AGAINST BREAST CANCER LIMITED

Registered charity 1121258 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Against Breast Cancer funds a research programme into the treatment and prevention of breast cancer, focusing particularly on secondary spread and survival after diagnosis.We are leading the worlds largest study into the diet and lifestyle of breast cancer patients.Our Research Teams quest to produce a breast cancer vaccine and ultimately a cure for breast cancer.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF CANCER, PRIMARILY SECONDARY SPREAD BREAST CANCER, AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS THEREOF.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £104,179 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant improvement from the previous year's loss. The trustees report that the charity remains committed to financial growth and stability, with total reserves increasing to £458,168. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Dr Anthony Leathem — Founder (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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £275k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 61.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD BAHUchair
• Dennis Remoundos
• JEANNE CATHERINE CHATTOE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Collins
• Laura Hounam Mrs · trustee of 1 other charity
• Naomi Webb
• Victoria Harmer

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Prevent Breast Cancer.

• Prevent Breast Cancer income £2.2m
• BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AID (BCRA) income £123k
• LADIES FIGHTING BREAST CANCER CHARITABLE TRUST income £233k
• BREAST CANCER UK LIMITED income £2.1m
• BREAST CANCER NOW income £59.3m
• BREAST CANCER KENT income £142k

Side by side with its peers

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