RESEARCH ALK+ UK

Registered charity 1192737 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RESEARCH ALKAY+, RESEARCH ALKAY+ve

To protect and promote the health of the public through supporting research into the nature, causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure of anaplastic lymphoma kinase positive (or ALK positive, non-small cell lung cancer).

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TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE POSITIVE (OR ALK+, NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

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: Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £89,621 in the year ended 31 March 2025, significantly reducing its unrestricted funds from £110,192 to £20,571. The trustees report that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's objective is to fund research, evidenced by a £120,910 donation made to lung cancer research in the USA.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• 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)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 07/02/2024, 7 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Research ALK +ve (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aileen Murgatroydchair
• Colin Blackaby
• KELVIN FITTON BA FCA

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALK POSITIVE LUNG CANCER (UK).

• ALK POSITIVE LUNG CANCER (UK) income £274k
• CANCER RESEARCH UK income £734.8m
• Asthma and Lung UK income £16.1m
• THE ANTHONY LONG CHARITABLE TRUST income £39k
• Blood Cancer UK Research income £21.1m
• YORKSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH income £27.7m

Side by side with its peers

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