Registered charity (CIO) · London
Ovacome
- 10 trustees
- Income £878k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Cathryn Mary HughesChair · since 2014
- Adrian DickinsonTrustee · since 2019
- John Paul MckewTrustee · since 2020
- Lady Victoria von WachterTrustee · since 2017
- Lisa Jayne Christine CarrollTrustee · since 2026
- Michelle Victoria HillTrustee · since 2023
- MRS Lesley SageTrustee · since 2015
- Prof Sean Kehoe FrcogTrustee · since 2014
- Richard Anthony RileyTrustee · since 2022
- Samixa Bakul ShahTrustee · since 2021
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, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.ovacome.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£878k£1.0m
- 2024£745k£956k
- 2023£938k£899k
Earlier years
- 2022£816k£819k
- 2021£631k£719k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF WOMEN WHO HAVE, OR HAVE HAD, OVARIAN CANCER (AND/OR CONDITIONS RELATED TO OVARIAN CANCER) AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS AND BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION GENERALLY IN THIS FIELD.
Grants received
20 grants · £325,022 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 · £186,252 (12 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £86,495
- CAF · £30,115
- Sport England · £7,160
- The Grocers' Charity · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
10 trustees on the board
- Dr Cathryn Mary Hughes Chair since 2014
- Adrian Dickinson since 2019
- John Paul Mckew since 2020
- Lady Victoria von Wachter since 2017
- Lisa Jayne Christine Carroll since 2026
- MRS Lesley Sage since 2015
- Michelle Victoria Hill since 2023
- Prof Sean Kehoe Frcog since 2014
- Richard Anthony Riley since 2022
- Samixa Bakul Shah since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Cathryn Mary Hughes Chair since 2014
- Adrian Dickinson since 2019
- John Paul Mckew since 2020
- Lady Victoria von Wachter since 2017
- MRS Lesley Sage since 2015
- Prof Sean Kehoe Frcog since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dr Cathryn Mary Hughes Chair since 2014
- Adrian Dickinson since 2019
- John Paul Mckew since 2020
- Lady Victoria von Wachter since 2017
- MRS Lesley Sage since 2015
- Michelle Victoria Hill since 2023
- Prof Sean Kehoe Frcog since 2014
- Richard Anthony Riley since 2022
- Samixa Bakul Shah since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Lisa Jayne Christine Carroll since 2026
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
2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 8.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1159682
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 18 Dec 2014
- Contact on the register
- 02072996654 · ovacome@ovacome.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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