BONE CANCER RESEARCH TRUST

Registered charity 1159590 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCRT; BCRT; BCR; BONE CANCER RESEARCH; TEAM BONES

The Bone Cancer Research Trust's mission is to save lives and improve outcomes for people affected by primary bone cancer by being: the catalyst for pioneering research, the trusted source of information, the voice of the primary bone cancer community and a supportive network for the people affected

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £959,841 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income increasing by 42% to £4,192,813. Free reserves stood at £870,672, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet operational costs for six months as per their stated policy. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Thomas Coombs Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bone Cancer Research Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 25.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Elstonchair
• Andrew Booth
• Anthea Martin
• Charlene Young
• Chris Sutton
• Elizabeth Bull
• Francesca Robinson
• GILLIAN JOHNSTON
• Jonathan Stevenson
• Margaret Moore
• Professor Alison Gartland
• Professor Bernadette Brennan · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO.

• THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO income £502k
• BRAINSTRUST income £779k
• SARCOMA UK income £4.6m
• Blood Cancer UK Research income £21.1m
• BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH income £185k
• TEENAGE CANCER TRUST income £21.1m

Side by side with its peers

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