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Registered charity · Nottingham

European Association for Cancer Research

European Association for Cancer Research is a registered charity (number 1171827) based in Nottingham, governed by 16 trustees and chaired by Professor Caroline Dive since 2016. Latest income £2.9m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Eacr (Charity Commission)

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £2.9m (2025)
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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Albania, Algeria, Argentina and more
Website
www.eacr.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
European Association for Cancer Research
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.9m£2.6m
  • 2024£2.5m£2.7m
  • 2023£2.2m£2.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.8m£1.7m
  • 2021£1.1m£740k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF CANCER RESEARCH, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO PREVENTION TREATMENT AND CARE

Grants received

3 grants · £110,980 total

360Giving 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

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £95,986 (2 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £14,994

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £33,9442022-05-26
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £62,0422022-05-26
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £14,9942022-04-01
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.

4.8y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
5y
average years in governance
11
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 16

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

Other services 11

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

7.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 17.1 in 2020

15 from 10 in 2020
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1171827
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 JUN 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 JUL 2016
Companies House
Company number 07682372 · Active
Contact on the register
01159515060 · jane.smith@eacr.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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