207 380 1730
Address	Ovarian Cancer Action, 483 Green Lanes, LONDON, N13 4BS

Finances

£1,637,463 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£3,017,428	£2,401,383
2022	£2,317,919	£2,638,120
2023	£3,408,297	£3,375,670
2024	£2,609,197	£2,317,794
2025	£1,637,463	£2,348,222

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

People With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH, AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF GYNAECOLOGICAL RELATED CANCERS AND IN ALL OTHER BRANCHES OF ONCOLOGY TO THE INTENT THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH BE DISSEMINATED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 MARCH 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 1 DECEMBER 2006 AND 22 JUNE 2007. as amended on 05 Mar 2012 as amended on 15 Jun 2023

Trustees (5)

2trustees

72median age

1aged 70+

Jacqui Lynette Owens since 2022
John George Anson since 2022
Ms Claire Gills Sable since 2025
Professor Richard Huntage band 80-84 since 2018
Sally Williamsage band 60-64 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Ovarian Cancer Action. · 05403443 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 24/03/2005

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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