EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH

Registered charity 1171827 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q30296920 · also known as EACR

The EACR is a membership organisation for those studying and working in cancer research. It provides education, training, networking and support for members and non-members with the aim of making progress in cancer research for the public benefit.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF CANCER RESEARCH, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO PREVENTION TREATMENT AND CARE

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: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£2.9m

Latest spending

£2.6m

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased by £213,959 to reach £1,877,085 at year-end, with unrestricted funds comprising the entirety of this balance. The trustees report that reserves are currently significantly higher than their stated policy target of €530,000 to €784,000, though they note a long-range forecast showing reserves being eroded in the medium-term. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“In the band £90,001 - £100,000” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: between €530,000 and €784,000 (reserves figure: £1.9m)

“The policy suggests that in the long term, the EACR should hold reserves between €530,000 and €784,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited. 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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Social media 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Government income: £56,706 — grants £56,706 (1); 2% of the £2,861,729 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Government income: £57,639 — grants £57,639 (1); 2% of the £2,542,659 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Government income: £43,113 — grants £43,113 (1); 2% of the £2,234,511 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07682372

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — EACR (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 Mark Foundation for Cancer Research — “Postdoctoral Fellowships EACR-Mark Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships” (source page)
AstraZeneca — “EACR-AstraZeneca Postdoctoral Fellowships” (source page)
The Pezcoller Foundation — “The Pezcoller Foundation Awards The Pezcoller-Marina Larcher Fogazzaro-EACR Women in Cancer Research Award” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

MARINE, Jean-Christophe, Professor — director, appointed 08/06/2026on trustee list
BARATA, Joao Pedro Taborda, Professor — director, appointed 08/06/2026on trustee list
AKKARI, Leila, Professor — director, appointed 08/06/2026on trustee list
KOVATCHEVA, Marta, Dr — director, appointed 08/06/2026on trustee list
POSTEL-VINAY, Sophie, Dr — director, appointed 13/06/2024on trustee list
JOYCE, Johanna, Professor — director, appointed 13/06/2024on trustee list
EREZ, Neta, Professor — director, appointed 21/06/2022on trustee list
SOENGAS GONZALEZ, Maria Soledad, Professor — director, appointed 21/06/2022not on trustee list
ORICCHIO, Elisa, Dr — director, appointed 19/06/2020on trustee list
LOPEZ BIGAS, Nuria, Professor — director, appointed 19/06/2020not on trustee list
BERNARDS, Rene, Professor — director, appointed 19/06/2020on trustee list
TRUMPP, Andreas, Professor — director, appointed 01/07/2018on trustee list
CARRACEDO, Arkaitz, Professor — director, appointed 01/07/2018on trustee list
DIVE, Caroline, Professor — director, appointed 10/07/2016on trustee list
SAMUELS, Yardena Rachel, Professor — director, appointed 10/07/2016not on trustee list
BARDELLI, Alberto, Professor — director, appointed 10/07/2016on trustee list
SMITH, Jane — secretary, appointed 05/01/2016

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£2.9m

Total spending

£2.6m

Cost of raising funds

£5k

Reserves (reported)

£1.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

PROFESSOR CAROLINE DIVEchair
Dr Elisa Oricchio
Dr Joao Pedro Taborda Barata
Dr Maria Soengas Gonzalez
Dr Marta Kovatcheva
Dr Neta Erez
Dr Sophie Postel-Vinay
Professor YARDENA SAMUELS PHD
Professor ALBERTO BARDELLI
Professor Andreas Trumpp
Professor Arkaitz Carracedo
Professor Jean-Christophe Marine
Professor Johanna Joyce
Professor Leila Akkari
Professor Nuria Lopez Bigas
Professor Rene Bernards

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

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Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.9m	£2.6m
31/12/2024	£2.5m	£2.7m
31/12/2023	£2.2m	£2.4m
31/12/2022	£1.8m	£1.7m
31/12/2021	£1.1m	£740k

Common questions

Is EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased by £213,959 to reach £1,877,085 at year-end, with unrestricted funds comprising the entirety of this balance. The trustees report that reserves are currently significantly higher than their stated policy target of €530,000 to €784,000, though they note a long-range forecast showing reserves being eroded in the medium-term. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band.

Who funds EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH as a grant recipient include THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS	FY2023	£16k	Other grants
THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS	FY2025	£10k	Multiple grants (see Note 7 detail)
THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS	FY2024	£5k	Other

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	26/05/2022	£62k	Data-driven cancer genome interpretation for personalised cancer treatment
UK government	26/05/2022	£34k	Data-driven cancer genome interpretation for personalised cancer treatment
UK government	01/04/2022	£15k	Data-driven cancer genome interpretation for personalised cancer treatment

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
BREAST CANCER NOW	1	£300k
PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£16k
PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£13k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£12k
THE INMAN CHARITY	1	£12k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST	1	£10k
FRAZER TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH income £185k
THE ECANCER GLOBAL FOUNDATION income £906k
CANCER RESEARCH AND GENETICS UK income £128k
NATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE income £1.6m
EIG CANCER RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION income £15k
PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH income £7.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH	£2.9m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH FY2025	£185k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ECANCER GLOBAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£906k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
CANCER RESEARCH AND GENETICS UK FY2025	£128k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE FY2022	£1.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
EIG CANCER RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION FY2024	£15k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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