THE HPV AND ANAL CANCER FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1147457 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation is dedicated to empowering anal cancer patients and accelerating prevention and research methods that eliminate anal cancer and the virus that causes the majority of cases, HPV.

Objects

6. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR TO: 6.1 PROMOTE AND SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CARE OF ANAL CANCER AND ILLNESS CAUSED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV); 6.2 PROMOTE AND PROVIDE THE PROVISION OF CARE, SUPPORT AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR THOSE WITH ANAL CANCER OR ILLNESS CAUSED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH HPV AND FOR THEIR CARERS; AND6.3 PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ANAL CANCER AND OTHER ILLNESS CAUSED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH HPV

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

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

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£370k
Latest spending
£367k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £3,050 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £369,790 and total expenditure of £366,740. The trustees report that the charity holds a comfortable level of reserves and is optimistic about the fundraising outlook for the next twelve months. The financial statements were 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: to maintain a minimum that enables the organisation to meet its financial commitments for the year, including grants, contracts, and staff salaries. (reserves figure: £180k)
“The reserves policy is to maintain a minimum that enables the organisation to meet its financial commitments for the year, including grants, contracts, and staff salaries.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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: 23

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

  • Volunteers: 19

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

  • Volunteers: 19

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£580k
Total spending
£343k
Cost of raising funds
£96k
Reserves (reported)
£21k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (79% 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: 16.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£370k£367k
31/12/2024£64k£169k
31/12/2023£580k£343k
31/12/2022£155k£173k
31/12/2021£205k£256k

Common questions

Is THE HPV AND ANAL CANCER FOUNDATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £3,050 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £369,790 and total expenditure of £366,740. The trustees report that the charity holds a comfortable level of reserves and is optimistic about the fundraising outlook for the next twelve months. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE HPV AND ANAL CANCER FOUNDATION LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HPV AND ANAL CANCER FOUNDATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include BACON FOUNDATION LTD.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BACON FOUNDATION LTDFY2024£10kSupport the NOMAN Campaign

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 RESEARCH ALK+ UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HPV AND ANAL CANCER FOUNDATION LIMITED£370k—0unclear—no doubt
RESEARCH ALK+ UK FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt
MOUTH CANCER FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£114k—0unclear—no doubt
PROSTATE CANCER UK FY2025£45.5m——above—no doubt
ASSOCIATION FOR THE GLOBAL ADVANCEMENT OF ENT SURGERY AND HEAD AND NECK CANCER RESEARCH FY2025£105k—0below—noted
OVARIAN CANCER ACTION FY2025£1.6m£150,001 - £160,0003unclear50.2%no doubt

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