ACTION BLADDER CANCER UK

Registered charity 1164374 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLADDER CANCER UK

Action Bladder Cancer UK was set up to improve outcomes for bladder cancer patients. Our concern is the low profile of such a common cancer, the lack of awareness amongst the public and health professionals and the lack of critical research funding. 0001

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (I) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT BLADDER CANCER AND RAISING AWARENESS OF ITS PREVALENCE, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT (II) WORKING WITH HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, PATIENTS AND CARERS TO IMPROVE THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF THOSE WITH BLADDER CANCER (III) PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO BLADDER CANCER AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cotswold, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£175k

Latest spending

£271k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £95,945 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £474,616 to £378,671. The trustees state that the remaining reserves allow for 18 months of core running costs and that the cash balance of £412,949 is sufficient to cover current commitments and future financial needs. The accounts 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: to hold sufficient funds in hand to cover grant commitments and expenses for the current financial year and to maintain an appropriate budget for future years to ensure that they could cover longer term commitments. (held: £379k)

“It is the policy of the trustees to hold sufficient funds in hand to cover grant commitments and expenses for the current financial year and to maintain an appropriate budget for future years to ensure that they could cover longer term commitments.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Speaker fees of £256 paid to one Trustee.

“Speaker fees amounting to £256 were paid to one Trustee in the year (2024: £500).” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Speaker fees paid to a Trustee

“Speaker fees amounting to £256 were paid to one Trustee in the year (2024: £500).” — page 17

“Trustees' travel expenses paid for the year ended 31 December 2025 totaled £401 (2024: £nil paid to no Trustees).” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees' travel expenses

“Speaker fees amounting to £256 were paid to one Trustee in the year (2024: £500).” — page 17

“Trustees' travel expenses paid for the year ended 31 December 2025 totaled £401 (2024: £nil paid to no Trustees).” — page 17

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 23
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Action Bladder Cancer UK (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).

The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation — “ABC UK also receives funding from grant giving trusts and corporate charitable support, and are pleased to acknowledge support from the foll…” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ROGER KOCKELBERGHchair
Alexandra Colquhoun
Allen Knight
Caroline Raw
DR Peter Harper FRCP
Dr MARK PAGE
Jenny Akins
Paula Allchorne
Rik Bryan

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£175k	£271k
31/12/2024	£341k	£268k
31/12/2023	£229k	£229k
31/12/2022	£247k	£158k
31/12/2021	£164k	£121k

Common questions

Is ACTION BLADDER CANCER UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure of £95,945 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £474,616 to £378,671. The trustees state that the remaining reserves allow for 18 months of core running costs and that the cash balance of £412,949 is sufficient to cover current commitments and future financial needs. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ACTION BLADDER CANCER UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ACTION BLADDER CANCER UK as a grant recipient include THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£500
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£350

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	£50k
THE FRANCES AND AUGUSTUS NEWMAN FOUNDATION	2	£400k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£51k
TOM AND SHEILA SPRINGER CHARITY	2	£27k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	2	£27k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£24k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST	2	£13k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	2	£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FIGHT BLADDER CANCER.

FIGHT BLADDER CANCER income £603k
BLOOD CANCER ALLIANCE income £119k
BLADDER HEALTH UK income £133k
Blood Cancer UK Research income £21.1m
BREAST CANCER UK LIMITED income £2.1m
BOWEL CANCER UK income £6.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ACTION BLADDER CANCER UK	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FIGHT BLADDER CANCER FY2025	£603k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
BLOOD CANCER ALLIANCE FY2025	£119k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BLADDER HEALTH UK FY2025	£133k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Blood Cancer UK Research FY2025	£21.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BREAST CANCER UK LIMITED FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	above	17.7%	no doubt

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