CURE LEUKAEMIA

Registered charity 1100154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relief of persons suffering from leukaemia by funding new therapies, treatments and research into and trials of such treatments and providing personnel and facilities for such purposes. Enabling co-operation of scientists and clinicians to develop new and effective treatments for leukaemia. Providing resources information and support groups for leukaemia patients and their families.

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

Latest income

£3.7m

Latest spending

£3.6m

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £105,278 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total unrestricted funds carried forward amounting to £563,068. The trustees consider the present level of funding to be adequate to support the continuation of existing activities and believe no material uncertainties exist regarding going concern. The charity's reserves policy aims to maintain free reserves equivalent to between 6 and 12 months of unrestricted expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 6- and 12-months unrestricted expenditure (held: £563k)

“The charity would like to maintain unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level which equates to between 6- and 12-months unrestricted expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by JW Hinks LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cure Leukaemia (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Total income

£3.7m

Total spending

£3.6m

Cost of raising funds

£2.5m

Reserves (reported)

£563k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 67.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alston Owens
DR Guy Edward Dickens Pratt
Dr Priyanka Mehta
Geoffrey William Cousins
Joanne Claire Murphy
Laura Manning Shoaf CBE
PROFESSOR CHARLES FRANK CRADDOCK
Philip Mark Whitehead
Sarah Margaret Hope

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£3.7m	£3.6m
31/10/2024	£2.9m	£2.9m
31/10/2023	£2.9m	£3.0m
31/10/2022	£2.7m	£2.3m
31/10/2021	£2.3m	£2.3m

Common questions

Is CURE LEUKAEMIA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £105,278 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total unrestricted funds carried forward amounting to £563,068. The trustees consider the present level of funding to be adequate to support the continuation of existing activities and believe no material uncertainties exist regarding going concern. The charity's reserves policy aims to maintain free reserves equivalent to between 6 and 12 months of unrestricted expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by JW Hinks LLP.

Who funds CURE LEUKAEMIA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CURE LEUKAEMIA as a grant recipient include THE PENNIES FOUNDATION, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION, THE SYNCONA FOUNDATION, THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION	FY2023	£51k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION	FY2024	£44k
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY	FY2022	£30k	costs of a trials coordinator at their centre in Birmingham
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION	FY2023	£25k
THE SYNCONA FOUNDATION	FY2024	£20k
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k	Relief of persons suffering from leukaemia
THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£4k

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 PIERREPONT TRUST	2	£60k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	2	£21k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£5k
SALOMAN FOUNDATION	1	—
THE HENDRIE FOUNDATION	1	£199k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£94k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£17k
THE GRAND CHARITY	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP.

THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP income £5.5m
LEUKAEMIA CARE income £2.5m
THE INTERNATIONAL CML FOUNDATION income £267k
Leukaemia UK income £3.6m
SUE YOUNG CANCER SUPPORT IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND income £225k
CANCER CARE AND HAEMATOLOGY FUND income £108k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CURE LEUKAEMIA	£3.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP FY2025	£5.5m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
LEUKAEMIA CARE FY2025	£2.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE INTERNATIONAL CML FOUNDATION FY2025	£267k	£80,001 - £90,000	1	unclear	13.0%	no doubt
Leukaemia UK FY2025	£3.6m	£100,001 - £110,000	7	within	51.8%	no doubt
SUE YOUNG CANCER SUPPORT IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND FY2026	£225k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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