Registered charity (CIO) · Essex
Essex Cancer Research
Essex Cancer Research is a registered charity (number 1183632) based in Essex, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by John Douglas Bruce since 2017. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
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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
- Essex
- Website
- essexcancerresearch.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024£9k£8k
- 2023£18k£35k
Earlier years
- 2022£35k£19k
- 2021£36k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ESSEX BY:-1.WIDENING THE ACCESS TO CANCER RESEARCH;2.SUPPORTING LOCAL CLINICIANS TO INITIATE AND UNDERTAKE CANCER RESEARCH;3.PROMOTING COLLABORATION BETWEEN ACADEMIA, INDUSTRY AND THE NHS TO CREATE A CANCER RESEARCH HUB; AND4.IMPROVING AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSABILITY OF CANCER INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES.
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 trustees on the board
- John Douglas Bruce Chair since 2017
- Catherine Pauline O'Driscoll since 2018
- Dr Krishnaswamy Madhavan since 2017
- James Terence Cooper since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- John Douglas Bruce Chair since 2017
- Catherine Pauline O'Driscoll since 2018
- Dr Krishnaswamy Madhavan since 2017
- James Terence Cooper since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- John Douglas Bruce Chair since 2017
- Catherine Pauline O'Driscoll since 2018
- Dr Krishnaswamy Madhavan since 2017
- James Terence Cooper since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1183632
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 29 May 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07944623462 · info@essexcancerresearch.co.uk
- 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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