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Cancer Research UK

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 68

  1. Bomonlu Adebayo Awujoola Adelaja 2021-2023 Director View profile
  2. Professor Moira Katherine Brigid Whyte 2020-2025 Director View profile
  3. Tracy Anne De Groose 2018-2024 Director View profile
  4. Professor Sir Michael Adrian Richards 2017-2024 Director View profile
  5. Professor Dame Amanda Gay Fisher 2017-2021 Director View profile
  6. Professor Sir Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz 2016-2023 Director View profile
  7. Peter Alan ChambrÉ 2016-2025 Director View profile
  8. Professor Alexander Maximiliaan Marie Eggermont 2016-2018 Director View profile
  9. Carolyn Jane Bradley 2015-2022 Director View profile
  10. Professor Sir Bruce Anthony John Ponder 2015-2022 Director View profile
  11. Catherine Ann Brown 2015-2023 Director View profile
  12. Professor Stephen Townley Holgate 2014-2021 Director View profile
  13. David Clive Lindsell 2014-2021 Director View profile
  14. Andrew William Palmer 2014-2022 Director View profile
  15. Professor Peter Selby 2012-2016 Director View profile
  16. Dr Adrian Mark Crellin 2012-2020 Director View profile
  17. Wendy Becker 2011-2018 Director View profile
  18. Anne Baldock 2011-2015 Director View profile
  19. Helen Calcraft 2011-2015 Director View profile
  20. Dr Jonathan Knowles 2011-2016 Director View profile
  21. Professor Sir Adrian Bird 2010-2016 Director View profile
  22. Michael Patrick Pragnell 2010-2016 Director View profile
  23. Professor Dr Anton Berns 2010-2016 Director View profile
  24. Roger John Matthews 2008-2014 Director View profile
  25. Sir James Crosby 2008-2013 Director View profile
  26. Dr Harold Eliot Varmus 2006-2008 Director View profile
  27. Professor Keith Gull 2006-2008 Director View profile
  28. Sir Kenneth Ronald Stowe 2006-2008 Director View profile
  29. Dr Philip Campbell 2006-2012 Director View profile
  30. Dr Keith Francis Palmer 2006-2011 Director View profile
  31. Professor Colin Carmichael Bird 2005-2012 Director View profile
  32. Professor Barrington John Albert Furr 2005-2008 Director View profile
  33. Leah Janice Sowden 2005-2011 Director View profile
  34. Elizabeth Anne Hewitt 2005-2011 Director View profile
  35. Timothy Simon Devereux Pile 2004-2008 Director View profile
  36. Professor Jeffrey Stewart Tobias 2004-2012 Director View profile
  37. Dr Brendan Richard O'Neill 2004-2007 Director View profile
  38. LEE, Melanie Georgina, Doctor 2004-2010 Director View profile
  39. Dr Carole Ann Rawlinson 2004-2007 Director View profile
  40. Professor David Craig Carter 2004-2007 Director View profile
  41. Professor Sir George Karoly Radda 2003-2005 Director View profile
  42. Anthony Henry Percival 2003-2008 Director View profile
  43. Sir David John Weatherall 2001-2003 Director View profile
  44. Sir John James Skehel 2001-2005 Director View profile
  45. Baroness Julia Frances Cumberlege CBE Dl 2001-2007 Director View profile
  46. Dr Peter Neville Goodfellow 2001-2004 Director View profile
  47. Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz 2001-2005 Director View profile
  48. Sir David Kennedy Newbigging 2001-2010 Director View profile
  49. Geoffrey Neil Van Cutsem 2001-2005 Director View profile
  50. Professor Nancy Jane Rothwell 2001-2008 Director View profile
  51. Sir John Leopold Egan 2001-2004 Director View profile
  52. Lord Robert Maurice Winston 2001-2004 Director View profile
  53. Roy William John Foster 2001-2003 Director View profile
  54. Dame Bridget Margaret Ogilvie 2001-2010 Director View profile
  55. Baroness Helene Valerie Hayman 2001-2004 Director View profile
  56. Clive Strowger 2001-2004 Director View profile
  57. Francis Edward Worsley 2001-2003 Director View profile
  58. Professor Robert Donald Cohen 2001-2003 Director View profile
  59. Elizabeth Jane Claire Walker 2022-2022 Secretary View profile
  60. Eleanor Frances Doohan 2021-2022 Secretary View profile
  61. Niamh O'Sullivan 2014-2020 Secretary View profile
  62. Gillian Diane Marcus 2013-2021 Secretary View profile
  63. Clare Marie Ann Shepherd 2012-2013 Secretary View profile
  64. Rosanna Roughley 2006-2012 Secretary View profile
  65. Brian William Sweetland 2005-2006 Secretary View profile
  66. Peter Michael Hinchliffe 2004-2005 Secretary View profile
  67. Jane Ann Rendall 2001-2004 Secretary View profile
  68. Tyrolese (Secretarial) Limited 2001-2001 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other human health activities
Incorporated
20/11/2001
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
Cancer Research UK

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Cancer Research UK on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

12 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

25 grants · £273,134 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 the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

14 directors on the board

3.4y median 3.4y
average tenure
6.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (6)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 6Professional services 6Retail and trade 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Construction 1Other services 1Property 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
04325234
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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