The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Cancer Research Wales

Registered charity 1167290 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Throughout Wales

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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.

8 trustees on the board

4.5y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 8General Charitable Purposes 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1

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

Health and social care 1Professional services 1

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£4.3m 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.

3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 40.1 in 2021

50 from 19 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.cancerresearchwales.co.uk
Emailcontact-us@cancerresearchwales.org.uk
Phone02921 855050
AddressCancer Research Wales, Unit 22 Neptune Court, Vanguard Way, Cardiff, CF24 5PJ

Finances

£5,922,513 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£2,239,100£2,586,858
2023£3,766,815£4,033,549
2024£4,366,629£2,233,169
2025£4,274,101£4,627,349
2026£5,922,513£6,159,983

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH BY ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF CANCER AND ITS POSSIBLE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION TECHNIQUES, PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING FACILITIES FOR HIGH QUALITY CANCER RESEARCH IN WALES AND IN PARTICULAR BY:(A) FUNDING CANCER RESEARCH PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATORS ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN WALES, INCLUDING THOSE LINKED TO: (I) THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; (II) UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ACADEMIC AND/OR RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; AND (III) PROVIDERS OF CANCER TREATMENT.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 23 May 2016

Trustees (8)

8trustees
53median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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