PELICAN CANCER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1141911 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q30296810 · also known as THE PELICAN CANCER FOUNDATION, THE PELICAN CANCER FOUNDATION LTD

Pelican is dedicated to helping those with cancer live well for longer. We achieve this by supporting medical research and education to improve surgery for bowel cancer and its associated secondary disease, particularly in the liver. Pelican has become a 'centre of excellence' for sharing life-saving, life-enhancing knowledge and skills with cancer teams and specialists.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BOWEL CANCER OTHER PELVIC MALIGNANCIES LIVER CANCER AND RELATED DISEASES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED IN PRACTICE LOCAL

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Basingstoke and Deane, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of THE PELICAN CANCER FOUNDATION (charity 1019311) — merger registered 03/06/2014.

Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).

Latest income

£415k

Latest spending

£366k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total funds of £414,745 and spent £366,275, resulting in a net incoming resource of £48,470. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £809,368, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £300,000. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months (£300,000) (reserves figure: £809k)

“The Trustees continue to hold sufficient reserves to allow the Charity and its associated activities to continue for 12 months (£300,000).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. 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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Risk management
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

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 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 2% of the £310,884 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 3

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07264864 · Financial health read from its filings

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Lady Yuen Peng McNeice Charitable Foundation — “the Trustees of the Lady Yuen Peng McNeice Charitable Foundation are therefore delighted to support the dissemination of best practice in th…” (source page)
Greenham Trust — “Greenham Trust are delighted to be able to support Pelican Cancer Foundation to help them deliver their vitally important OReCO workshops to…” (source page)

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.

DI FABIO, Francesco — director, appointed 01/01/2026not on trustee list
MCCORMACK, Colin — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
DE WINTER, Timothy Peter — director, appointed 01/09/2023not on trustee list
HOUSDEN, Philip — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
EDWARDS, Mary Bernadette — director, appointed 17/07/2018on trustee list
GARDENER, Howard Paul Keith — director, appointed 08/05/2018on trustee list
ARNOLD, Steven James — director, appointed 17/03/2015on trustee list
MOHAMED, Faheez — director, appointed 17/03/2015on trustee list
MORAN, Brendan John — director, appointed 25/05/2010on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/06/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Ms Mary Edwardschair
BRENDAN MORAN · trustee of 1 other charity
Colin McCormack · trustee of 1 other charity
Faheez Mohamed
Howard Paul Keith Gardener
Mr Francesco Di Fabio
Philip Housden
STEVEN ARNOLD
Timothy Peter de Winter · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£415k	£366k
31/03/2024	£311k	£251k
31/03/2023	£129k	£223k
31/03/2022	£154k	£166k
31/03/2021	£148k	£237k

Common questions

Is PELICAN CANCER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated total funds of £414,745 and spent £366,275, resulting in a net incoming resource of £48,470. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £809,368, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £300,000. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

Who funds PELICAN CANCER FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PELICAN CANCER FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS).

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND	FY2025	£18k	OReCO Scotland ACPGBI Chapter meeting
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	FY2025	£2k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	FY2024	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/06/2018	£1k	Event equipment

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£60k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	3	£29k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	3	£14k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£7k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	3	£5k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£391k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£175k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£110k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF PELICAN PARK.

FRIENDS OF PELICAN PARK income £96k
PANCREATIC CANCER UK income £14.5m
THE PELICAN CENTRE LTD income £800k
FIGHT BLADDER CANCER income £603k
BOWEL CANCER UK income £6.6m
CANCER RESEARCH UK income £734.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PELICAN CANCER FOUNDATION	£415k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF PELICAN PARK FY2025	£96k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PANCREATIC CANCER UK FY2026	£14.5m	—	—	above	38.0%	no doubt
THE PELICAN CENTRE LTD FY2025	£800k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FIGHT BLADDER CANCER FY2025	£603k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
BOWEL CANCER UK FY2025	£6.6m	—	—	within	—	no doubt

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