Registered charity · Lancaster
Cancercare (North Lancashire & South Cumbria)
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew Simon BirchallChair · since 2016
- Deborah Kristine WilliamsonTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Karen Janet OliverTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Lisa Anne AshmoreTrustee · since 2025
- Emma Jane EdwardsTrustee · since 2023
- Hilary CaldwellTrustee · since 2022
- James Michael Dominic HarrisonTrustee · since 2026
- Mary SharplesTrustee · since 2025
- Natalie Elaine MillerTrustee · since 2025
- Peter Jacub HarrisonTrustee · since 2017
- Susan Jane ThompsonTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Cumbria, Lancashire
- Website
- www.cancercare.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Cancercare (North Lancashire & South Cumbria)
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.9m£1.7m
- 2024£1.6m£1.8m
- 2023£1.8m£1.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.3m
- 2021£1.4m£1.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND SUFFERING OF PERSONS FACING CANCER AND OTHER CHRONIC OR LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES, AND OF THEIR CARERS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS DURING AND AFTER SUCH ILLNESS OR ILLNESSES.3.2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FORMS OF THERAPIES AND SUPPORT SUITABLE TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.3.3) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN ORDER TO BROADEN ITS UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF VITAL ASPECTS OF CANCER, SUCH AS PREVENTION, DETECTION, RELIEF AND TREATMENT.3.4) TO UNDERTAKE OR PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO PREVENTION, DETECTION, RELIEF AND TREATMENT AND TO ENCOURAGE THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.
Grants received
19 grants · £529,031 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £151,063 (5 grants)
- Cumbria Community Foundation · £105,893 (7 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £100,000
- CAF · £98,675
- BBC Children in Need · £61,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Andrew Simon Birchall Chair since 2016
- Deborah Kristine Williamson since 2024
- Dr Karen Janet Oliver since 2016
- Dr Lisa Anne Ashmore since 2025
- Emma Jane Edwards since 2023
- Hilary Caldwell since 2022
- James Michael Dominic Harrison since 2026
- Mary Sharples since 2025
- Natalie Elaine Miller since 2025
- Peter Jacub Harrison since 2017
- Susan Jane Thompson since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Simon Birchall Chair since 2016
- Dr Karen Janet Oliver since 2016
- Peter Jacub Harrison since 2017
- Susan Jane Thompson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Andrew Simon Birchall Chair since 2016
- Deborah Kristine Williamson since 2024
- Dr Karen Janet Oliver since 2016
- Dr Lisa Anne Ashmore since 2025
- Emma Jane Edwards since 2023
- Hilary Caldwell since 2022
- James Michael Dominic Harrison since 2026
- Mary Sharples since 2025
- Natalie Elaine Miller since 2025
- Peter Jacub Harrison since 2017
- Susan Jane Thompson since 2019
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1120048
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MODEL MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED 9 MAY 2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01 NOV 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 06241210 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01524381820 · admin@cancercare.org.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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