BOWEL CANCER UK

Registered charity 1071038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOWEL CANCER CONCERN, COLON CANCER CONCERN, THE BOWEL CANCER CHARITY · also registered in Scotland as SC040914 (OSCR)

Bowel Cancer UK aims to save lives and improve the quality of life for all those affected by bowel cancer.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a planned deficit of £2,652,554, resulting from total expenditure of £9.28 million against incoming funds of £6.63 million. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £1,160,688, which is below the stated target range of £1,420,000 to £1,700,000, though the trustees consider the overall financial position strong with no borrowing and sufficient liquid cash reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2023) to "below" (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bowel Cancer UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Andrex — “Together with Andrex®, we’re helping the nation to ‘Get Comfortable’ talking about toilet habits and encouraging people to seek help if they…” (source page)
• Bio&Me — “Together, we're helping more people understand the important role diet and fibre play in reducing the risk of bowel cancer. Through awarenes…” (source page)
• Alpha Laboratories — “As the longest-standing providers of tests to the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programmes, Alpha Laboratories have always shared our visi…” (source page)
• Fletchers Solicitors — “We’re proud to partner with Fletchers Solicitors, their specialist teams are committed to supporting people affected by bowel cancer. With t…” (source page)
• Irwin Mitchell — “We're proud to have partnered with Irwin Mitchell to support people affected by bowel cancer. Thanks to their contribution, our annual NCCNN…” (source page)
• Survey Engine — “We're working with SurveyEngine because we both understand how crucial patient insights and voices are for improving treatments. Together, w…” (source page)
• Travis Perkins Managed Services — “We’re proud to have partnered with Travis Perkins Managed Services, a leading UK supply chain and procurement partner. The team are raising …” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 41.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Damien Marmionchair
• Amit Kotecha
• Benjamin Butler
• Dr Alastair McKinlay · trustee of 1 other charity
• Duncan Rudkin
• Husna Grimes
• Lindsey Bowser
• Michelle Thompson
• Owen Watson
• Paul Latham
• Tim Kerr

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Bowel Research UK.

• Bowel Research UK income £1.6m
• CROHN'S & COLITIS UK income £8.4m
• CANCER RESEARCH UK income £734.8m
• GUTS income £317k
• Blood Cancer UK Research income £21.1m
• BREAST CANCER UK LIMITED income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

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