Bowel Research UK

Registered charity 1186061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOWEL CANCER & DISEASE RESEARCH CHARITY CIO

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £1,371,531 from £2,052,788 in the prior year, while total expenditure was £1,548,257, resulting in a net deficit. However, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,057,167, which the trustees confirm equates to over 12 months of operating costs, providing financial resilience.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 12 months operating costs (held: £1.1m)
The Trustees have set a reserves policy of holding at least 12 months operating costs. — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by A C Mole LLP.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2022 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bowel Research UK (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£585k
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~8.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.4m£1.5m
31/12/2023£2.1m£1.6m
31/12/2022£1.0m£711k
31/12/2021£779k£1.2m
31/12/2020£679k£593k

Common questions

Is Bowel Research UK financially healthy?

The accounts state that total income decreased to £1,371,531 from £2,052,788 in the prior year, while total expenditure was £1,548,257, resulting in a net deficit. However, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,057,167, which the trustees confirm equates to over 12 months of operating costs, providing financial resilience. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by A C Mole LLP.

Who funds Bowel Research UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Bowel Research UK as a grant recipient include PROJECT GIVING BACK, CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRUST, THE ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION, ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Known funders

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

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