Registered charity · London
Solving Kids' Cancer UK
- 9 trustees
- Income £2.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alexandra May Austin LaneTrustee · since 2020
- Cameron MillerTrustee · since 2025
- Carl CaversTrustee · since 2024
- David Francois CoulonTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Aine MccarthyTrustee · since 2021
- Helen DuffyTrustee · since 2025
- Ioannis TopsakalidisTrustee · since 2024
- Nicholas James BirdTrustee · since 2016
- Stewart Alan LeaverTrustee · since 2024
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
- www.solvingkidscancer.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Solving Kids' Cancer UK
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.9m£2.2m
- 2024£2.5m£3.2m
- 2023£3.0m£1.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.6m£2.1m
- 2021£2.3m£2.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING AND TREATMENT OF CANCER IN CHILDREN THROUGH THE GREATER AWARENESS, PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, ACCESS TO TREATMENT PROTOCOLS IN HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CENTRES AND CLINICAL RESEARCH AIMED AT IMPROVED DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, RELIEVE THE SICKNESS AND THE POVERTY OF PERSONS LIVING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND BY ANY OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS THAT THE DIRECTORS IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
Grants received
4 grants · £39,160 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 · £39,160 (4 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
9 trustees on the board
- Alexandra May Austin Lane since 2020
- Cameron Miller since 2025
- Carl Cavers since 2024
- David Francois Coulon since 2017
- Dr Aine Mccarthy since 2021
- Helen Duffy since 2025
- Ioannis Topsakalidis since 2024
- Nicholas James Bird since 2016
- Stewart Alan Leaver since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Alexandra May Austin Lane since 2020
- David Francois Coulon since 2017
- Nicholas James Bird since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alexandra May Austin Lane since 2020
- Cameron Miller since 2025
- Carl Cavers since 2024
- David Francois Coulon since 2017
- Dr Aine Mccarthy since 2021
- Helen Duffy since 2025
- Ioannis Topsakalidis since 2024
- Nicholas James Bird since 2016
- Stewart Alan Leaver since 2024
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
5.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1135601
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/03/2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 31/07/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 14/10/2015 as amended on 18 Sep 2020 as amended on 05 Feb 2024 as amended on 18 Nov 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 07208648 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02072840800 · claire@solvingkidscancer.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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