THE ROYAL MARSDEN CANCER CHARITY

Registered charity 1095197 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q141191051 · also known as ROYAL MARSDEN CANCER CAMPAIGN

The Charity's objects are to raise money solely to allow The Royal Marsden Foundation Trust to fund state-of-the-art equipment and groundbreaking research, create the best patient environments, and ensure its nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments which are used here in the UK and around the world.

Objects

1. THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE CHARITABLE PURPOSES RELATING TO THE ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL OF LONDON AND SURREY ("THE HOSPITAL") AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION:(A) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS RELATED TO CANCER AT THE HOSPITAL;(B) THE PROMOTION OF CLINICAL AND OTHER USEFUL RESEARCH AT OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOSPITAL;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AT OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOSPITAL;(D) THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, AMENITIES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PATIENTS, STAFF, CARERS AND STUDENTS AT THE HOSPITAL OR ANY OF THEM AND THE PROVISION OF COMFORTS FOR SUCH PATIENTS.2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUB-CLAUSE (1), SHOULD THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION AT ANY TIME OR TIMES RESOLVE THAT IT IS OR AS BEEN IMPRACTICABLE, UNDESIRABLE OR INAPPROPRIATE TO APPLY ALL OR ANY PART OF THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY FOR THE PURPOSES SET OUT IN SUB-CLAUSE (1) THEY MAY IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES APPLY THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING OR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE IN CONNECTION WITH CANCER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL

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

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

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised its highest ever income of £42.9 million in 2025/26, driven largely by donations and legacies. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £49.8 million, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of £11 million. The charity maintains a strong financial position with total funds of £155.1 million and no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. 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.

• 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
• 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

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.

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Charlies Royal Marsden Cancer Charity Fund Raiser parkrun.org.uk · 10/10/2026
• Princess Catherine Completes National Three Peaks Challenge for Royal Marsden Cancer Charity newscord.org · 28/06/2026
• Kate, Princess of Wales, Completes National Three Peaks Challenge for Royal Marsden Cancer Charity newscord.org · 28/06/2026
• Princess Catherine Completes National Three Peaks Challenge for Royal Marsden Cancer Charity newscord.org · 28/06/2026
• Durham economics student runs Vienna marathon in support of the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity palatinate.org.uk · 07/05/2026
• New Trustee at The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity charitytoday.co.uk · 12/02/2024

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04615761
• Trading subsidiary: ROYAL MARSDEN CANCER CAMPAIGN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED Companies House 04722285 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Sir Douglas Flint CBE — Chairman (source)
• Antonia Dalmahoy — Managing Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Ralph Lauren Corporation — “Since 2013, we have been a proud partner of Ralph Lauren Corporation and Pink Pony, their worldwide cancer awareness and fundraising initiat…” (source page)
• Banham — “Banham has supported the Charity since 2015 as the Title Sponsor of our in-person and virtual Banham Marsden March.” (source page)
• Nationwide Building Society — “In April 2025, we were thrilled to partner with Nationwide as part of their Fairer Futures strategy. This partnership aims to save and impro…” (source page)
• Tokio Marine Kiln — “Our partnership with leading specialist insurer, Tokio Marine Kiln began in January 2024. Through their corporate donations and fundraising …” (source page)
• Anya Hindmarch — “Anya Hindmarch is kindly supporting our work through the relaunched Be a Bag collection. The Charity receives a £10 donation from each tote …” (source page)
• Designplan Lighting — “As the Designplan Lighting charity of choice, employees regularly fundraise for us throughout the year and are actively engaged in events to…” (source page)
• OOFOS — “OOFOS, the recovery footwear brand, is donating 1% of all net online sales to the Charity.” (source page)
• Philip Kingsley Products Ltd — “Philip Kingsley Products Ltd has supported the Charity since 2017. Their flagship initiative is an annual campaign in June, helping to fund …” (source page)
• Spacemasks — “Spacemasks, an award-winning well-being brand, is selling a special edition of its self-heating eye masks in aid of The Charity. From every …” (source page)
• The Big Yellow Self Storage Company — “We are also grateful to have received support from The Big Yellow Self Storage Company .” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CHAMBERS, Russell Earl — director, appointed 25/03/2025on trustee list
• RANJAN, Anuj — director, appointed 17/12/2024on trustee list
• CUNNINGHAM, David, Professor — director, appointed 13/05/2024on trustee list
• GRAY, Roger Michael — director, appointed 15/12/2022on trustee list
• FISHER, Andrew Raymond — director, appointed 15/12/2022not on trustee list
• HINDMARCH, Anya Susannah, Dame — director, appointed 20/09/2020not on trustee list
• BLOOMFIELD, Olivia Caroline, Baroness — director, appointed 20/09/2020on trustee list
• LEAHY, Terence Patrick, Sir — director, appointed 09/05/2018not on trustee list
• FLINT, Douglas Jardine, Sir — director, appointed 16/01/2017not on trustee list
• PALMER, Caroline Ann, Dame — director, appointed 27/09/2011on trustee list
• AMBEKAR, Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 01/04/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

10 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (10 freehold); recorded price paid £1.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (44,137 followers) · instagram

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

• Website and Analytics Manager — £40,000 - £45,000 per year · Multiple Locations (Hybrid) · posted today apply now (seen 09/09/2026)
• Legacy Stewardship Manager — £40,000 - £43,000 per year · Chelsea (Hybrid) · posted 6 days ago (seen 09/09/2026)
• Senior Database Officer — £38,000 - £40,000 per year · Chelsea (Hybrid) · posted 1 day ago apply now (seen 09/09/2026)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~18.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sir DOUGLAS JARDINE FLINT CBEchair
• Andrew Fisher OBE
• Anuj Ranjan
• Baroness Olivia Caroline Bloomfield
• Dame Anya Hindmarch DBE
• Dame CAROLINE PALMER
• Professor David Cunningham
• ROGER GRAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Russell Chambers
• Sir Terry Leahy

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL MARSDEN, CHELSEA.

• FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL MARSDEN, CHELSEA income £651k
• THE CARON KEATING FOUNDATION income £28k
• LADY MCADDEN BREAST CANCER TRUST income £299k
• YORKSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH income £27.7m
• MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION income £3.7m
• ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT FUND income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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