Blood Cancer UK Research

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
We stop people dying from blood cancer; we make patients' lives better and we stop people from getting blood cancer in the first place. We achieve this by: * revealing how blood cancer works * driving smarter, faster diagnosis * inspiring new treatments and better care * being a voice of influence & championing patients' needs * building communities & sharing understanding
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£18,460,000
Donations and legacies | £16.46m | |
Charitable activities | £0 | |
Other trading activities | £416.00k | |
Investments | £1.03m | |
Other | £552.00k |
Total expenditure:
£16,766,000
Raising funds | £5.97m | |
Charitable activities | £10.80m | |
Other | £0 |
£1,150,000 investments gains (losses)
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 | £5.97m | |
Charitable expenditure | £10.80m | |
Retained for future use | £1.69m |
Raising funds and other expenditure | £5.97m | |
Charitable expenditure | £10.80m | |
Retained for future use | £2.84m |
People

126 Employee(s)
12 Trustee(s)
738 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 11 |
£70k to £80k | 5 |
£80k to £90k | 2 |
£90k to £100k | 1 |
£110k to £120k | 1 |
£120k to £130k | 2 |
£140k to £150k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- The General Public/mankind
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
Governance
- Blood Cancer UK (Working name)
- LEUKAEMIA & LYMPHOMA RESEARCH (Working name)
- LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH (Working name)
- BLOODWISE (Previous name)
- BLOODWISE (Previous name)
- LEUKAEMIA & LYMPHOMA RESEARCH (Previous name)
- LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH FUND (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity 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
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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Jean Liao | Trustee | 21 November 2024 |
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Megha Kansal | Trustee | 21 November 2024 |
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Matthew Dominic WILSON | Trustee | 01 December 2023 |
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Professor Claire Nicola Harrison | Trustee | 01 September 2023 |
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Fraser Wilson | Trustee | 01 May 2023 |
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Professor Christine Joyce Harrison | Trustee | 01 July 2021 |
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Alastair Stirling Boyle | Trustee | 01 July 2021 |
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Juliet Helen Hillier | Trustee | 01 July 2021 |
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Claude Manuel Littner | Trustee | 01 July 2021 |
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Louise Morgan Lai | Trustee | 19 January 2021 |
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Amir Shah Sethu | Trustee | 19 January 2021 |
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Jasmine Iona Handford | Trustee | 19 January 2021 |
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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 | £14.46m | £12.50m | £13.27m | £18.72m | £18.46m | |
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Total expenditure | £10.73m | £9.31m | £13.53m | £14.45m | £16.77m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | £761.00k | £11.00k | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £13.04m | £10.02m | £12.33m | £17.01m | £16.46m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £576.00k | £564.00k | £421.00k | £899.00k | £416.00k | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £239.00k | £89.00k | £55.00k | £203.00k | £1.03m | |
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Income - Other | £605.00k | £1.83m | £464.00k | £605.00k | £552.00k | |
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Income - Legacies | £6.13m | £4.46m | £4.62m | £6.34m | £5.70m | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £4.73m | £5.40m | £8.44m | £8.16m | £10.80m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £6.00m | £3.90m | £5.09m | £6.29m | £5.97m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £90.80k | £80.90k | £37.00k | £41.00k | £36.00k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £1.58m | £3.94m | £5.60m | £5.27m | £5.96m | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £33.00k | £39.00k | £84.00k | £67.00k | £55.00k | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £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 | £7.38m | £6.88m | £646.00k | £656.00k | £458.00k | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £20.39m | £24.96m | £29.37m | |
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Other assets | £27.94m | £25.80m | £6.99m | £6.16m | £5.62m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £24.50m | £19.46m | £15.04m | £14.43m | £15.27m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 13 September 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 13 September 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 16 October 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 16 October 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 13 December 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 13 December 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 17 January 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 17 January 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 18 November 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 18 November 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/10/1962 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/09/1969 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/12/1984 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/07/1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/07/2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/07/2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/07/2006 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16/07/2011 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/08/2011 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/03/2013 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/07/2014 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 02/04/2015 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 SEP 2017 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 MAY 2020 as amended on 11 Mar 2024 as amended on 25 Jul 2024
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE SAVING OF LIVES BY: (A) PROMOTING AND ASSISTING RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF BLOOD CANCERS INCLUDING THE CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CURE OF ALL BLOOD CANCERS; AND (B) ADVANCING THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF BLOOD CANCERS.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Contact information
- Address:
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Blood Cancer Uk
Suite 31 Bonnington Bond
2 Anderson Place
EDINBURGH
EH6 5NP
- Phone:
- 02075042200
- Email:
- hello@bloodcancer.org.uk
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