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OPA Cancer Charity

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £224k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
opa.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2021

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£224k£276k
  • 2024£241k£252k
  • 2023£274k£193k
Earlier years
  • 2022£604k£204k
  • 2021£0£0

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ALLEVIATE OR ASSIST IN ALLEVIATING THE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS OF ANY PERSONS AFFECTED IN ANY WAY BY OESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC CANCER AND RELATED CONDITIONS (“THE CONDITIONS”) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (1) PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE CONDITIONS; (2) RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AMONG THOSE AFFECTED AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND (3) PROMOTING, ENCOURAGING AND COLLABORATING WITH RESEARCH PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONDITIONS.

Grants received

6 grants · £15,250 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

Most recent

Board analysis for researchers

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

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average tenure
0y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
0.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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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 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£224k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1194327
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 May 2021 as amended on 03 Jan 2024
Contact on the register
01217049860 · enquiries@opa.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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