40TUDE CURING COLON CANCER

Registered charity 1160500 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

40tude is an innovative and successful charity that is tackling colon cancer.Since the organisation was founded in 2011 we have raised over £2.5 million to raise awareness and support ground-breaking research into the early diagnosis and treatment of colon (bowel) cancer. We are helping to fund ground-breaking research programmes at St. Mark's Hospital, the national bowel hospital.

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Latest income
£292k
Latest spending
£301k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £461,953, which the trustees describe as sufficient to cover working capital and future research commitments. The charity reported a net expenditure of £8,686 for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in total funds from the previous year. The trustees consider the current state of finances to be sound.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: cover working capital and short-term expenses to operate the charity and also to cover current and future commitments to fund research projects and to advance further the objectives of the charity (held: £462k)
“We had unrestricted reserves of £461,953. These funds are held in order to cover working capital and short-term expenses to operate the charity and also to cover current and future commitments to fund research projects and to advance further the objectives of the charity.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 40tude (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).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income
£760k
Total spending
£359k
Cost of raising funds
£65k
Reserves (reported)
£688k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~23.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% 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: 8.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£292k£301k
31/12/2023£333k£550k
31/12/2022£760k£359k
31/12/2021£115k£151k
31/12/2020£271k£286k

Common questions

Is 40TUDE CURING COLON CANCER financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £461,953, which the trustees describe as sufficient to cover working capital and future research commitments. The charity reported a net expenditure of £8,686 for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in total funds from the previous year. The trustees consider the current state of finances to be sound. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds 40TUDE CURING COLON CANCER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 40TUDE CURING COLON CANCER as a grant recipient include The Caledonia Investments Charitable Foundation, THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Caledonia Investments Charitable FoundationFY2022£1k
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
The Caledonia Investments Charitable FoundationFY2023£970

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GUTS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
40TUDE CURING COLON CANCER£292k—0within—no doubt
GUTS FY2025£317k—0unclear—no doubt
Bowel Research UK FY2025£1.6mmore than £60,0001above21.5%no doubt
TENOVUS CANCER CARE FY2025£8.6m£110,001 - £120,000—unclear—no doubt
BOWEL CANCER UK FY2024£6.6m——below—no doubt
THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO FY2024£502k—0above—no doubt

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