LEUKAEMIA & MYELOMA RESEARCH UK LTD

Registered charity 1161622 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC046106 (OSCR)

Cord blood banking service.Sponsors of Research.

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Latest income
£554k
Latest spending
£701k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £146,864 for the year, reducing its total funds to £243,340. The trustees note that going concern is dependent on uncertain future funding streams but remain satisfied that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £191k)
“The trustees collectively aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds within a range equivalent to twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The charitable activities are entirely dependent on continuing grant aid and voluntary donations as well as trading revenues. As a consequence, the going concern basis is dependent on the future flow of these uncertain funding streams.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LEUKAEMIA & MYELOMA RESEARCH UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£554k
Total spending
£701k
Cost of raising funds
£16k
Reserves (reported)
£150k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£554k£701k
31/03/2024£360k£322k
31/03/2023£245k£210k
31/03/2022£207k£176k
31/03/2021£188k£138k

Common questions

Is LEUKAEMIA & MYELOMA RESEARCH UK LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £146,864 for the year, reducing its total funds to £243,340. The trustees note that going concern is dependent on uncertain future funding streams but remain satisfied that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LEUKAEMIA & MYELOMA RESEARCH UK LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEUKAEMIA & MYELOMA RESEARCH UK LTD as a grant recipient include THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUST, MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TONY BRAMALL CHARITABLE TRUST, CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kRelief of poverty and sickness
THE TONY BRAMALL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£200

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/07/2024£5kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund18/07/2024£9kRaising awareness of Blood cancer and Stem cells

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 Merseyside Against Blood Cancers.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEUKAEMIA & MYELOMA RESEARCH UK LTD£554k—0unclear—noted
Merseyside Against Blood Cancers FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
Blood Cancer UK Research FY2025£21.1m——unclear—no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY FY2025£638k—0unclear—no doubt
Leukaemia UK FY2025£3.6m£100,001 - £110,0007within51.8%no doubt
The UK Myeloma Society FY2025£190k—0above—no doubt

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