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Melanoma Focus

Registered charity 1124716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITED

Melanoma Focus is a national charity dedicated to providing a comprehensive and authoritative source of information about this most deadly form of skin cancer. The charity funds education and independent research projects, acts as an advocate for patients and carers, informs the general public and promotes the professional interests of clinicians, scientists & nurses working in the melanoma field.

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

Latest income
£502k
Latest spending
£538k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £35,313 for the year, reducing its total funds to £298,740. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £270,361 remain above the stated desired level of £200,000, and the trustees confirm adequate resources for future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,752 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
“The remuneration of the CEO was £70,752 in the year, including employer's costs (2024: £70,280).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: desired level of £200,000, with a minimum necessary of £180,000 (held: £270k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a desired level of £200,000, with a minimum necessary of £180,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Melanoma Focus (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£502k
Total spending
£538k
Cost of raising funds
£37k
Reserves (reported)
£299k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (60% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£502k£538k
31/01/2024£546k£499k
31/01/2023£352k£355k
31/01/2022£386k£352k
31/01/2021£263k£245k

Common questions

Is Melanoma Focus financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £35,313 for the year, reducing its total funds to £298,740. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £270,361 remain above the stated desired level of £200,000, and the trustees confirm adequate resources for future operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of Melanoma Focus earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,752 band.

Who funds Melanoma Focus?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Melanoma Focus as a grant recipient include THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SANDHU CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£20k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5kRelief of poverty and sickness
THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£5k
THE SANDHU CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2024£5k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE RAINFORD TRUSTFY2024£3kWelfare
THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELDFY2025£3ksocial welfare
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£0

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
THE PHILIP J MILTON AND COMPANY PLC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1—
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£800k
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£425k
THE REGATTA FOUNDATION1£100k
Blood Cancer UK Research1£87k
THE ERANDA ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION1£70k
THE BENSON AND LIONEL BLACK CHARITABLE TRUST1£50k
THE WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP FOUNDATION1£50k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Melanoma Focus£502k£70,7520unclear—no doubt
Melanoma UK FY2025£212k—0above2.3%no doubt
CANCER AWARENESS TRUST FY2024£1.1m£100,001 - £110,000—unclear—no doubt
FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA FOUNDATION FY2024£2.4m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt
FORCE CANCER CHARITY FY2025£1.6m—3below33.0%no doubt
SARCOMA UK FY2025£4.6m——above26.0%no doubt

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