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Registered charity · Liverpool

North West Cancer Research (Incorporating Clatterbridge Cancer Research CCR)

The objects for which the Charity is established are: a) to promote and carry out research into cancer, its diagnosis and its treatment and to disseminate the results of such research to the public; andb)to educate the public in respect of all...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £2.3m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
Liverpool City, Wirral, Cumbria, Lancashire and more
Website
www.nwcr.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
North West Cancer Research (Incorporating Clatterbridge Cancer Research "CCR")
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.3m£4.0m
  • 2024£2.8m£4.2m
  • 2023£2.9m£3.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.9m£3.0m
  • 2021£2.1m£2.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 27%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The objects for which the Charity is established are: a) to promote and carry out research into cancer, its diagnosis and its treatment and to disseminate the results of such research to the public; andb)to educate the public in respect of all matters relating to cancer and its diagnosis, treatments and effects and impact upon a person,so that the public may better understand cancer, its impact,its causes and how best to avoid such illness or conditions,including advice about lifestyle and other contributory factors.

Grants received

1 grant · £9,850 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,850

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8502023-04-28
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.

12 trustees on the board

3.2y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

11
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 12Disability 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Health and social care 17Professional services 9Business services 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.8m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

7.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 18.8 in 2020

18 from 15 in 2020
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
519357
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/09/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/09/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/09/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/10/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/10/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 05/11/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 MAR 2018 as amended on 29 Apr 2021 as amended on 24 Apr 2025
Companies House
Company number 02165552 · Active
Contact on the register
01517092919 · info@nwcr.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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