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Registered charity · London

Marie Curie

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £181m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.mariecurie.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Marie Curie
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£181m£190m
  • 2024£170m£199m
  • 2023£167m£176m
Earlier years
  • 2022£166m£154m
  • 2021£171m£145m
Charitable objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED AS A MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MARIE CURIE IN LASTING TRIBUTE TO HER LIFE'S WORK, AND IN PARTICULAR TO HER DISCOVERY OF RADIUM AND ITS CONTRIBUTION IN FIGHTING THE DISEASE OF CANCER. THE CHARITY EXISTS TO SERVE ALL THOSE WITH A TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS, FROM CANCER OR OTHER CAUSES, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS. THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE:2.1.1 TO PROVIDE AND DEVELOP CARING SERVICES, OFFERING SUPPORT, CARE AND COMPASSION THROUGH PALLIATIVE CARE, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL CANCER AND OTHER TERMINAL ILLNESSES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;2.1.2 TO UNDERTAKE AND FUND RESEARCH INTO ANY ASPECT OF THE CARE AND SUPPORT OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL CANCER AND OTHER TERMINAL ILLNESSES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS; AND2.1.3 TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND SUPPORT TO PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS, THOSE WORKING IN MEDICAL AND OTHER CARING FIELDS AND THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE CARE OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL CANCER AND OTHER TERMINAL ILLNESSES

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.

15 trustees on the board

2.6y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (3)

14
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 15Education/training 3Overseas Aid/famine Relief 2Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Finance 23Tech and media 14Professional services 6

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£181.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

3582 from 3883 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.
29%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
207994
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/05/1952AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/11/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/12/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/10/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/09/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/09/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/09/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/09/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/09/2009AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/10/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/09/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14/11/2014 as amended on 09 Nov 2016
Companies House
Company number 00507597 · Active
Contact on the register
0800 716 146 · info@mariecurie.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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