THE RICHARD DIMBLEBY CANCER FUND
Charity number: 247558
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Since 1966, The Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund has supported people living with cancer in the UK. Today our main focus is the online national resource, cancercaremap.org. Previous projects include the work of Dimbleby Cancer Care at Guy's and St Thomas', The Richard Dimbleby Research Fund and The Richard Dimbleby Chair of Cancer Research at King's College London,
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 July 2025
Total income: £192,144
Total expenditure: £286,871
People
9 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
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:
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
Registration history:
- 19 May 1966: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
- Cancer Care Map (Working name)
- DIMBLEBY CANCER CARE (Previous name)
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
- Investment
- 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
- Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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
9 Trustee(s)
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| JONATHAN DIMBLEBY | Chair |
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| Nana Fifield | Trustee | 21 February 2024 |
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| Kitty Dimbleby | Trustee | 28 November 2023 |
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| Patricia Rosario Brolly | Trustee | 05 August 2021 |
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| Anand David Purushotham | Trustee | 26 November 2020 |
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| Frederick Thomas Jordan Dimbleby | Trustee | 05 March 2020 |
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| Hamish Warren Sinclair | Trustee | 16 June 2016 |
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| Kyle Gregory Taylor | Trustee | 24 October 2013 |
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| Joanna Margaret Ralling | Trustee | 18 December 2012 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/07/2021 | 31/07/2022 | 31/07/2023 | 31/07/2024 | 31/07/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £208.51k | £239.98k | £388.14k | £184.60k | £192.14k | |
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Total expenditure | £158.88k | £313.33k | £226.18k | £290.97k | £286.87k | |
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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 | £150.00k | £245.00k | N/A | N/A |
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 |
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| Annual return | 31 July 2025 | 21 January 2026 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2025 | 21 January 2026 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 July 2024 | 05 December 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2024 | 05 December 2024 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 July 2023 | 07 December 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2023 | 07 December 2023 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 July 2022 | 18 January 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2022 | 18 January 2023 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 July 2021 | 03 February 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2021 | 03 February 2022 | On time |