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Registered charity · Glasgow

British Association for Cancer Research

British Association for Cancer Research is a registered charity (number 289297) based in Glasgow, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £185k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £185k (2025)
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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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.bacr.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£185k£189k
  • 2024£153k£216k
  • 2023£167k£199k
Earlier years
  • 2022£371k£69k
  • 2021£104k£66k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCE OF RESEARCH IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF CANCER BY ENCOURAGING THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.

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.

1.8y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.5y
average years in governance
0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12

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£185k 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
289297
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 1 APRIL 1982 AS AMENDED 21 MARCH 1990, 31 MARCH 1992, 31 MARCH 1993, 4 APRIL 1995, 3 APRIL 1997, 11 JULY 2000, 3 JULY 2003 AND 6 OCTOBER 2009.
Contact on the register
0113 2065611 · bacr@leeds.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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