DR TOPHAM'S RESEARCH FUND

Registered charity 1064857 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHT

Gastro-Intestinal and Liver Cancer research

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE SAVING OF LIVES BY PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF AND BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT FOR CANCER SURGERY, TREATMENT AND RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£58k

Latest spending

£158k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £99,998 for the year ended 5 May 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £64,030 from £164,028 the previous year. The trustees report that these remaining reserves are sufficient to fund the balance of expenditure to the completion of outstanding projects. The accounts were subject to an independent examination by Michael Burke FCA, who confirmed no material matters were identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least sufficient to meet its commitments to current and planned research projects and equipment purchases (reserves figure: £64k)

“The policy of the Trustees is to attract donations and other fundraising income to maintain the Charity’s reserves at a level at least sufficient to meet its commitments to current and planned research projects and equipment purchases.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Investment
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/05/2025

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/05/2024

Volunteers: 6
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Guildford Community Lottery — “Guildford Community Lottery” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr ALEXANDRA STEWARTchair
Dr Alexander Horton
Judith Moore
Professor Adam Frampton · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/05/2025	£58k	£158k
05/05/2024	£98k	£135k
05/05/2023	£58k	£173k
05/04/2022	£100k	£71k
05/04/2021	£44k	£285k

Common questions

Is DR TOPHAM'S RESEARCH FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £99,998 for the year ended 5 May 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £64,030 from £164,028 the previous year. The trustees report that these remaining reserves are sufficient to fund the balance of expenditure to the completion of outstanding projects. The accounts were subject to an independent examination by Michael Burke FCA, who confirmed no material matters were identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DR TOPHAM'S RESEARCH FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DR TOPHAM'S RESEARCH FUND as a grant recipient include GUTS, THE CHARIS TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
GUTS	FY2025	£31k	Papillon Colorectal Database / CITRuS Study
GUTS	FY2024	£31k	Papillon Colorectal Database / CITRuS Study
THE CHARIS TRUST	FY2023	£20k	Improving the lives of those affected by gastro-intestinal, liver and pancreatic cancers
THE CHARIS TRUST	FY2022	£8k	Improving the lives of those affected by gastro-intestinal, liver and pancreatic cancers

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£1.3m
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£682k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£496k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£300k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£200k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£145k
Tinsley Charitable Trust	1	£50k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST	1	£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOPSHAM MUSEUM.

TOPSHAM MUSEUM income £58k
COMBAT CANCER income £50k
THE GRAHAM KIRKHAM FOUNDATION income £252k
TOPSHAM MARKET HOUSE TRUST income £120k
IT'S IN NOTTINGHAM FOUNDATION income £30k
FULL FACT income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DR TOPHAM'S RESEARCH FUND	£58k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TOPSHAM MUSEUM FY2025	£58k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
COMBAT CANCER FY2025	£50k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE GRAHAM KIRKHAM FOUNDATION FY2025	£252k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
TOPSHAM MARKET HOUSE TRUST FY2025	£120k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
IT'S IN NOTTINGHAM FOUNDATION FY2025	£30k	—	—	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.