Registered charity · Maidstone
The Syncona Foundation
The charitable objects (“the Objects”) of the Charity are:2.1 to support the prevention, treatment, cure and ultimately the eradication of cancer in all of its forms and any allied diseases;2.2 to promote and assist:2.2.1 the study of and research...
- 5 trustees
- Income £4.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.synconaltd.com/charities (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Syncona Foundation
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.0m£4.2m
- 2024£4.4m£4.4m
- 2023£4.7m£2.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.5m£2.9m
- 2021£2.8m£498k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
The charitable objects (“the Objects”) of the Charity are:2.1 to support the prevention, treatment, cure and ultimately the eradication of cancer in all of its forms and any allied diseases;2.2 to promote and assist:2.2.1 the study of and research into the nature, causes, diagnosis and pathology of cancer and any allied diseases;2.2.2 the development and provision of all forms of preventive, curative, management and palliative treatment of cancer and any allied diseases;2.2.3 education and training in subjects relevant to the study of cancer and any allied diseases;2.3 to co-operate with, and to promote and assist the work of, the Institute of Cancer Research and, or alternatively, such other charitable organisations whose objects include any of those specified in Articles 2.1 and 2.2 as the Charity may determine in addition to or in substitution for the Institute of Cancer Research; and2.4 to promote and assist such other charitable objects and charitable organisations as the Charity may from time to time consider desirable.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Thomas Alexander Gavin Henderson Chair since 2012
- James Maltin since 2020
- Lucie Annabel Kitchener since 2021
- Nigel Keen since 2018
- Rupert Christian Rigbye Adams since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Thomas Alexander Gavin Henderson Chair since 2012
- James Maltin since 2020
- Nigel Keen since 2018
- Rupert Christian Rigbye Adams since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Thomas Alexander Gavin Henderson Chair since 2012
- Rupert Christian Rigbye Adams since 2016
Portfolio (3)
- James Maltin since 2020
- Lucie Annabel Kitchener since 2021
- Nigel Keen since 2018
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
11.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 63.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1149202
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 MAY 2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08 MAY 2018 as amended on 04 Feb 2019 as amended on 15 Feb 2019 as amended on 04 Feb 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 08073905 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0207 387 4264 · TH@BACIT.CO
- 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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