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Registered charity · Great Maze Pond

The Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £192k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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
General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland
Website
www.cancercaremap.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£192k£287k
  • 2024£185k£291k
  • 2023£388k£226k
Earlier years
  • 2022£240k£313k
  • 2021£209k£159k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 63%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF CANCER RESEARCH EITHER BY DIRECT GRANT TO OR REMUNERATION OF INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN CANCER RESEARCH OR PAYMENT TO ANY EXISTING OR FUTURE FUND FOUNDATION HOSPITAL INSTITUTION ENGAGED IN THE WORK OF CANCER RESEARCH(B) TO PROVIDE RELIEF, COMFORT AND SUPPORT FOR CANCER SUFFERERS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME CONSIDER APPROPRIATE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, (I) THE PROVISION OF, OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF, INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AND (II) BY PAYMENT DIRECT TO SUCH SUFFERERS OR TO ANY EXISTING OR FUTURE FUND FOUNDATION HOSPITAL INSTITUTION CORPORATE BODY OR TRUST ENGAGED IN THE WORK OF RELIEF AND COMFORT OF CANCER SUFFERERS(C) TO ESTABLISH AND ENDOW CANCER RESEARCH AND/OR TREATMENT FELLOWSHIPS BURSARIES OR SCHOLARSHIPS TENABLE BY PERSONS ENGAGED IN CANCER RESEARCH AND/OR TREATMENT IN THIS COUNTRY OR OTHERWISE SUCH FELLOWSHIPS BURSARIES OR SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE LINKED WITH THE NAME OF RICHARD DIMBLEBY.

Grants received

7 grants · £279,500 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

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.

7.4y median 6y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Disability 1Education/training 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.

Professional services 4Tech and media 3Education 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£192k 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
247558
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 23 MAR 1966AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 27 OCT 1992AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 16 APR 2008AS AMENDED ON 21 NOV 2019AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 11 MAR 2024 as amended on 13 May 2026
Contact on the register
02071887889 · hello@cancercaremap.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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