CRIS CANCER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1140193 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CRIS CANCER

CRIS Cancer Foundation is an independent non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of research to eliminate cancer.The charity funds translational research projects focussing on the types of cancer that typically have fewer resources or more difficulty in obtaining financing.Current research projects include paediatric and haematological oncology.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE:-Ç£TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF ALL FORMS OF CANCER, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH FINDINGS INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF CANCER, AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RAISE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SUCH MATTERS.-ÇØ

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

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

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£3.8m
Latest spending
£3.2m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £4,400,513, which is significantly above the trustees' estimated annual operational requirement of £167,000. The trustees consider the risk of the charity failing to continue as a going concern to be remote, supported by a strong surplus and ample cash reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was 1 (2024: 1).” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was 1 (2024: 1).” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation to related charity
“CRIS made donations of £77,545 (2024: £5,089) to Fundacion CRIS de Investigacion para Vencer el Cancer, a charitable organisation registered in Spain and related to CRIS by virtue of common trustees, Lola Manterola and Diego Megia.” — page 25
“CRIS also made a donation of £80,359 (2024: £7,713) to CRIS Cancer France, a charitable organisation which is related to CRIS by virtue of common trustees, Lola Manterola and Diego Megia.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation to related charity
“CRIS made donations of £77,545 (2024: £5,089) to Fundacion CRIS de Investigacion para Vencer el Cancer, a charitable organisation registered in Spain and related to CRIS by virtue of common trustees, Lola Manterola and Diego Megia.” — page 25
“CRIS also made a donation of £80,359 (2024: £7,713) to CRIS Cancer France, a charitable organisation which is related to CRIS by virtue of common trustees, Lola Manterola and Diego Megia.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees
“CRIS made donations of £77,545 (2024: £5,089) to Fundacion CRIS de Investigacion para Vencer el Cancer, a charitable organisation registered in Spain and related to CRIS by virtue of common trustees, Lola Manterola and Diego Megia.” — page 25
“CRIS also made a donation of £80,359 (2024: £7,713) to CRIS Cancer France, a charitable organisation which is related to CRIS by virtue of common trustees, Lola Manterola and Diego Megia.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CRIS Cancer Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£3.8m
Total spending
£3.2m
Cost of raising funds
£521k
Reserves (reported)
£4.4m
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~16.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (73% 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: 13.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Kensington And Chelsea · Spain

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£3.8m£3.2m
31/12/2024£3.4m£2.6m
31/12/2023£3.0m£2.2m
31/12/2022£1.8m£1.8m
31/12/2021£1.8m£946k

Common questions

Is CRIS CANCER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £4,400,513, which is significantly above the trustees' estimated annual operational requirement of £167,000. The trustees consider the risk of the charity failing to continue as a going concern to be remote, supported by a strong surplus and ample cash reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

What does the highest-paid employee of CRIS CANCER FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds CRIS CANCER FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CRIS CANCER FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE CIBC WORLD MARKETS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CIBC WORLD MARKETS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2024£500Matching Donation
THE CIBC WORLD MARKETS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£500Matching Donation

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANCER CARE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CRIS CANCER FOUNDATION£3.8mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
CANCER CARE TRUST FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHRISTIE CHARITY FY2025£23.8m——unclear17.0%no doubt
CANCER PREVENTION RESEARCH TRUST FY2025£857k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO FY2025£326k—0above—no doubt
CANCER RESEARCH AND GENETICS UK FY2025£128k—0unclear—no doubt

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