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THE HOPE FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH

Registered charity 1091480 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOPE AGAINST CANCER

The charity raises funds for cancer research in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£628k
Latest spending
£813k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £195,202 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £1,342,796 to £1,147,594. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds liquid funds of £1,147,594, which the trustees consider appropriate against a reserves policy requiring six months of committed expenditure. The charity is not required to be audited under company law and has undergone an independent examination.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £69,999 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)
“One employee received total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) within the range £60,000 to £69,999” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) within the range £60,000 to £69,999” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months committed expenditure (held: £1.1m)
“The basic requirement of the reserves policy is to maintain free reserves, in unrestricted general funds, at a level which ensures that the charity will be able to meet at least six months committed expenditure” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£628k
Total spending
£813k
Cost of raising funds
£295k
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~16.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 47.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leicestershire · Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£628k£813k
31/03/2024£429k£525k
31/03/2023£540k£671k
31/03/2022£339k£1.0m
31/03/2021£453k£345k

Common questions

Is THE HOPE FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £195,202 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £1,342,796 to £1,147,594. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds liquid funds of £1,147,594, which the trustees consider appropriate against a reserves policy requiring six months of committed expenditure. The charity is not required to be audited under company law and has undergone an independent examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE HOPE FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £69,999 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE HOPE FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HOPE FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH as a grant recipient include EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION, THE HARAMEAD TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATIONFY2022£265kResearch
EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATIONFY2024£23kResearch
EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATIONFY2023£13kResearch
THE HARAMEAD TRUSTFY2022£10k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST2£5k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST1£110k
TONY RAMPTON TRUST1£71k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£51k
KESWICK TO BARROW WALK1£19k
THE A M FENTON TRUST1£19k
THE PAUL BASSHAM CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
BAIN CHARITABLE TRUST1£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUE YOUNG CANCER SUPPORT IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HOPE FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH£628k£60,000 - £69,9991above—no doubt
SUE YOUNG CANCER SUPPORT IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND FY2026£225k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO FY2024£502k—0above—no doubt
FND HOPE UK FY2024£274k—0unclear—not going concern
THE BIG C APPEAL LIMITED FY2025£3.2m£130,001 - £140,000—unclear—no doubt
YORKSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH FY2025£27.7m——unclear—no doubt

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