Prevent Breast Cancer

Registered charity 1109839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GENESIS BREAST CANCER PREVENTION APPEAL LIMITED, PREVENT BREAST CANCER LIMITED, THE GENESIS APPEAL COMPANY LIMITED, THE GENESIS APPEAL FOR GENE RESEARCH INTO BREAST CANCER

To fund ground-breaking research into the prediction and prevention of breast cancer. Our four pillars of research are gene research, improved screening & early diagnosis, preventative drugs and diet & lifestyle. Our overall aim is to make breast cancer a preventable disease for our future generations.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income grew by 47% to £2,169,572, resulting in a net income of £643,321. Per the trustees' report, free reserves total £609,202, which equates to over eight months of core operating costs, exceeding the stated policy target of six to nine months. The charity holds significant restricted reserves of £1,553,828, primarily for the National Breast Imaging Academy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Alliotts LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Prevent Breast Cancer (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Lester Barr MBE — Honorary President (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).

• Bioderma — “Prevent Breast Cancer will receive a £1 donation for every bottle sold of the Limited Edition Bottle of Sensibio H20 Micellar Water 500ml ex…” (source page)
• Prevent Cancer UK — “In 2025, with Prevent Breast Cancer and other partners, Prevent Cancer UK helped establish the Consortium for Personalised Breast Cancer Pre…” (source page)
• The Tim Bacon Foundation — “Hospitality Helps is an initiative launched by The Tim Bacon Foundation in partnership with Prevent Breast Cancer. Restaurateurs, bars, and …” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eamonn O'Neal OBE DLchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTINE LEE-JONES
• Diana Harris
• Dr MARY WILSON
• Jane Humphris
• LESTER BARR
• Mark Sellers
• PAM GLASS
• Paul Topham
• Sandra Saleh
• Tammy Hopla

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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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BREAST CANCER UK LIMITED.

• BREAST CANCER UK LIMITED income £2.1m
• BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AID (BCRA) income £123k
• AGAINST BREAST CANCER LIMITED income £1.1m
• BREAST CANCER NOW income £59.3m
• CANCER RESEARCH WALES income £5.9m
• CANCER RESEARCH UK income £734.8m

Side by side with its peers

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