MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT

Charity number: 261017
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Macmillan Cancer Support exists to help improve the lives of people affected by cancer - those with cancer and their families, carers and communities. We are a source for support, helping anyone affected by cancer navigate through the system to get what they need, and a force for change, working to improve cancer care.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£232,537,097

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Donations and legacies £208.98m
Charitable activities £1.80m
Other trading activities £17.84m
Investments £2.48m
Other £1.44m

Total expenditure:
£265,208,343

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Raising funds £80.26m
Charitable activities £184.95m
Other £0

£2,542,829 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £953,000 from 3 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £80.26m
Charitable expenditure £184.95m

People

2019 Employee(s)

12 Trustee(s)

11600 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 116
£70k to £80k 57
£80k to £90k 30
£90k to £100k 11
£100k to £110k 3
£110k to £120k 10
£120k to £130k 4
£130k to £140k 1
£150k to £200k 5

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity has one or more trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Guernsey
  • Isle Of Man
  • Jersey
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 25 June 2021: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • MACMILLAN (Working name)
  • CANCER RELIEF MACMILLAN FUND (Previous name)
  • MACMILLAN CANCER RELIEF (Previous name)
  • NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CANCER RELIEF (Previous name)
  • THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CANCER RELIEF (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Anas Nader Trustee 24 February 2025
None on record
Dr Minal Bakhai Trustee 24 February 2025
None on record
Felicia Nyanin Trustee 27 July 2023
None on record
Mark Morrell Ware Trustee 08 September 2021
None on record
Mohammed Mehmet Trustee 08 September 2021
None on record
Dr Jean Elizabeth Abraham Trustee 08 September 2021
None on record
Catherine Susannah Howe Trustee 08 September 2021
None on record
Dr Jagjit Singh Ahluwalia Trustee 08 September 2021
None on record
Rachel Higham Trustee 08 September 2021
None on record
Iain Charles Andrew Cornish Trustee 08 September 2021
None on record
Nicholas Robson Owen Trustee 08 September 2021
TEACH FIRST
Received: On time
RICHARD ANDREW MURLEY Trustee 08 September 2021
THE FRIENDS OF ST BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH, ORFORD
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £232.83m £194.89m £230.71m £227.15m £232.54m
Total expenditure £245.74m £147.80m £234.06m £251.66m £265.21m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £2.03m £7.76m £2.50m £2.33m £953.00k
Income - Donations and legacies £208.11m £169.01m £209.99m £204.02m £208.98m
Income - Other trading activities £18.85m £16.45m £17.55m £17.23m £17.84m
Income - Charitable activities £2.08m £0 £0 £1.35m £1.80m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £3.80m £1.34m £460.00k £2.09m £2.48m
Income - Other £0 £8.09m £2.71m £2.46m £1.44m
Income - Legacies £77.72m £71.82m £90.41m £89.64m £92.50m
Expenditure - Charitable activities £180.83m £89.33m £171.57m £178.71m £184.95m
Expenditure - Raising funds £64.91m £58.47m £62.48m £72.95m £80.26m
Expenditure - Governance £1.36m £766.00k £834.00k £992.00k £1.54m
Expenditure - Grants institution £61.92m £28.51m £76.43m £60.33m £50.39m
Expenditure - Investment management £727.00k £638.00k £147.00k £284.00k £217.96k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £7.68m £7.63m £7.15m £6.71m £6.41m
Long-term investments £133.89m £101.70m £101.13m £99.29m £53.60m
Other assets £113.62m £107.02m £135.33m £131.29m £140.86m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £218.95m £138.74m £169.48m £189.03m £182.72m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 29 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 29 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 27 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 27 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 28 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 28 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 26 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 26 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 16 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 16 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/06/1989 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/06/1990 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/06/1993 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/06/1994 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/06/1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/07/2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/06/2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/06/2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/07/2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/07/2011 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/07/2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 JUL 2013 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 JUL 2014 as amended on 25 Jul 2019

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER; TO FURTHER AND BUILD CANCER AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH; TO PROMOTE AND INFLUENCE EFFECTIVE CARE, INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Linked charities

Linked charities
Linked charity 261017-1 THE MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT ENDOWMENT TRUST
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 08 OCT 2020
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEE SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, BUT NOT THE CAPITAL, FOR THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY: (A) TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER; (B) TO FURTHER AND BUILD CANCER AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH; (C) TO PROMOTE AND INFLUENCE EFFECTIVE CARE, INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER.
Area of benefit
Registration history
  • 25 June 2021 : Standard registration

Contact information

Address:
3rd Floor
Bronze Building
The Forge
105 Sumner Street
London
Phone:
02078407840
Email:
contactus@macmillan.org.uk
Website:

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