HEADCASE CANCER TRUST

Registered charity 1140061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEADCASE

Headcase Cancer Trust raises money by running and supporting various events throughout the UK. All money raised is used to fund research into the causes and a possible cure for Glioblastoma Brain Tumours (GBM) which claim the lives of around 6000 UK people annually. Headcase finances research primarily at Nottingham Trent University and other Universities across the UK.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND MEDICAL PROFESSION IN ALL ASPECTS OF GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME (GBM) BRAIN TUMOURS, BY THE COMMISSIONING, PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, PREVENTION AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS OF GBM BRAIN TUMOURS, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.2) THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE SAVING OF LIVES BY IMPROVING THE DIAGNOSIS OF GBM BRAIN TUMOURS AND INTRODUCING NEW THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES, WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING SURVIVAL TIMES, IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS AND ULTIMATELY OF FINDING A CURE FOR GBM BRAIN TUMOURS-ÇÖ"

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net excess of income over expenditure of £42,579 for the year ending 19 October 2025. Total cash reserves increased to £360,452, representing the entire balance of the charity's funds. The trustees report that no grants were made to research organizations during the year due to a change in vaccine supply.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN SPEIRSchair
• Diane Kidd

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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