WMUK

Registered charity 1187121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WMUK is the only charity in the UK focused solely on Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia (WM), a rare type of blood cancer. Our vision is that people affected by WM live longer, good quality lives, being supported every step of the way by WMUK. Our goal is to be the informed voice of WM in the UK.

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Latest income

£424k

Latest spending

£351k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £549,556, which the trustees note allows for approximately seventeen months of running costs. This figure exceeds the charity's stated reserves policy target of 12 months of operating costs. The charity received £423,817 in revenue and finished the year with a net income of £72,903.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of operating costs (held: £550k)

“The Trustees have set a level equivalent to 12 months of operating costs for the organisation as a desired level of reserve.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WMUK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income

£544k

Total spending

£313k

Cost of raising funds

£25k

Reserves (reported)

£422k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~16.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (27/04/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Charlotte Bloodworth
Dr Harriet Jane Middleton Scorer
Dr Mercia Page
Jane Kidd · trustee of 1 other charity
Jonathan Moshinsky
Noreen Mohammed Bhatti
Shazia Khan

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£424k	£351k
31/03/2024	£544k	£313k
31/03/2023	£374k	£304k
31/03/2022	£185k	£170k
31/03/2021	£125k	£92k

Common questions

Is WMUK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £549,556, which the trustees note allows for approximately seventeen months of running costs. This figure exceeds the charity's stated reserves policy target of 12 months of operating costs. The charity received £423,817 in revenue and finished the year with a net income of £72,903. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/12/2022	£10k	Website redevelopment
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/03/2021	£6k	Virtual Support Programme