Bowel Research UK
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
“The Trustees have set a reserves policy of holding at least 12 months operating costs.” — page 12
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2022) → no going-concern doubt (FY2024).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Kathryn Pretzel-Shiels — Chief Executive Officer
Funders the charity credits
- The Syncona Foundation
- UKRI
- Apollo
- Chuckling Goat
- NEO Energy
- SurgEase
- Olympus
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Trustees
- Asha Senapati
- CHARLES DAVID BUENO DE MESQUITA
- Dale Vimalachandran
- James Kinross
- MATTHEW BLACK
- Nicola Fearnhead
- Professor Dion Morton
- Taryn Leonie McHarg
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Funder | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| PROJECT GIVING BACK | FY2024 | £84k |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRUST | FY2025 | £25k |
| THE ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND | FY2021 | £15k |
| THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £15k |
| ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED | FY2025 | £10k |
| SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST | FY2024 | £10k |
| SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST | FY2023 | £10k |
| ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED | FY2023 | £10k |
| THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST | FY2024 | £9k |
| THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST | FY2025 | £9k |
| THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST | FY2023 | £8k |
| THE INMAN CHARITY | FY2023 | £7k |
| THE IAN FLEMING CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £5k |
| PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND | FY2022 | £5k |
| G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £4k |
| CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £3k |
| CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £2k |
| ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £2k |
| THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £2k |
| THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £1k |
| THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £1k |
| THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £1k |
| THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £1k |
| THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £1k |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE JAMES WEIR FOUNDATION | 2 | £10k |
| THE STONEYGATE TRUST | 1 | £2.4m |
| THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £340k |
| Arthritis UK | 1 | £50k |
| JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITED | 1 | £38k |
| THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £30k |
| THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED | 1 | £20k |
| THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £16k |