BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AID (BCRA)

Registered charity 1166674 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCR-UK, BREAST CANCER RESEARCH UK · also registered in Scotland as SC046669 (OSCR)

The charity helps save lives by supporting the ongoing research into breast cancer, and contributing to the further understanding of the disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment by supporting ground-breaking research programmes.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG THOSE SUFFERING WITH BREAST CANCER BY THE SPONSORSHIP OF RELEVANT RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

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)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £8,211 for the year, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £81,342 to £73,131. The trustees consider the remaining unrestricted funds of £73,131 to be appropriate to respond to requests for financial support. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure, which the trustees consider has been maintained throughout the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• LAWRENCE ROBINSON
• MARLENA TERCJAK
• Sally Langfield

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• BREAST CANCER SUPPORT income £244k
• WOMEN'S CANCER DETECTION SOCIETY income £74k
• BREAST CANCER UK LIMITED income £2.1m
• LADY MCADDEN BREAST CANCER TRUST income £299k
• AGAINST BREAST CANCER LIMITED income £1.4m
• BREAST CANCER HOPE income £56k

Side by side with its peers

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