MARIE CURIE
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Marie Curie is a UK charity dedicated to the care of people with terminal illnesses: Provide specialist care for the terminally ill Help and support families and carers of the terminally ill Research the best ways to care for the terminally ill Campaign for the terminally ill to be able to die in their place of choice
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£169,666,000
| Donations and legacies | £93.24m | |
| Charitable activities | £56.74m | |
| Other trading activities | £17.51m | |
| Investments | £2.01m | |
| Other | £161.00k |
Total expenditure:
£199,155,000
| Raising funds | £57.51m | |
| Charitable activities | £141.64m | |
| Other | £0 |
£3,620,000 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £53,343,000 from 98 government contract(s) and £2,432,508 from 3 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
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.
| Raising funds and other expenditure | £57.51m | |
| Charitable expenditure | £141.64m |
People
3674 Employee(s)
12 Trustee(s)
5259 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
| Number of employees | |
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| £60k to £70k | 65 |
| £70k to £80k | 44 |
| £80k to £90k | 14 |
| £90k to £100k | 8 |
| £100k to £110k | 8 |
| £110k to £120k | 1 |
| £120k to £130k | 2 |
| £130k to £140k | 1 |
| £150k to £200k | 6 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Elderly/old People
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Services
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
- 22 September 1962: Standard registration
- 28 February 2017: Funds received from 278828 COMMEMORATIVES MUSEUM TRUST
- 14 November 2018: Funds received from 1103680 HOSPICE AT HOME IN HUNTINGDONSHIRE
- 06 August 2019: Funds received from 503246 FRODSHAM NURSING FUND
- 22 November 2021: Funds received from 1171677 SOLIHULL HEART SUPPORT GROUP
- 14 March 2022: Funds received from 292575 ROTARY CLUB OF ITCHEN VALLEY
- 16 March 2022: Funds received from 1062094 DUKINFIELD WOMENS CLUB
- 26 August 2022: Funds received from 1034844 THE INNER WHEEL CLUB OF BANGOR BENEVOLENT FUND
- 04 November 2022: Funds received from 1132436 THE GRAVEL ROAD TRUST
- 18 October 2023: Funds received from 800024 ARYA SAMAJ MIDDLESEX
- 18 October 2023: Funds received from 800024 ARYA SAMAJ MIDDLESEX
- 19 June 2024: Funds received from 274160 D L W MACFARLANE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT
- 10 July 2024: Funds received from 1172410 EBENEZER CHURCH
- 15 November 2024: Funds received from 326995 THE FORBES CHARITABLE TRUST
- 23 December 2024: Funds received from 1180294 THE K. R. J. CHARITABLE TRUST
- MARIE CURIE NURSING SERVICE (Working name)
- MARIE CURIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Working name)
- MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE (Previous name)
- THE MARIE CURIE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (Previous name)
- Care Quality Commission
- Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
- Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- 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
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)
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| Kevin Parry OBE | Trustee | 01 January 2025 |
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| Luke Nunneley | Trustee | 08 October 2024 |
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| Seshashayee Sridhara | Trustee | 14 December 2023 |
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| Prerana Issar | Trustee | 01 October 2022 |
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| Mary Hinds | Trustee | 04 January 2022 |
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| Ian Waller | Trustee | 20 September 2021 |
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| Chrishanti Alagaratnam | Trustee | 20 September 2021 |
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| Richard Leslie Martin Wohanka CBE | Trustee | 13 July 2021 |
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| Maria Loretto Mc Gill | Trustee | 23 March 2021 |
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| Professor Richard Harding-Swale | Trustee | 24 September 2019 |
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| Christopher Martin | Trustee | 20 March 2018 |
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| Dr Rachel Elizabeth Mary Burman | Trustee | 31 January 2017 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £165.60m | £170.62m | £165.84m | £167.25m | £169.67m | |
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Total expenditure | £157.01m | £145.35m | £154.22m | £175.91m | £199.16m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | £46.65m | £49.28m | £55.40m | £53.34m | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | £22.70m | £7.60m | £62.02k | £2.43m | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £102.36m | £90.10m | £93.35m | £97.29m | £93.24m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £16.36m | £5.25m | £13.81m | £17.15m | £17.51m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £45.13m | £73.56m | £57.65m | £51.11m | £56.74m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £1.40m | £954.00k | £998.00k | £1.40m | £2.01m | |
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Income - Other | £342.00k | £152.00k | £26.00k | £312.00k | £161.00k | |
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Income - Legacies | £42.57m | £30.09m | £38.81m | £43.96m | £36.11m | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £103.66m | £105.35m | £111.65m | £126.72m | £141.64m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £35.21m | £40.00m | £42.57m | £49.19m | £57.51m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £711.00k | £750.00k | £771.00k | £677.00k | £806.00k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £1.68m | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £363.00k | £410.00k | £353.00k | £301.00k | £440.00k | |
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Expenditure - Other | £18.14m | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
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 InvestmentsInvestments 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.
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 liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese 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.
| Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £52.35m | £54.35m | £53.07m | £51.00m | £42.69m | |
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Long-term investments | £43.89m | £52.26m | £55.50m | £54.94m | £59.86m | |
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Other assets | £47.49m | £71.78m | £82.78m | £75.92m | £51.13m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £6.37m | £402.00k | £472.00k | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £32.70m | £33.12m | £30.56m | £29.37m | £27.06m |
Accounts and annual returns
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 02 December 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 02 December 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 13 December 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 13 December 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 19 December 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 19 December 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 13 January 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 13 January 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 21 December 2020 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 21 December 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |